Originally Posted by papat
700-pound black bear shot in New Jersey sets world record

https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/700-pound-black-bear-new-jersey-world-record

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The record is 880 lbs, killed in Eastern North Carolina.

https://gothunts.com/north-carolina-record-black-bear-confirmed/

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The state record AND world record heaviest black bear is an 880 pound bear taken in 1998 with a shotgun, also on a hound hunt, in Craven County.

Last edited by Snyper; 02/17/20.
One shot, one kill........ It saves a lot of ammo!