Biggest bear hide I ever seen was at the UAF museum in Fairbanks maybe 30-40 years ago. For some reason I thought the hide squared 12 or 13 feet.
Is that hide still on display?
I been fortunate to visit McNeil River sanctuary four separate times to photograph brown bears. One trip we counted 68 bears in view at the same time. Some true monsters were among them. When you spend 8-9 hours a day, day after day, you can see the small differences in their appearance to identify them. Some of the large boars most likely were at least 11 footers. The other bears wouldn’t even walk on the same path they were on.
