Thanks gents for the input.
I knew the subject of weight would come up, and that's fine.
You guys back east must feed your bears some good food! Grits? But mainly it was the squared (or maybe not squared) measurement which caught my attention. Big Stick thought my 7' blackie would go 6'10", but I paid the taxidermist good money for the extra 2 inches. and I'm sticking to that. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
