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New Potential World Record Black Bear Shot in Pennsylvania

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PA record black bear
Forget Alaska and put Minnesota out of your mind: the largest black bears in North America are found in Pennsylvania. Just ask Robert Christian. The black bear he took in the Keystone State this November will likely be the new Boone & Crockett record. While the bear is not the heaviest bruin ever taken, he has an enormous skull scoring 23 9/16 inches, making it the biggest black bear ever taken by a hunter. Check out this gallery as we break the story of Christian's hunt and show never-before-seen photos of the potential new world record bear. Courtesy Robert Christian
PA record black bear
Robert Christian has been hunting Pennsylvania for almost 20 years. "I've been hunting since I was 12. Mostly whitetail and small game and most of the time with my father." In all that time Robert's only seen one bear in the wild and it was nothing like the monster he took this year. "I saw a bear cub about ten years ago. It was maybe 75 pounds. Small thing. Nothing anybody'd shoot." Courtesy Robert Christian
PA record black bear
Robert's a deer hunter first and foremost, and that's exactly what he was after on November 30. "It was the third day of deer season. I had to work the first two days of the season so I was ready to hit the woods. I hunt my Uncle John's. He's got a place we call Cherry Valley near Stroud Township (eastern Pennsylvania). My uncle's game camera had snapped a few pictures of a 12-point buck on the place so that's what I was hoping to see." His uncle's trail camera had also captured photos of a very large black bear. Courtesy Robert Christian
PA record black bear
Robert, his father, Uncle John, and two other men took to the woods before dawn. "We decided to hunt separately then meet up again at noon. My dad and I went up this hill together then split up. I went one way, he went the other." Courtesy Robert Christian
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