Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 22
  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    Quakertown, Pennsylvania
    (Bucks County)
    Posts
    5,878
    Rep Power
    21474856

    Default Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    Record-busting, 879-pound bear bagged in Poconos



    The heaviest black bear ever recorded in Pennsylvania was shot and killed by a bow hunter just north of Fernwood Resort in Pike County on Monday.

    The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that David Price of Barrett Township killed the 17-year-old bruin, which had an estimated live weight of 879 pounds.

    The heaviest black bear ever recorded in Pennsylvania was shot and killed by a bow hunter just north of Fernwood Resort in Pike County on Monday.

    The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that David Price of Barrett Township killed the 17-year-old bruin, which had an estimated live weight of 879 pounds. The bear had a field-dressed weight of 744 pounds.

    Price’s bear was 15 pounds heavier than the state’s previous record holder, a 864-pound bear killed by Doug Kristiansen of Dingman Township in 2003. That bear was also shot in Pike County.

    “This bear could be No. 1 in the world,” game commission spokesman Tim Conway said of Price’s bear.

    The world record is determined by skull size. After 60 days, the bear’s skull will be measured to determine where it will stand in the record books. The world record skull is more than 23 inches wide, Conway said.

    Attempts to reach Price on Thursday were unsuccessful.

    Every year bears killed in Pennsylvania are entered into the Boone and Crocket rifle record books. Bears that have a skull measurement of 20 inches or greater are eligible.

    This bear is unique and will be remembered because it was killed during Pennsylvania’s first statewide archery hunt and could be ranked as high as No. 1 in the Pope and Young archery records.

    Since 1992, six bears weighing at least 800 pounds have been killed in Pennsylvania.

    Price’s bear was known to game officers in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It was captured and tagged in New Jersey, but never in Pennsylvania, Conway said.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Location
    Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
    (Lehigh County)
    Posts
    3,146
    Rep Power
    21474850

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    How do you get something like that out of the woods?
    Illegitimus non carborundum est

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Location
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    (Allegheny County)
    Posts
    1,650
    Rep Power
    21474846

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    can't find a link to this. could you provid one ? not doubting you. want to send it to a friend.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Douglassville, Pennsylvania
    (Berks County)
    Posts
    11,764
    Rep Power
    21474859

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    Quote Originally Posted by gghbi View Post
    How do you get something like that out of the woods?
    Preferably with a Sikorsky.
    Gender confusion is a mental illness

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    warminster, Pennsylvania
    (Bucks County)
    Posts
    2,877
    Rep Power
    21474852

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    Quote Originally Posted by gghbi View Post
    How do you get something like that out of the woods?
    Logging truck?
    There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy - Dante.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    Quakertown, Pennsylvania
    (Bucks County)
    Posts
    5,878
    Rep Power
    21474856

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    Quote Originally Posted by DukeConnor View Post
    can't find a link to this. could you provid one ? not doubting you. want to send it to a friend.
    My bad, forgot to add the linky.

    https://www.poconorecord.com/article.../News/11190341

    That thing is a friggin monster. I didn't know that black bears got that big in PA.

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Douglassville, Pennsylvania
    (Berks County)
    Posts
    11,764
    Rep Power
    21474859

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    Quote Originally Posted by RockIsland View Post
    My bad, forgot to add the linky.

    https://www.poconorecord.com/article.../News/11190341

    That thing is a friggin monster. I didn't know that black bears got that big in PA.
    It looks like they get that big in NJ then move to PA.
    Gender confusion is a mental illness

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania
    (Wayne County)
    Age
    56
    Posts
    3,000
    Rep Power
    21474855

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    Big bear.

    Story from 2010.
    Sed ego sum homo indomitus

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
    (Dauphin County)
    Posts
    2,451
    Rep Power
    21474854

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    Quote Originally Posted by Sandcut View Post
    Big bear.

    Story from 2010.
    I was thinking I had seen that photo before, and years ago at that.
    Power always thinks...that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    next to my neighbor, Pennsylvania
    Posts
    13,589
    Rep Power
    21474867

    Default Re: Record Black Bear Taken With a Bow in Pike County

    A beast that big and rare I could never take.

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Similar Threads

  1. Anybody in Pike County?
    By northernlights in forum Open Carry
    Replies: 15
    Last Post: September 30th, 2012, 02:00 AM
  2. Man bags bear -- and a record
    By WhiteFeather in forum General
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: December 4th, 2008, 10:32 PM
  3. WTB: 12 Ga. near Pike County PA
    By Bringiton in forum General
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: October 3rd, 2008, 09:57 AM
  4. Black Bear Spotted in Washington County Last Night
    By bloomautomatic in forum General
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: June 14th, 2007, 03:34 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •