About ten years ago Outdoor Life magazine did an article about the crew that hunts bear on the same timber company property I hunt. They sent a writer who stayed in camp with most of the crew and participated in the three day hunt. I think they got four bear that year.

Impressive bear camp/group for sure.

Osky

Yes

PA is a bear success story considering the population is now over 16,000 compared to 4,000 in 1980 and as high as 20,000 on 2015.

Love him or hate him, you can thank Gary Alt for that.

Gary Alt

That does sound like a good article. Hunting bear over there has been on my bucket list for years. Should have done it when I could handle the terrain. Anybody know of a good flat spot over there.

[quote=Lugnut]Love him or hate him, you can thank Gary Alt for that.

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Yep. I remember when Dr. Alt shut down bear hunting for couple seasons in the 1980’s and made it lawful to kill bear cubs since hunters couldn’t tell a cub from an adult. The bear population really increased after his recommendations were approved by the Game Commission. He should of stayed with the bears since his popularity really decreased when they made Alt in charge of the deer program and his controversial methods. He resigned from the Commission when he realized he wasn’t going to be the director of the Game Commission.

Alt greatly improved the quality of our deer herd and, as a result, our habitat.. It's a shame so many short-sighted PA hunters hated him for it.