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700 pound Wisconsin bear..? #14199530 10/13/19
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OP Pahntr760 Campfire Tracker P Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,910	Bear alleged to be 700 lbs, no other storry with it, pic pulled from Facebook. IT certainly is a big ole bear, but I find 700 lbs hard to see. This bear is said to be "over 700 pounds." There sure seems to be more to this one! https://www.wideopenspaces.com/biggest-black-bears-youll-see-today-slideshow/ Last edited by Pahntr760; 10/13/19.

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199555 10/13/19
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Morewood Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 17,040 Likes: 7 N. California	Your link on the bottom says, "This 700+-pound black bear was killed near Boyceville, Wisconsin when a farmer accidentally ran over it with his combine in a cornfield." Hope the combine is okay.

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Morewood #14199557 10/13/19
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chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,264 Likes: 10 TX	Originally Posted by Morewood Your link on the bottom says, "This 700+-pound black bear was killed near Boyceville, Wisconsin when a farmer accidentally ran over it with his combine in a cornfield." Hope the combine is okay. That’ll leave a mark! 😜 "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199580 10/13/19
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Squidge Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,345 Likes: 3	Old story from Dec. 13, 2008 https://chippewa.com/dunnconnect/ne...51393c1-e031-5f56-a528-a5b809d5861d.html Quote The bear was taken to the Augusta Locker Plant to be prepared for mounting. It was there that the animal was first weighed and measured. Field dressed, the bear weighed in at 618 pounds and measured 7 feet from head to tail. The Schloughs were told at the locker that they could add 80 to 100 pounds, depending on the size animal, to reach an approximate actual weight. “So we figure that bear had to weigh at least 700. We figure 700 to 720,” Phyllis said. Remember why, specifically, the Bill of Rights was written...remember its purpose. It was written to limit the power of government over the individual. There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199592 10/13/19
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Squidge Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,345 Likes: 3	Remember why, specifically, the Bill of Rights was written...remember its purpose. It was written to limit the power of government over the individual. There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.

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Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Squidge #14199597 10/13/19
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OP Pahntr760 Campfire Tracker P Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,910	Originally Posted by Squidge Old story from Dec. 13, 2008 https://chippewa.com/dunnconnect/ne...51393c1-e031-5f56-a528-a5b809d5861d.html Quote The bear was taken to the Augusta Locker Plant to be prepared for mounting. It was there that the animal was first weighed and measured. Field dressed, the bear weighed in at 618 pounds and measured 7 feet from head to tail. The Schloughs were told at the locker that they could add 80 to 100 pounds, depending on the size animal, to reach an approximate actual weight. “So we figure that bear had to weigh at least 700. We figure 700 to 720,” Phyllis said. Different bear than the top image that isn't coming up here. I'll try to fix it...I put the second bear as a comparison.

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199603 10/13/19
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OP Pahntr760 Campfire Tracker P Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,910	https://www.facebook.com/SoloCamNat...849/2955718574442940/?type=3&theater

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199638 10/13/19
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Squidge Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,345 Likes: 3	I haven't found anything on that one but a bear that size is certainly possible. I did find an article on the older combine bear story, apparently it was poached. https://chippewa.com/news/n-d-man-c...ef14f32-64f2-5359-82a5-8ad9b2dade77.html Remember why, specifically, the Bill of Rights was written...remember its purpose. It was written to limit the power of government over the individual. There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199639 10/13/19
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Squidge Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,345 Likes: 3	Here you go. https://forums.bowsite.com/tf/regional/thread.cfm?threadid=247584&state=WI Remember why, specifically, the Bill of Rights was written...remember its purpose. It was written to limit the power of government over the individual. There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199660 10/13/19
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aalf Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 16,147 Likes: 1 S.W. Wis.	Another one....711 pounds..... http://archive.jsonline.com/sports/outdoors/103797379.html

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Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199668 10/13/19
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aalf Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 16,147 Likes: 1 S.W. Wis.	Or a wrassling match with a 700 pounder..... https://www.outdoornews.com/2013/11...survives-attack-by-700-pound-black-bear/

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199674 10/13/19
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aalf Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 16,147 Likes: 1 S.W. Wis.	727 pounds..... https://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/60094187.html

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199680 10/13/19
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OP Pahntr760 Campfire Tracker P Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,910	I am fully aware that they can get that big, I just think the one on top is less than 700....though still a great bear.

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14199681 10/13/19
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aalf Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 16,147 Likes: 1 S.W. Wis.	737 pounds..... https://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/60094187.html

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14200171 10/13/19
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Snyper Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,202 Eastern North Carolina	North Carolina Record Black Bear Confirmed - GotHunts.com https://gothunts.com/north-carolina-record-black-bear-confirmed Jun 20, 2019 · The state record AND world record heaviest black bear is an 880 pound bear taken in 1998 with a shotgun, also on a hound hunt, in Craven County. https://gothunts.com/north-carolina-record-black-bear-confirmed/ One shot, one kill........ It saves a lot of ammo!

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14200200 10/13/19
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bearhuntr Campfire Tracker B Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 4,255 Soldier’s Fort, Alaska	Here are a couple taken within a few minutes of each. Both reportedly over 700... "You've been here longer than the State of Alaska is old!" *** my Grandaughters

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Morewood #14200964 10/14/19
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Redneck Campfire Kahuna R Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 59,167 Likes: 2 WI.	Originally Posted by Morewood Your link on the bottom says, "This 700+-pound black bear was killed near Boyceville, Wisconsin when a farmer accidentally ran over it with his combine in a cornfield." Hope the combine is okay. I've seen bear in the Boyceville area - and a local hunter's daughter got one that weighed 540+, dressed, not too far from here... More and more black bear are in this area; I usually see 2-3 every year when I'm just driving around on the bike.. Had one cross from one corn field to another across the road right in front of me about two years ago just east of Connorsville on Co. Rd V... Two years ago, a farmer was combining corn when he ran over a bear's den in the field.. Cost him about 20 grand in repairs... Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69 Pro-Constitution. LET'S GO BRANDON!!!

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14200987 10/14/19
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nighthawk Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2005 Posts: 16,554 East of Eden (SD)	Glidden, WI. Controversial because they made the mistake of field dressing the bear, you're supposed to use live weight. So 727 Price Cty. bear - 665 Ashland Cty. bear = 62 pounds gut allowance. You decide. Price County is the next county south of Ashland Coounty. (IIRC Hayward claimed the biggest bear but same live/dressed controversy.) The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh Which explains a lot.

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14201086 10/14/19
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Terryk Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 6,457 Mountains of Central PA	In Pennsylvania we get some big ones but they are few and far between. 879 I think is the biggest. Something like 10 bears over 600 pounds last year here in PA. Our regulations state that every bear gets inspected and weighed at check stations. I personally never saw a monster in the woods. I saw some big tracks, but I doubt i ever saw anything live that was way over 300. This coming week is early muzzleloader deer season. This is the first year that bear can be flattened the same week, with a bear and muzzy stamp. So I will be out Saturday morning before it gets to 70F at lunch time. https://www.poconorecord.com/article/20101119/NEWS/11190341 https://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/BlackBear/Pages/BountifulBlackBears.aspx https://www.outdoornews.com/2018/11...h-a-number-of-600-plus-pounders-to-boot/

Re: 700 pound Wisconsin bear..? Pahntr760 #14201254 10/14/19
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tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	700 pound bears in WI are certainly rare but every few years someone seems to pop one that big. Camp is where you make it.

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