Kittanning, PA, hunter bags 600-pound black bear

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After 13 years of trying, a Kittanning hunter bagged his first bear — a 601-pound bruin that was among the largest taken in the state during the four-day hunting season, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

The bear taken by Bo Bowser of Kittanning in nearby Valley Township, Armstrong County, was among a dozen harvested large bears that the game commission cited in its report.
Bowser, 25, was hunting alone Nov. 20 in a wooded area and was able to sneak up on the bear.

“I was lucky that way,” he said Wednesday.

Although the heaviest bears typically are taken in the northern part of the state, Bowser was excited to find one so large in his own backyard.

Bowser's bear was so big that he called Kittanning friends Austin Baum, Cam Wolfe and others to help carry his harvest — which first had to be floated across Pine Creek.
“It took five of us to drag it 15 yards in 45 minutes, and then fit him on top of an ATV,” Bowser said.

Bowser gave the bear's meat to friends.

The statewide harvest of 1,796 fell short of last season's 2,579 during the four-day season.
... rain storms dampened hunters' bear takes this year, the game commission said.

http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/13007811-74/kittanning-hunter-bags-600-pound-black-bear

[John1956PA]

1. Over the past few years, black bears have been spotted more and more frequently here in Western PA.

In the area where I live north of Pittsburgh, black bears have been making their appearances in township neighborhoods. About five year ago, I was visiting a home near a wooded area when a neighbor called our group over to look at a juvenile bear which had climbed tree in the neighbor's back yard. The bears are magnificent creatures, but I would not want to be hiking in the woods and find myself between a mother and a cub.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Look it's the trump boys again taking a life that is their's to take

Talk about disqusting arrogance. This is so disgraceful it's sickening

[Duppers]

4. +100

[Duppers]

3. Disgusting!! They killed a very intelligent animal.

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Look at brain sizes here...

[Cartoonist]

5. I would like to jump on the bandwagon

The one where everybody condemns hunting. I can't though.

I don't hunt. I have never owned a gun. That bear did not deserve to die.

The only reason I refuse to join the chorus here is hunting licenses. The revenue from hunting and fishing licenses go to the environment. It is a substantial amount. Even hunters who aren't lucky enough to sneak up on an unarmed bear pay for licenses.

[marble falls]

6. Disgusted. Purely, thoroughly disgusted. Replace the hunter with Bevis or Butthead Trump....

still disgusted. Purely, thoroughly disgusted.