Cheswick, PA, hunter nails 'triple trophy' for big game

Nathan Sipes, 24, of Cheswick harvested an eight-point buck in Upper Burrell (PA) during archery season Nov. 15, the first of three days for hunting on a Sunday in Pennsylvania. Sipes took his first black bear the following Sunday in Forest County near Marienville (PA). And he bagged a spring gobbler May 1 in Upper Burrell (PA).

“It’s unique for sure,” said Seth Mesoras, a Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesman for the southwest region. “To harvest all three animals in the same season is something to be proud of.” Getting all three is known as a ‘triple trophy’, Mesoras noted. After years of debate, the state permitted hunting on three Sundays of the year. “The opportunity was presented this year and this person took advantage of the opportunity to hunt.”

Sipes, a steamfitter, works six days a week, sometimes more. The three Sundays of hunting gave him more time in the field that he would otherwise not have had, he said. Sipes did not go after the triple trophy, although, once he got his first bear outside of Marienville, the pressure was on. “I was in shock,” he said. “I never thought I’d get a bear or all three in the one year.”

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