As I said in my post, I was hunting both times with professional bear guides. They carried a scale in their packs. After the kill they'd hook the scale to a tree branch and weigh the bear. Then we'd gut the bear.
Don't know how others weigh them.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
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