Had my hands on a bear that went just a couple pounds shy of 600 in Colorado on Saturday. I always subtract 100 when any hunter mentions a weight guesstimate and refused to go over 450 myself when the guessing games began, even though I knew this thing was a beast, but I didn’t want to succumb to the excitement by resorting to hunter guesses. We did actually weigh him on real scales. Got himself in trouble in a farmers corn field after about 15 years of staying out of sight of guns. Blind in one eye and some busted teeth.
Like a beached whale with extra fuzz, 3 inches of back fat above the straps.
