(WHTM) — Bear hunting season is over in Pennsylvania, but they’re still talking about the big one that didn’t get away in Western Pennsylvania. That’s a 700-pound bear. Nate Miller, a hunter from ...

One hunter successfully harvested his fourth bear in six years using a primitive recurve bow. The heaviest bear reported this season weighed 649 pounds and was from Potter County. Less than 3% of ...

The state offers various black bear hunting seasons, including archery, muzzleloader, and firearms, with dates varying by wildlife management unit. For 2025, Sunday hunting is now permitted within the ...

Depending on how one looks at it, the prospects for Pennsylvania’s upcoming statewide black bear seasons can either be seen as a glass half-full or glass half-empty scenario. On one hand, the ...

Hunters with bears were lined up at the Quehanna check station on the evening of the opening day, Nov. 22. However, almost every bear weighed less than 200 pounds. Birdsboro hunter Lori Raser had the ...

Oct. 19—No other Pennsylvania hunting season offers such a potentially big payoff as this one. Last year, hunters harvested 2,920 black bears across Pennsylvania, getting at least one in 58 of the ...

A Pennsylvania hunter bagged the largest black bear in the state so far this year by killing a 717-pounder in Butler County's Moraine State Park. Nate Miller bagged the massive bear while hunting in ...

Outdoors writer Craig Morgan and I were lifting our spirits on a gloomy March afternoon with a cup of coffee and a slice of lemon sponge pie at the Red Lion Café when we were approached by a lady who ...