Just saw this Tim. Getting slow in my old age. Even though we don't really have any bears around here I stihl buy a bear tag.
Had a young one running down our road this fall. Neighbor had a pic. You never know when you'll need that tag in York county.
2018 was when the very first bear was harvested in York co. About a mile and a half from me as the crow flies. None harvested in York co this Year.
I did some bow hunting in Dingmans Ferry Pa. (in the Delaware Water Gap) years ago and never in my life did I see so many bears. Most of them were small ones but there was one that really got my attention. Sitting in my tree stand and it came directly under my stand , stopped and looked up for a couple seconds and wandered on. When I say this thing was big that is an understatement. I thought it was a black volkswagon going through the woods. Bears were everywhere.
Pa has a lot of black bears! We've seen many in our neighborhood. Couple years ago Ruger (our yellow lab) chaced one around the house/property a while. (We live in the woods) Had muddy bears prints on the back door once. It musta been up on its hind legs looking in the window. Neighbors got one on security vid drinking out of the kiddy pool right outside their back door. lol
