780 pound Black Bear bagged in Wisconsin

http://fox6now.com/2014/09/23/it-wa...nter-bags-sampson-the-780-lb-black-bear/

But how big is it?

Originally Posted by ironbender

But how big is it?

That's funny. And so true.
The taxidermist MAY measure the skull - if someone gets on him about it. We're just a different breed here.

I think Wisconsin holds the record for the biggest bear and coon ...weight wise...I least that was the word as I was running a trap line in the late 70's

I know that. Glad you saw the humor!

Originally Posted by atvalaska

I think Wisconsin holds the record for the biggest bear and coon ...weight wise...I least that was the word as I was running a trap line in the late 70's

I dunno. Pennsylvania has some pretty heavy bruins. Several over 800 pounds. North Carolina has a few, too.

Steve.

I think North Carolina has it now.

This Bear was taken about 15 miles from our land. There aren't a lot of Bears this far South and not a lot of hunters either in the area.

The dam things are running around like chickens farther North.

Too bad SM didn't get a chance to azz shoot this one

Originally Posted by ironbender

But how big is it?

There is a drying period before they measure the skull.

Hide square and the skull's green score gives me much more comparable info than weight alone.

Originally Posted by Salmonella

Hide square and the skull's green score gives me much more comparable info than weight alone.

^^^^This^^^^

Originally Posted by Huntz

Originally Posted by ironbender

But how big is it?

There is a drying period before they measure the skull.

Well aware of the drying period prior to the official measurement.

I don't know anyone that does not get a green skull score and hide measurement.

Originally Posted by Salmonella

Hide square and the skull's green score gives me much more comparable info than weight alone.

Yes. that was my point.

Originally Posted by Salmonella

Hide square and the skull's green score gives me much more comparable info than weight alone.

Yes, weight fluctuates significantly. One guy shoots an 800 pound bear in the fall that weighed 500 pounds the previous spring, another guy shoots a 600 pound bear in the spring that weighed 825 the previous fall.

Steve.

You guys play catch and release in Northern PA?

Originally Posted by Ready

You guys play catch and release in Northern PA?

Fish & Game does. Tags tell a pretty good tale.

I am sorry I posted this.I thought a 780 pound bear was an achievement in it self. Apparently not.I wonder how many here have even seen a Bear over 300 Pounds.My guess is not many.

It's a helluva big bear, that's for sure.

Originally Posted by Huntz

I am sorry I posted this.I thought a 780 pound bear was an achievement in it self. Apparently not.I wonder how many here have even seen a Bear over 300 Pounds.My guess is not many.

Any bear is an achievement! Still waitin here!

Glad it is gone. Wonder how many fawn that thing ate.

Originally Posted by ihookem

Glad it is gone. Wonder how many fawn that thing ate.

I doubt very many. Bears are basically vegetarians and opportunist when it comes to meat. Some will catch live stuff but probably not very frequently.

A bear that big is a really big bear. I find it amazing that all these bears make it to scales. Come hunt in Arizona, we are lucky to get ost of the boned meat out!

was it shot in the ass with a 340 Uber Avalanche by chance?

Originally Posted by Huntz

I am sorry I posted this.I thought a 780 pound bear was an achievement in it self. Apparently not.I wonder how many here have even seen a Bear over 300 Pounds.My guess is not many.

I've seen lots of them, but then I'm only about 10 miles from where the 800 lb bear was killed

That damn Ben Lilly killed all the bears in Texas
back in 1900-1930. J. Frank Dobie, his biographer,
said he seriously doubted people that said Lilly
killed over a thousand bears and mountain lions.
More like 950.

Originally Posted by poboy

That damn Ben Lilly killed all the bears in Texas
back in 1900-1930. J. Frank Dobie, his biographer,
said he seriously doubted people that said Lilly
killed over a thousand bears and mountain lions.
More like 950.

Pre-ammo shortage.

One killed in Longlac, Ontario last week that wen't 760 lbs on a certified scale--just down the hwy from the 780lber that was hit by a pulp truck outside of Kapaskasing a few years ago.

I think Dolly's brother Casey still got the big one out in North Carolina several years ago--890 or something ridiculus like that.

Originally Posted by dennisinaz

Originally Posted by ihookem

Glad it is gone. Wonder how many fawn that thing ate.

I doubt very many. Bears are basically vegetarians and opportunist when it comes to meat. Some will catch live stuff but probably not very frequently.

A bear that big is a really big bear. I find it amazing that all these bears make it to scales. Come hunt in Arizona, we are lucky to get ost of the boned meat out!

Not here in Wisconsin. Where there are bears they are one of the major predators of fawns. They will work bak and forth in fields in a grid pattern to find new born fawns.

reelman,

I concur. The wolves get the attention of late but the blackies are the worst.

Blackies (and browns) are a major contributor to newborn moose calf mortality here.

The comments to the article are great:

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Robert: Well, Dennis! I hope you feel good about yourself. And, you killed the bear because?

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Barry Scheuermann: Sausage�you idiot

My folks live in NW WI and had a black bear destroy a number of bird feeders last year. Bent the metal poles like they were nothing to get at the seed.

Eric

http://www.northcarolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=3104

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Hunters need not travel to Canada or Alaska to take a record-sized black bear. Eastern North Carolina�s mix of agriculture and rural wilderness is a haven for one of the largest aggregations of black bears in the world � and some of the biggest, as evidenced by an enormous bear killed in Washington County on Dec. 14.

A group of die-hard bear hunters brought a whopping 780-pound bruiser to the scales that day, a boar that, while believed to be the second-heaviest bruin ever killed in North Carolina, remains more than 100 pounds shy of the state record � which is also the world record.

Brandon �Big Red� Barnes put the killing shot into the skull
of this 780-pound Washington County bear � believed
to be the second-heaviest ever killed in North Carolina.

With that body size, it probably would have a big enough skull to make the record book -- if the bullet didn't shatter it.

Steve.

Who cares about the skull? Just get the scale!

Ben liked 30-30 for cats 33 Win for bears.

Originally Posted by dennisinaz

Originally Posted by ihookem

Glad it is gone. Wonder how many fawn that thing ate.

I doubt very many. Bears are basically vegetarians and opportunist when it comes to meat. Some will catch live stuff but probably not very often

It's pretty well documented in WI about the fawns...bears eat A LOT of fawns. Bears don't to be 780 pounds by eating salad and garbage can contents.

Yep. If you are from CutNshoot you probably
know people that knew Lilly.

Many, many years ago, at night I was sitting by my Dad in the front seat when a bear that big crossed the logging road we were on right in front of our headlights.
I swear he looked that big...

Originally Posted by poboy

Yep. If you are from CutNshoot you probably
know people that knew Lilly.

I bet she was great with garlic potatoes and onions