Originally Posted by waterrat
Most of us that have been guideing brown bears for decades have killed some huge bears,, there are some outfits that always add a foot and some make an almost 9' into a 10+ with ease. That's why trophy size is measured on the skull measurments! Here's a Shuyak bear that we could have called 11' but layed out he was 10'3".[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]
Gotta measure the hide on the diagonal!


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