Potential World Record Bear Killed in PennsylvaniaMonday, November 15, was a good day for David Price of Barrett Township, Pennsylvania. He was hunting north of Fernwood Resort in Pike County when he killed the 17-year-old bruin and had the hunting encounter of a lifetime.
According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission his prize was an 879-pound (live weight) black bear that just missed the world record (weight) by four pounds. After a 60-day drying period it is expected the skull will give the current B&C world record of 23 inches a run for its money.
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.
“This bear could be No. 1 in the world,” said PGC Information and Education Supervisor Tim Conway.
It took nine shots from three different hunters with both a crossbow and compound bow to bring down the bruin.
The bear has a very interesting history. He was 17 years old and had been caught in New Jersey several times over the years and had a lip tattoo. Last year he had to be tranquilized by the NJDEP when he was trying to mate with a female bear caught in a snare. At that time he weighed 711 pounds. Obviously he was not afraid to cross the Delaware River.
