The first black bear killed was in Pike County, which borders on West Virginia.
West Virginia had a record bear season this year. West Virginia has had bear season for many, many years. Every county has bears, but not every county has a season.
Kentucky has had bear season for only two years, but the one last year opened at the beginning of a major snowstorm, which meant it was hard to get out in the wood an the bear were likely going to their dens for hibernation.
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The world record black bear was supposedly killed in Grant County, West Virginia, but it was actually killed in North-Central Pennsylvania– when bear season was closed in Pennsylvania.
The hunters got a West Virginia tag and checked it in at a Grant County station.
When the hide was sent to the taxidermist, an investigation began.
It ended with all three hunters being fined $800 in Pennsylvania.
I don’t like “harvest” as a euphemism for “kill”.