Terrific_tom
5 year old buck +
This bear showed up at one of my baits. The time and dates are not correct.
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Big Bear
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Fatty. Gut not far off the ground. I hope you get a chance at him.
MRBB
5 year old buck +
UP Powers, that bear in your pic is also walking with front leg fully forward and back leg fully back, making it look longer I think than it may really be
here is a bear that I had in my yard this spring, got his tag info and ran it, he was 595 lbs in May of 2015 when they relocated him
so, odds are he is all of 600+ lbs right here, was a stud of a black bear, estimated at 18 yrs old) and come this fall before he den's its very likely he is a 750+ ish bear
and he was NOT the biggest I had here this yr, had a much younger bear here that made him look SMALL
here is a few pic's of him, and then him with a HUGE female he was mating with, also in my yard LOL and she is all of 350+ lbs, she's been coming to my yard now about 16 yrs, seen her raise 3 maybe 4 litters of cubs,(ran her 3 off for mating season this spring)
a long time local bear, I have a lot of history with!
I get a LOT of bears here on a regular basis, Bears are just one of them animals that even a slight angle or body position, can make them look a lot bigger than they are , and I say one of the hardest animals to truly get good at guessing there weights on
been about up close and personal with a few hundred bears over the yrs, and I still can struggle at times to get a GOOD honest assessment of there weights
here is a bear that I had in my yard this spring, got his tag info and ran it, he was 595 lbs in May of 2015 when they relocated him
so, odds are he is all of 600+ lbs right here, was a stud of a black bear, estimated at 18 yrs old) and come this fall before he den's its very likely he is a 750+ ish bear
and he was NOT the biggest I had here this yr, had a much younger bear here that made him look SMALL
here is a few pic's of him, and then him with a HUGE female he was mating with, also in my yard LOL and she is all of 350+ lbs, she's been coming to my yard now about 16 yrs, seen her raise 3 maybe 4 litters of cubs,(ran her 3 off for mating season this spring)
a long time local bear, I have a lot of history with!
I get a LOT of bears here on a regular basis, Bears are just one of them animals that even a slight angle or body position, can make them look a lot bigger than they are , and I say one of the hardest animals to truly get good at guessing there weights on
been about up close and personal with a few hundred bears over the yrs, and I still can struggle at times to get a GOOD honest assessment of there weights
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yea.. walking like that is deceiving, but neighbor shot it and it was 7.75 foot square. Which in my opinion is the only truly way to measure a bear. I don't know, but anything over a 6 foot square is a great bear, over 7 foot on a black is really big, over 8 is a literally a giant. Weight, doesn't mean to much to me in bears.
MRBB
5 year old buck +
I can agree, but they go by skulls for bears on being big, and to be honest that never impressed me
doubt you will find many 7-8 ft bears that don't have weight on them too/
But to me, weight is a huge part of a BIG bear, takes a LOT of finding food and work on a bears part to gain that much weight, and that's why so few actually get there
same to me goes for heavy bucks, killed a few that went 300+ lbs and to me there just impressive, and never shot one that heavy that didn;t have a nice rack too by the way HAHA!
doubt you will find many 7-8 ft bears that don't have weight on them too/
But to me, weight is a huge part of a BIG bear, takes a LOT of finding food and work on a bears part to gain that much weight, and that's why so few actually get there
same to me goes for heavy bucks, killed a few that went 300+ lbs and to me there just impressive, and never shot one that heavy that didn;t have a nice rack too by the way HAHA!
MRBB
5 year old buck +
MRBB
5 year old buck +
actually females rarely get up over 350 lbs, average in PA is about 175 lbs, and where typically home to the heaviest bears in North America too
having cubs drains a LOT off them ever other yr or so
I seen many 350 lb female, with 2-3-4 cubs, and by the next mating cycle, she will be down about 100-150 lbs, which then she PACKS on as much weight as possible before denning,
the above female, went from a good 350 down to about 200 lbs or less this summer, and is NOW< bulking up, been hammering my apples
I will honestly say that in the past 2 weeks, she put back on about 50-70 lbs
like eating machines they can be before winter!
I am SURE she will have cubs again in Spring time, seen her get mounted a few times by the above male!
females go up and down on weight more than males by a LOT
having cubs drains a LOT off them ever other yr or so
I seen many 350 lb female, with 2-3-4 cubs, and by the next mating cycle, she will be down about 100-150 lbs, which then she PACKS on as much weight as possible before denning,
the above female, went from a good 350 down to about 200 lbs or less this summer, and is NOW< bulking up, been hammering my apples
I will honestly say that in the past 2 weeks, she put back on about 50-70 lbs
like eating machines they can be before winter!
I am SURE she will have cubs again in Spring time, seen her get mounted a few times by the above male!
females go up and down on weight more than males by a LOT
