SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — Sullivan County Supreme Court Judge Frank LaBuda hunts in countries all over the globe, but this year he can say he finally bagged a bear in his home territory. He wrote, “After hunting almost 50 years in Sullivan County, this was my first Sullivan bear. Having hunted in Germany and Africa there is no better feeling than harvesting such a trophy in our own back yard!”

LaBuda donated the meat to his friends at the Bruderhof Community in Chester, and is looking forward to enjoying a bear sausage holiday dinner there with his friends. LaBuda’s trusty yellow lab, Willow, participated in recovering the bear.