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Black bears on the hunt for food
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STEVE SHERK Jr. Special to The Era 
Mar 21, 2025
When it comes to black bears, I’ve always had a love-hate opinion of them. Indeed, they are one of the most beautiful creatures that God ever created,...
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Harvesting black bears no easy task
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STEVE SHERK Jr. Special to The Era 
Nov 23, 2024
One of the most popular game species to hunt in Pennsylvania nowadays is the black bear. Increasing bear populations along with added seasons have tur...
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Bookworm
Lifestyles
?Grizzly Confidential: An Astounding Journey into the Secret Life of North America?s Most Fearsome Predator? by Kevin Grange c.2024, Harper Horizon $29.99 288 pages 
Sep 30, 2024
You never went anywhere without him. Your teddy bear was both cuddler and comforter, he dried your tears, slept with you, had his own place at the tab...
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Bear vs. trail cam
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STEVE SHERK Jr. Special to The Era 
Sep 28, 2024
Now is the time of year when I really enjoy running trail cameras. The second best thing to deer hunting for me is checking trail cameras to see what ...
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‘Round the Square: Bear Force One
News, Round the Square
Sep 07, 2024
BEAR: Most folks around here have seen a bear or two in their time, often rummaging through dumpsters or digging through garbage. These would be the A...
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Buffalo braces for cold Christmas Eve in Chicago
Football, Local Sports, Pro
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Dec 23, 2022
The math is simple for the Bills. Win out, starting tomorrow afternoon against the Bears at Chicago’s Soldier Field, and Buffalo finishes atop the AFC...
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Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season underway
Local Sports, Outdoors
WILLIAM O'BOYLE The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre (TNS) 
Dec 01, 2022
WILKES-BARRE — It's one thing to dream of winning the lottery — it's another to base your entire financial future on the long odds of it actually happ...
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Pa. bear harvest continues to lag
News, Outdoors, PA State News
MARCUS SCHNECK PennLive 
Nov 28, 2022
HARRISBURG — During the firearms hunting season for bear Nov. 19-22 hunters killed a reported 1,018 bruins, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commiss...
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RTS for May 12
News, Round the Square
May 12, 2021
BRAVING A BEAR : What would you do if you saw a bear? For Fretz sixth grader Caleigh Means, the answer is save a loved one, which is something the fam...
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Sager: The bear I brought home
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
ROGER SAGER Era Outdoors Columnist 
Sep 28, 2020
Over the years, I’ve had lots of encounters with bears. I’ve written about a few of them before. Of all these little adventures, it seems most occur w...
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Farm Bureau meets, hears about destructive bears
Local News, Online Features
FRAN DE LANCEY delancey401@yahoo.com 
Sep 25, 2020
SMETHPORT — Concerned about the devastation the area’s growing bear population is having on agriculture, the McKean-Potter Farm Bureau approved a poli...
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Sager: The moose, the bear and the weasel
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
ROGER SAGER Era Outdoors Columnist 
Sep 11, 2020
After decades of chasing game animals, I guess it’s understandable that I have a lot of special memories about places, animals and people involved in ...
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Black bear sightings — here’s what to look for
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
Jul 02, 2020
It’s that time of year when black bear sightings increase. While we are in the early stages of summer, black bears are beginning to prepare for the fa...
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