PA bear

mete · December 7, 2005, 06:21 PM

Hunters harvested a record 4,123 bears in PA this season !!

jeff_troop · December 7, 2005, 07:25 PM

Are you serious? man that is a lot of bears. how about send of them down our way so i won't have to go to nc to hunt 'em

Bowtier · December 8, 2005, 07:35 AM

And some were really big. My neighbor got a 415 pounder in Mercer co., there was one in the paper from Crawford that was 535# & I think I read they got 7 or 8 ranging in the 600-700# class.

Now thems some BIG PA black bears.

I think I'll have to take up bear hunting next year.

Ac1d0v3r1d3 · December 8, 2005, 08:21 AM

what did your neighbor use on his bear? i dont hunt, what are popular rifles/ammo for bears?

Bowtier · December 8, 2005, 08:51 AM

I think he was using his 7mm Rem mag. with 175gr. noslers, but I'm not 100% sure.

They drive hunt a lot for 'em around here, the bears just hold up in the thickest stuff you've ever seen after opening day.

My buddy & his group usually send the walkers through big gullies that are thick with tornado slashings. They put the shooters up on the ridges to watch down in & a couple guys @ the end of the ravine & push 'em out.

This is just hear-say though, like I said, I haven't gone after 'em (yet)

K80Geoff · December 8, 2005, 09:04 AM

Good!!! Maybe now I can hang a bird feeder and not have it swiped by Boo Boo

Or be able to put my trash out the night before pickup without finding it all over the road in the morning.

BTW last year they recorded three bears over 800lbs!!!

They are a real nuisance here in PA. So if you want to hunt them next year please come

Check out some of the Pics: http://www.huntingpa.com/ubbthreads/.../0/Board/UBB41

Invicta · December 9, 2005, 12:37 AM

i read that the biggest black bear killed this years season was 733 lbs. thats one big bear.

Ian2005 · December 12, 2005, 01:54 PM

Never having had the chance for bear to hit my pallet - what does it taste like?

-5 if I hear "chicken".

-Ian

Tom Matiska · December 12, 2005, 07:14 PM

I've been told the taste varies depending on diet. Where I hunt there are lots of swamps and scrub, and berry seeds in the droppings are a good sign. But bear have a terrible sense of taste, they will eat stuff that would gag a maggot. Get one that has been eating road kill along the turnpike or raiding trash bins and, ... not so good

Capt. Charlie · December 12, 2005, 07:55 PM

Only had it once. Maybe it was the way is was dressed out or maybe it was the cook, but it was tough, gamey, and greasy

. I've been told that bear meat needs to be cooked the same as pork, for the same reasons.

shureshot0471 · December 13, 2005, 12:56 PM

I would not kill one because it just doesn't sound good to eat I have heard that they are very greasy and very wild I like to eat wild game hold on that's all I eat but Bear I don't think so heck when hogs down here in Texas get over like 250 they aren't any good too much fat I would think the same concept with a Bear over too much and they are bad to eat IDK just me thinking it would be cool to kill one though

December 7, 2005, 06:21 PM	#1
mete Senior Member Join Date: June 14, 2004 Location: NY State Posts: 6,575	PA bear Hunters harvested a record 4,123 bears in PA this season !!

December 8, 2005, 07:35 AM	#3
Bowtier Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2005 Location: PA Posts: 124	Yep, lots of 'em And some were really big. My neighbor got a 415 pounder in Mercer co., there was one in the paper from Crawford that was 535# & I think I read they got 7 or 8 ranging in the 600-700# class. Now thems some BIG PA black bears. I think I'll have to take up bear hunting next year.

December 8, 2005, 08:21 AM	#4
Ac1d0v3r1d3 Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2005 Location: Goldendale, Washington Posts: 439	caliber? what did your neighbor use on his bear? i dont hunt, what are popular rifles/ammo for bears? __________________ I aint the worlds best writer nor the best speller But when i believe in something i'm the loudest yeller. Woody Guthrie

December 8, 2005, 09:04 AM	#6
K80Geoff Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 1998 Location: NE Pennsylvania Posts: 3,639	Good!!! Maybe now I can hang a bird feeder and not have it swiped by Boo Boo Or be able to put my trash out the night before pickup without finding it all over the road in the morning. BTW last year they recorded three bears over 800lbs!!! They are a real nuisance here in PA. So if you want to hunt them next year please come Check out some of the Pics: http://www.huntingpa.com/ubbthreads/.../0/Board/UBB41 __________________ I am no longer a member of this forum. Bye!

December 12, 2005, 01:54 PM	#8
Ian2005 Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 355	Big Bear Never having had the chance for bear to hit my pallet - what does it taste like? -5 if I hear "chicken". -Ian

December 7, 2005, 07:25 PM	#2
jeff_troop Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2005 Location: NRA Patron member from MS Posts: 459	Are you serious? man that is a lot of bears. how about send of them down our way so i won't have to go to nc to hunt 'em

December 8, 2005, 08:51 AM	#5
Bowtier Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2005 Location: PA Posts: 124	I think he was using his 7mm Rem mag. with 175gr. noslers, but I'm not 100% sure. They drive hunt a lot for 'em around here, the bears just hold up in the thickest stuff you've ever seen after opening day. My buddy & his group usually send the walkers through big gullies that are thick with tornado slashings. They put the shooters up on the ridges to watch down in & a couple guys @ the end of the ravine & push 'em out. This is just hear-say though, like I said, I haven't gone after 'em (yet)

December 9, 2005, 12:37 AM	#7
Invicta Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2004 Posts: 207	i read that the biggest black bear killed this years season was 733 lbs. thats one big bear.

December 12, 2005, 07:14 PM	#9
Tom Matiska Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2000 Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pa Posts: 1,029	I've been told the taste varies depending on diet. Where I hunt there are lots of swamps and scrub, and berry seeds in the droppings are a good sign. But bear have a terrible sense of taste, they will eat stuff that would gag a maggot. Get one that has been eating road kill along the turnpike or raiding trash bins and, ... not so good

December 12, 2005, 07:55 PM	#10
Capt. Charlie Moderator Emeritus Join Date: March 24, 2005 Location: Steubenville, OH Posts: 4,446	Only had it once. Maybe it was the way is was dressed out or maybe it was the cook, but it was tough, gamey, and greasy . I've been told that bear meat needs to be cooked the same as pork, for the same reasons. __________________ TFL Members are ambassadors to the world for firearm owners. What kind of ambassador does *your* post make *you?* I train in earnest, to do the things that I pray in earnest, I'll never have to do. --Capt. Charlie

December 13, 2005, 12:56 PM	#11
shureshot0471 Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2005 Location: In the sticks of East Texas Posts: 185	I would not kill one because it just doesn't sound good to eat I have heard that they are very greasy and very wild I like to eat wild game hold on that's all I eat but Bear I don't think so heck when hogs down here in Texas get over like 250 they aren't any good too much fat I would think the same concept with a Bear over too much and they are bad to eat IDK just me thinking it would be cool to kill one though __________________ "Prefection is not attainable,but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence." -Vince Lombardi "Gun control is putting that second bullet through the same hole the first one made." - Ted Nugent