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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun May 16, 2021, 02:12 PM May 2021

Cheswick, PA, hunter nails 'triple trophy' for big game

Nathan Sipes, 24, of Cheswick harvested an eight-point buck in Upper Burrell (PA) during archery season Nov. 15, the first of three days for hunting on a Sunday in Pennsylvania. Sipes took his first black bear the following Sunday in Forest County near Marienville (PA). And he bagged a spring gobbler May 1 in Upper Burrell (PA).

“It’s unique for sure,” said Seth Mesoras, a Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesman for the southwest region. “To harvest all three animals in the same season is something to be proud of.” Getting all three is known as a ‘triple trophy’, Mesoras noted. After years of debate, the state permitted hunting on three Sundays of the year. “The opportunity was presented this year and this person took advantage of the opportunity to hunt.”

Sipes, a steamfitter, works six days a week, sometimes more. The three Sundays of hunting gave him more time in the field that he would otherwise not have had, he said. Sipes did not go after the triple trophy, although, once he got his first bear outside of Marienville, the pressure was on. “I was in shock,” he said. “I never thought I’d get a bear or all three in the one year.”

https://triblive.com/sports/cheswick-hunter-nails-triple-trophy-for-big-game/

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LakeArenal

(28,819 posts)
1. So just a trophy.... Send the meat to the starving Kilschers.
Sun May 16, 2021, 02:17 PM
May 2021

Though the millionaire Jewel might airlift them supplies if they needed.

Journeyman

(15,036 posts)
3. I'll be impressed when he hunts razorbacks with a Bowie knife . . .
Sun May 16, 2021, 02:44 PM
May 2021

Give the animal a fighting chance, then we'll talk about "trophies."

niyad

(113,329 posts)
4. What a f'n sick and twisted egotistical bastard. I hate trophy hunters. A beautiful, 8- point buck?
Sun May 16, 2021, 03:28 PM
May 2021

Around here, we shoot with our Nikons.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
5. Deer are 'harvested' to prevent destroying farm crops
Sun May 16, 2021, 05:14 PM
May 2021

Plus, hunting is a sport.
“Heading into fall 2020, there are about 11.4 million deer hunters in the United States.”

niyad

(113,329 posts)
6. Unless they are hunting for food. .I have absolutely no use for them. Killing is NOT sport, no
Sun May 16, 2021, 09:50 PM
May 2021

matter HOW one dresses it up.

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