That big NC bear was indeed killed with a shotgun. Three shots of 000 buck in 3.5" format were put into him at extremely close(darn near point blank from what I hear) range. The dogs had him occupied and the guy ran up and shot him. Took two or three four wheelers to get him out of the woods. He was about as wide as he was tall and his fur looked "thin". His fat had stretched his skin so much that he kind of looked as if he was going bald. I saw a pic of one of the houndsman holding a cube of fat off of the bear that was 12" cubed. This reportedly came off of the rump of this bear. I often hear and really believe that the reason that eastern NC has so many big bears is that they don't hibernate or if they do, its a short hibernation. I know nothing about bears so I don't claim it to be fact.
Last edited by High_Brass; 07/02/04.
