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Tell him they ran it with hounds and shot it out of a tree, it'll take a double-dose of Midol to cure the cramping and bloating.

Tarkio, is there any chance that you could try to follow up on this over time and post the length of the hide and the skull score measurements? I'm curious as to how these heavy weight bears score. Call it a public service on your part!

There is a disconnect between those who weigh bears and those who measure skulls and squared hides. We have no way of knowing how a 600 lb. bear compares to a 7 footer with a 21 inch skull. A big bear can add easily 100 lbs. or much more of weight between spring and Fall.

It's kinda like: I got a whitetail with 4 inch long hooves.

doesn't have to be the record. still a big bar! wouldn't want to go round with him.

this one has been craping on my shop porch. have apple tree next to the porch.

^^^ This! ^^^

Not to say that the bear that started this thread isn't a dandy, especially for Montana.

But I would like to see what one of the north coastal blacks with a hide pushing 8' would weigh if he lived by corn fields all summer.

saw him this morning standing next to a old log cabin down the road. his back was even with the 4th log. I measured it and it was 40 inches. magnificent bear. kind of red. when I first saw him I thought he was a griz.
the dogs woke us about 4 times last night and there was scat outside the garden gate.

We Montanans are not skeered of a little blood.
That bear is a toad.
Tarkio, do you know if that bear was shot in the Pryor Mtns?
I used to hunt bear in the Pryors, never saw anything close to that size.

Local guy shot a black bear shot a black bear earlier this week. Weighed in at 660 pounds. Sucker looks absolutely HUGE!

Pictures are here:

http://www.huntleyproject.net/2014/10/09/08/42/record-black-bear-shot-and-killed/