PA Revolver Guy
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I believe the black bear you refer to was taken in PIke County, PA with a bow. That is the exact area I hunt both whitetail and small game. Many others have been taken black bears in the 500lb plus range just in the last two years. The population has exploded over the past 20 years to numbers greater than 20,000 in the state. Many suspect that is a conservative estimate. I live, hunt, hike and fish in this area and precisely the reason why I wanted to solicit information on my choice of backup sidearm. Hopefully I will never have to use it but many folks are feeding bears in the area and as a result the bears have lost their fear of humans.