Pennsylvania Game Commission

 

BEAR CHECK STATION HOURS OF OPERATION
 

Hunters who harvest a bear during the three-day statewide (Nov. 19-21) or extended (Nov. 26-Dec. 1) bear seasons must take it to one of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's check stations within 24 hours. Check stations will be open from noon to 8 p.m. on Nov. 19 and 20; and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 21. After 6 p.m. on Nov. 21, hunters with bears to be checked should contact any of the Game Commission's region offices for assistance. Office telephone numbers are listed on page 3 of the 2007-08 Hunting and Trapping Digest, issued with hunting licenses.

 

Hunters who take bears to check stations during the extended season will find that some stations that were open for the three-day season are no longer open, or have different hours of operation. To ensure they're heading in the right direction at the right time, hunters must consult page 41 of the 2007-08 Digest.

 

Four check station changes that hunters will encounter this year are:

 

- The check station previously held at the Marienville Volunteer Fire Company in Forest County has moved to the Allegheny National Forest Ranger Station, along Route 66, 1.5 miles north of Marienville. 

 

- The Tuscarora Check Station in Schuylkill County is closed this year.

 

- The check station previously held in Laurel Ridge State Park in Fayette County has moved to the New Centreville Fire Hall in New Centreville, Somerset County.

 

- The Beltzville, Tobyhanna and Shohola check stations in WMU 3D will be open Wednesday and Saturday, Nov. 28 and Dec. 1, during the extended season - not Monday, Tuesday and Saturday as in years past - because the extended season for WMU 3D will not open until Wednesday, Nov. 28.
 

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