Wet and cool and windy most of the time. Typical peninsula fall weather. Bad weather getting worse.
4 clients and all 4 killed bears. A couple of them glad to shoot and get back to normal weather.
Did not kill anything huge but one bear was 9 foot 10 inches which isn't bad.
Unless you mistyped that number, a bear that size must be bigger than 95% of bears killed in a year.
We usually can kill a 10 foot square bear and over every season, usually at least one or more. 9 foot isn't bad. 9.5 feet is time to seriously think about shooting.
Have a client that has a 10 foot plus that comes back waiting on an 11 foot or better bear quite often. Sad to say has not happened.
I cannot claim a 10 foot bear yet for a client. My mentors best is 10 foot 10 or 11 inches IIRC.
Honest squares not pulled and tugged and stretched.
I think anyone should be happy with 9 foot and over. IMHO..