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That is a big bear.

Kowa 554 Prominar set at 45x and phoneskope.

I ain’t worth a cshit at guessing pig weight, wouldn’t be worth a cshit at bears either. They always weigh less than what I come up with. The same with deer antlers

I haven't killed a lot of bears but this seems about right to me.

Yeah , looks like he could go another couple years
Ears to close together and long , I’d guess 150-200
200 tops
Kenneth

I've shot a couple in the spring in Quebec. They're toughest animal to judge that I've hunted. I'm with Kenneth on that one. 200 Max

Troutnut;
Good afternoon, I hope the day is behaving and this finds you and those you care about well.

Thanks for the photos of the well fed bruins, they're what we sometimes term "a freezer that sprouted legs" sort of bear.

When you've said it was 440lb, was that head, hide and internal organs included?

Bears to me are always a real nettlesome thing to estimate weight on since a "freezer that sprouted legs" that's 5' long will be considerably lighter than say a 7' version of the same thing.

The heaviest we processed here went 225lb hanging carcass weight if memory serves. It's head was 28lb so a pretty fair turnip on it for sure.

It was an old male judging by the teeth, just unbelievably fat - buddy rendered 2 coffee cans of lard from it - but it was 5'1" nose to tail so not a 600lb bear by any stretch.

We don't see bears much longer than 6' here and honestly I don't believe I've seen more than a handful of those.

As always, it's a fun topic and I for one enjoy seeing some of the bruisers from other parts of the continent.

All the best and good hunting.

Dwayne

175-200lb bear in my books.

This bear in this picture was a 6' bear and weighed around 250-275lbs.

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Carry a ¼" tape.
There is a very accurate matrix based on girth combined with length. It was created my Al Lecount and Gary Alt