new bear season

[TerryK]

I read the Grice gun flier, and they said you can hunt bear with a muzzleloader in early inline season for deer in October. I looked it up, and it is true. Naturally you need a muzzy license and bear tag. New stuff.

[Boondox]

Yes , this was mentioned as a direction they were taking this a while back.
I was thinking they MAY go as far to combine bear with a part of the deer rifle season.

[ar15jules]

This October will be an excellent opportunity to take a bear in PA. Bears forage this time of year close to 18 hours a day. I went as far as putting a new Leupold scope on my inline and am planning on taking the week off from work in lieu of going during the regular bear season. Many folks fear a slaughter, but I do not. I also hunt in NY. Bear comes into season October 1st during archery season and continues through a three week rifle season that starts in November all the way through a week long late season muzzleloader season. The property that I hunt in NY is a heavily populated bear area and while I have seen a few and lost a few trail cameras to them, I only know of one being shot on our property.

[wanneroo]

Good, there are way too many bears running around.

[Qtrborecrazy]

I’ve got one that’s gonna get it come season. Got 2 bird feeder in a week one being this morning at 9:15.

[Yoder]

Yes , this was mentioned as a direction they were taking this a while back.
I was thinking they MAY go as far to combine bear with a part of the deer rifle season.

They already did. It's been open a couple days during deer rifle for a few years now.

[Boondox]

They already did. It's been open a couple days during deer rifle for a few years now.

I'm actually expecting them to run them side by side the entire time at some point.
Just a feeling.

[God's Country]

The only thing I don't like about it, for purely selfish reasons, is there may be a lot of people whacking the brush during what is otherwise a peaceful time to hunt deer.

[Steve in PA]

Yeah, I was glad when I saw they approved the muzzy bear season earlier this year. Plan on taking a week vacation!!