In 1998 there was a bear killed around Vanceboro, NC (not thirty minutes from me) that weighed 880lbs. It was feeding on slaughtered hogs in a dumpster. Dolly Parton's cousin came from TN to hunt this particular bear which was hunted with dogs. I've seen actual photos of the bear that were taken by my former supervisor who was a neighbor of a guy that was on that hunt. That was one huge bear. There are several killed in Eastern NC every year that top 500 lbs, and a few that go over 600.
