Pa Black Bear.... - 09/24/21
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/24/21
That's just a cub! 
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/25/21
Got one a little bigger, 653 lbs
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/25/21
Wow nice Bear!
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/25/21
Originally Posted by badwolf
Got one a little bigger, 653 lbs
You da man.
Where did you kill it?
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/25/21
Pa, pike county
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/25/21
The news article is from 3/27/2020 !
Still interesting, and a big Black Bear!
Still interesting, and a big Black Bear!
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/25/21
Yea I obviously missed it back then. Shame he probably would have been at least 700 this year. 😂
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/25/21
Originally Posted by badwolf
Pa, pike county
Interesting. I buy a lot of stone from up around Kingsley and Tunkhannock. I know a couple of guys that bear hunt up there.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/26/21
Originally Posted by StoneCutter
Originally Posted by badwolf
Pa, pike county
Interesting. I buy a lot of stone from up around Kingsley and Tunkhannock. I know a couple of guys that bear hunt up there.
There are a lot of bear in that area and a lot more just southwest of there around Game Lands 13 and 57. There are even more in the Poconos. PA has a lot of bear.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/26/21
That info that says bear weight stops around 400 is B.S.
There are bears killed here every year that go well past 400.
There are bears killed here every year that go well past 400.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/26/21
Originally Posted by badwolf
Pa, pike county
Pike County has a lot of big bears. I have been hunting there for over 30 years and have seen some real big ones. A few years ago they trapped a bunch in the area I hunt and relocated them. There was just many in that area.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/26/21
Originally Posted by lone wolf
Originally Posted by badwolf
Pa, pike county
Pike County has a lot of big bears. I have been hunting there for over 30 years and have seen some real big ones. A few years ago they trapped a bunch in the area I hunt and relocated them. There was just many in that area.
Bear are a problem darn near everywhere.
The "solution" is to move them.
Talk to a decent warden (if you can find one).
He will tell you he catches nuisance bears, and hauls them
to a remote area(usually game lands) a long way off.
What he may or may not tell you, is the warden where he drops them
also has to catch nuisance bears. And he hauls them a long way off.
There are numerous big game lands around here, and ive had
a warden tell me of pulling a trapped bear down the road, to get rid of it.
And passing another warden bringing one to him!
It's just a swap.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/26/21
That's a big bear! You east coast folks grow the well
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/28/21
Originally Posted by FWP
Originally Posted by StoneCutter
Originally Posted by badwolf
Pa, pike county
Interesting. I buy a lot of stone from up around Kingsley and Tunkhannock. I know a couple of guys that bear hunt up there.
There are a lot of bear in that area and a lot more just southwest of there around Game Lands 13 and 57. There are even more in the Poconos. PA has a lot of bear.
I shot my only Bear in 13
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/30/21
A few yrs ago they killed one that went 875 lbs
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/30/21
Originally Posted by badwolf
A few yrs ago they killed one that went 875 lbs
Was that the bear that was poached in the restaurant parking lot? For those that don't know there was a big bear that frequented a restaurant dumpster in the Poconos. He was a local attraction. Someone killed him in or near the parking lot. I believe I read he was over 800 pounds.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/30/21
Originally Posted by FWP
Originally Posted by badwolf
A few yrs ago they killed one that went 875 lbs
Was that the bear that was poached in the restaurant parking lot? For those that don't know there was a big bear that frequented a restaurant dumpster in the Poconos. He was a local attraction. Someone killed him in or near the parking lot. I believe I read he was over 800 pounds.
If you’re talking about “Bozo”, the bear that hung around dumpsters outside a restaurant in the poconos, and was hand fed at times by locals, he was killed legally, with a crossbow in the bear archery season 8 or 10 years ago. A lot of ppl might not agree with it, but it was legal. Probably not for the worst either, as it was only a matter of time before someone got hurt.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 09/30/21
Originally Posted by Dillonbuck
Originally Posted by lone wolf
Originally Posted by badwolf
Pa, pike county
Pike County has a lot of big bears. I have been hunting there for over 30 years and have seen some real big ones. A few years ago they trapped a bunch in the area I hunt and relocated them. There was just many in that area.
Bear are a problem darn near everywhere.
The "solution" is to move them.
Talk to a decent warden (if you can find one).
He will tell you he catches nuisance bears, and hauls them
to a remote area(usually game lands) a long way off.
What he may or may not tell you, is the warden where he drops them
also has to catch nuisance bears. And he hauls them a long way off.
There are numerous big game lands around here, and ive had
a warden tell me of pulling a trapped bear down the road, to get rid of it.
And passing another warden bringing one to him!
It's just a swap.
A good number of those bears end up right back where they were trapped from, in a short amount of time. It’s amazing how fast they can travel that far, and how they know how to get back where they came from.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 10/01/21
Originally Posted by borden811
Originally Posted by FWP
Originally Posted by badwolf
A few yrs ago they killed one that went 875 lbs
Was that the bear that was poached in the restaurant parking lot? For those that don't know there was a big bear that frequented a restaurant dumpster in the Poconos. He was a local attraction. Someone killed him in or near the parking lot. I believe I read he was over 800 pounds.
If you’re talking about “Bozo”, the bear that hung around dumpsters outside a restaurant in the poconos, and was hand fed at times by locals, he was killed legally, with a crossbow in the bear archery season 8 or 10 years ago. A lot of ppl might not agree with it, but it was legal. Probably not for the worst either, as it was only a matter of time before someone got hurt.
OK that was probably him. I thought he was poached . I remember the outcry by a lot of people in the area.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 10/01/21
Originally Posted by borden811
Originally Posted by Dillonbuck
Originally Posted by lone wolf
Originally Posted by badwolf
Pa, pike county
Pike County has a lot of big bears. I have been hunting there for over 30 years and have seen some real big ones. A few years ago they trapped a bunch in the area I hunt and relocated them. There was just many in that area.
Bear are a problem darn near everywhere.
The "solution" is to move them.
Talk to a decent warden (if you can find one).
He will tell you he catches nuisance bears, and hauls them
to a remote area(usually game lands) a long way off.
What he may or may not tell you, is the warden where he drops them
also has to catch nuisance bears. And he hauls them a long way off.
There are numerous big game lands around here, and ive had
a warden tell me of pulling a trapped bear down the road, to get rid of it.
And passing another warden bringing one to him!
It's just a swap.
A good number of those bears end up right back where they were trapped from, in a short amount of time. It’s amazing how fast they can travel that far, and how they know how to get back where they came from.
We had a bear around the house a few years ago. He walked with a bad limp and and was easily identified. The neighbors called him "Gimpy". He would come right up to the door looking for a handout.
One day a neighbor told me they trapped him and moved him. About two weeks after being told that I was deer hunting behind the house and Gimpy walked right pass me in the woods. I watched him pick up a trail that led right to a neighbors house.
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 10/01/21
Re: Pa Black Bear.... - 10/03/21
PA. Has some BIG Bear's