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Pa. bear harvest state's sixth-best

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s hunters took 3,608 black bears in 2020, the state’s sixth-best bear harvest ever.

During the archery season, Pa. bowhunters set a new bear harvest record of 948.

Potter County led the state with 188 bears harvested in 2020. There were 42 harvested in Butler County.

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