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HARRISBURG -- There was a time when black bear hunting occupied a faithful, but small, niche in Pennsylvania’s hunting calendar. That’s true no more. The
The total number of bears taken was 2,920, which was down from the 2022 total of 3,170. Bears were taken in 58 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties.
Pennsylvania had fewer than 130,000 bear hunters in 2003. In 2023, it had 206,124. That total - the fourth-highest ever - marked the fifth year in a row that bear license sales topped 200,000. White-t...
HARRISBURG — There was a time when black bear hunting occupied a faithful, but small, niche in Pennsylvania’s hunting calendar. That’s true no more.
This year’s bear harvest is likely to be the lowest in 16 years.