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State limits
bear hunters
HARRISBURG -
This year there will be
no more than 125,000
bear hunters in Penn
sylvania. This is the
first time in the state’s
history that the number
of bear hunters has been
limited.
The signing of
legislation establishing
a bear license by
Governor Dick Thorn
burgh brings to a close a
four-year effort to
control the number of
bear hunters in the
state.
Game Commission
studies indicate there
are more than 200,000
bear hunters in the
state, and the number
continues to grow. The
increasing hunting
pressure on the bear
resource led to the
necessity for a bear
license to control the
number of hunters.
The number of bear
licenses which will be
issued will be
established each year
by the Game Com
mission. All bear
licenses will be issued
by the Game Com
mission from its
headquarters in
Harrisburg.
This year a hunter
who obtains a license
will be able to hunt
anywhere in the 32
counties open to bear
hunting.
Under the newly
enacted law, no more
than three percent of the
bear hunters will be
nonresidents of the
state. Non-residents will
pay $l5 for a bear
license, while the bear
license fee for Penn
sylvania residents will
be $5.
Recipients of bear
licenses will be chosen
in a random selection
process.
Guidelines for sale
and distribution of bear
licenses are being
drawn, and should
become official when
the rule-making process
is completed in August.
Details will be an
nounced at that time.
Any person who
purchases a regular
resident or nonresident
hunting license will be
eligible to apply for a
Them
bear license. Bear
license applications will
be available from
license issuing agents.
The Game Com
mission will accept
applications at a later
date for individual or
group bear hunting
licenses. All members
of a group applying for
licenses must be either
residents of Penn
sylvania, or non
residents of the
state; a group applying
for bear licenses may
not consist of both
residents and
nonresidents.
Up to 15 persons will
be able to apply for bear
licenses as a group. If
the group is selected to
receive bear licenses,
each member of the
party will receive a
license; if the group is
unsuccessful in its
application, no member
of the group will receive
a license.
No individual or group
will be able to take more
than one bear.
The acutal bear
license will be an in
dividual back tag. A
bear hunter will be
required to display both
the regular hunting
license and the bear
license.
Part of the bear
license will be a tem
porary tag, which will
be removed from the
license by the successful
hunter and attached to
the ear of the bear.
Each bear harvested
must still be taken to a
Game Commission bear
check station.
Although it is not
known exactly how
many bear licenses
must be issued to
harvest a bear, Game
Commission wildlife
managers do not believe
that issuance of 125,000
bear licenses will result
in a harvest of 921
bruins, last year’s
figure.
A harvest of up to
1,000 animals probably
would not adversely
affect the bear
resource, but it is
believed that this year
hunters will take fewer
bears than were tagged
in 1980.
teegg
hunting
Bear
problems began to
surface back in 1966 and
1967, when bear har
vests totaled 605 and 568
animals. Bear harvests
were below the 300 mark
for the next two years,
and the season was then
closed in 1970.
Harvests remained at
low levels until 1976,
when 605 were again
taken, leading to a two
year season closure,
followed by two more
large harvests.
Without a bear
license, the Game
Commission was unable
to control harvests or
bear populations. The
establishment of a bear
hunting license should
result in better
management of this
valuable resource.
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