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Here's the top 25 bears taken with a gun in PA. No separate handgun records are kept.



Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency
Big Game Records

Black Bear - Rifle (Page 1)

RANK NAME CITY COUNTY YEAR SCORE
1 SEMAN JR, ANDREW DUNBAR FAYETTE 2005 23-03
2 COXE, BRIAN J WEATHERLY CARBON 2003 22-14
3 MINDICK, JOSEPH E WARRINGTON LUZERNE 1998 22-13
4 KRISTIANSEN, DOUGLAS MILFORD PIKE 2003 22-12
5 REED, CHAD LITITZ BRADFORD 1991 22-11
6 BOYER, KEITH FLEETWOOD CARBON 1992 22-10
6 DENEEN, JIM HYNDMAN BEDFORD 1995 22-10
8 ROTTMAN, FRANK A KARNS CITY JEFFERSON 1991 22-09
8 DONAHOE, JAMES DANVILLE SULLIVAN 2005 22-09
8 LEGOTTI, JOSEPH JIM THORPE CARBON 1991 22-09
8 PRUSS, RAYMOND K JULIAN HUNTINGDON 2001 22-09
12 DRENNING, NORMAN HOLSOPPLE SOMERSET 2000 22-08
12 VASEY, THOMAS Q DOYLESTOWN MONROE 1995 22-08
14 MINAHAN, FRED GLENMOORE MONROE 1996 22-07
15 EPPINETTE, JOHN ADAMSTOWN POTTER 2006 22-06
15 WHYNE, JOHN C ASHLAND LYCOMING 1983 22-06
17 ANDRUS, RONALD COUDERSPORT TIOGA 1994 22-05
18 HIESTAND, TOBY ELIZABETHTOWN LYCOMING 2006 22-03
18 HORST, LYNN MYERTSTOWN LEBANON 2004 22-03
18 LANDIS, RONALD NEW HOLLAND POTTER 2005 22-03
21 DEVORE, WILLIAM WASHINGTON CLEARFIELD 1993 22-01
22 LONGENBACH, PAUL D COPLAY PIKE 1983 22-00
22 ZERBE, JOHN MECHANICSBURG LYCOMING 1997 22-00
22 EPPLEY, CLARENCE MECHANICSBURG LYCOMING 1992 22-00
22 GREDORSKY, DANIEL J MOSCOW LACKAWANNA 2003 22-00
26 DELATTRE, DWAYNE MADERA CLEARFIELD 1987 21-15


That 22 10/16 skull should measure around 22 (+/-) depending on how it's dried.