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Around 20 years ago a boar grizzly was snared and tranquilized by biologists along the Rocky Mountain Front, west of Great Falls. The portable scale the biologists had only went up to 800 pounds, and the bear bottomed it out--and that was in the spring, when he was not long out of his winter den. He would have weighed considerably more in the fall, possibly 1000+.
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I thought it was pretty routine for Grizzly Bears to get this big. Really tells how much I know about the species. There was an 880 lb. Black bear shot in North Carolina in 1998. This Grizz is a pipsqueak in comparison. That Black Bear fed on Soybeans, Corn besides whatever it scrounges in the woods. Actually that particular bear was feeding on dead hogs from the local hog farm. They would dump the dead hogs in a bin and he would raid it at night. He was eating a hog every couple of days. He was right at 6 foot from nose to tail. I was told he had 12 inches of fat on his back. Killed by a shotgun slug and it was a cousin of Dolly Partons that killed him.
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Around 20 years ago a boar grizzly was snared and tranquilized by biologists along the Rocky Mountain Front, west of Great Falls. The portable scale the biologists had only went up to 800 pounds, and the bear bottomed it out--and that was in the spring, when he was not long out of his winter den. He would have weighed considerably more in the fall, possibly 1000+. No Grizzly on the lower 48 has ever weighed 1,000 lbs. EVER.
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Around 20 years ago a boar grizzly was snared and tranquilized by biologists along the Rocky Mountain Front, west of Great Falls. The portable scale the biologists had only went up to 800 pounds, and the bear bottomed it out--and that was in the spring, when he was not long out of his winter den. He would have weighed considerably more in the fall, possibly 1000+.
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I thought it was pretty routine for Grizzly Bears to get this big. Really tells how much I know about the species. There was an 880 lb. Black bear shot in North Carolina in 1998. This Grizz is a pipsqueak in comparison. That Black Bear fed on Soybeans, Corn besides whatever it scrounges in the woods. Actually that particular bear was feeding on dead hogs from the local hog farm. They would dump the dead hogs in a bin and he would raid it at night. He was eating a hog every couple of days. He was right at 6 foot from nose to tail. I was told he had 12 inches of fat on his back. Killed by a shotgun slug and it was a cousin of Dolly Partons that killed him. That makes sense and 12" of fat Holy Cow . The point I was trying to make is there is a lot of food for Black Bears to feed on in Eastern NC.
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Yep. Lots of food, man made and natural plus thick pocosin swamps to hide in. They also really don’t hibernate at all. Just eat and grow big. 700lbs is not unusual down there.
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Man, those SOB’s are big.
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Around 20 years ago a boar grizzly was snared and tranquilized by biologists along the Rocky Mountain Front, west of Great Falls. The portable scale the biologists had only went up to 800 pounds, and the bear bottomed it out--and that was in the spring, when he was not long out of his winter den. He would have weighed considerably more in the fall, possibly 1000+. No Grizzly on the lower 48 has ever weighed 1,000 lbs. EVER. Would like to know how you're so absolutely certain? The reason I ask is that the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has kept records of the heaviest game animals that have been officially weighed (and witnessed), and the heaviest "whole" grizzly in the state (not field-dressed, skinned, etc.) on a certified scale weighed 1102 pounds. And the record for many years went 1018.
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Salmonella - Your mounts are truly impressive, and I congratulate you on them, but it looks like you may owe John an apology.
I personally like knowing there have been 1000 pound griz in the lower 48.
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Salmonella - Your mounts are truly impressive, and I congratulate you on them, but it looks like you may owe John and apology.
I personally like knowing there have been 1000 pound griz in the lower 48.
Just sayin'
Rex He makes stupid statements regularly. An apology? LOL
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Salmonella - Your mounts are truly impressive, and I congratulate you on them, but it looks like you may owe John and apology.
I personally like knowing there have been 1000 pound griz in the lower 48.
Just sayin'
Rex He makes stupid statements regularly. An apology? LOL God, you're an as shole... Do you even do anything but post stupid remarks on the internet?
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Around 20 years ago a boar grizzly was snared and tranquilized by biologists along the Rocky Mountain Front, west of Great Falls. The portable scale the biologists had only went up to 800 pounds, and the bear bottomed it out--and that was in the spring, when he was not long out of his winter den. He would have weighed considerably more in the fall, possibly 1000+. No Grizzly on the lower 48 has ever weighed 1,000 lbs. EVER. Would like to know how you're so absolutely certain? The reason I ask is that the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has kept records of the heaviest game animals that have been officially weighed (and witnessed), and the heaviest "whole" grizzly in the state (not field-dressed, skinned, etc.) on a certified scale weighed 1102 pounds. And the record for many years went 1018. "Madel, who has been managing bears on the Front for 24 years, wonders if the bear he trapped this spring was sired by the largest male grizzly ever recorded in the Northern Rockies: an 8-foot, 800-plus pound bruin trapped in 2003 in the Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area northwest of Choteau." Mule Deer, This quote is from the article that Whitetail in MT linked above. I don't know who is right or wrong and I'm too lazy to do any more digging on this subject. It would be interesting to find out for sure how big the largest grizz is/was around here.
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Around 20 years ago a boar grizzly was snared and tranquilized by biologists along the Rocky Mountain Front, west of Great Falls. The portable scale the biologists had only went up to 800 pounds, and the bear bottomed it out--and that was in the spring, when he was not long out of his winter den. He would have weighed considerably more in the fall, possibly 1000+. No Grizzly on the lower 48 has ever weighed 1,000 lbs. EVER. Would like to know how you're so absolutely certain? The reason I ask is that the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has kept records of the heaviest game animals that have been officially weighed (and witnessed), and the heaviest "whole" grizzly in the state (not field-dressed, skinned, etc.) on a certified scale weighed 1102 pounds. And the record for many years went 1018. "Madel, who has been managing bears on the Front for 24 years, wonders if the bear he trapped this spring was sired by the largest male grizzly ever recorded in the Northern Rockies: an 8-foot, 800-plus pound bruin trapped in 2003 in the Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area northwest of Choteau." Mule Deer, This quote is from the article that Whitetail in MT linked above. I don't know who is right or wrong and I'm too lazy to do any more digging on this subject. It would be interesting to find out for sure how big the largest grizz is/was around here. According to this site, it's 1102 pounds. https://fwp.mt.gov/hunt/biggamerecords
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Around 20 years ago a boar grizzly was snared and tranquilized by biologists along the Rocky Mountain Front, west of Great Falls. The portable scale the biologists had only went up to 800 pounds, and the bear bottomed it out--and that was in the spring, when he was not long out of his winter den. He would have weighed considerably more in the fall, possibly 1000+. No Grizzly on the lower 48 has ever weighed 1,000 lbs. EVER. Would like to know how you're so absolutely certain? The reason I ask is that the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has kept records of the heaviest game animals that have been officially weighed (and witnessed), and the heaviest "whole" grizzly in the state (not field-dressed, skinned, etc.) on a certified scale weighed 1102 pounds. And the record for many years went 1018. "Madel, who has been managing bears on the Front for 24 years, wonders if the bear he trapped this spring was sired by the largest male grizzly ever recorded in the Northern Rockies: an 8-foot, 800-plus pound bruin trapped in 2003 in the Blackleaf Wildlife Management Area northwest of Choteau." Mule Deer, This quote is from the article that Whitetail in MT linked above. I don't know who is right or wrong and I'm too lazy to do any more digging on this subject. It would be interesting to find out for sure how big the largest grizz is/was around here. According to this site, it's 1102 pounds. https://fwp.mt.gov/hunt/biggamerecordsThere are likely several factors leading to conflicting numbers. "Biggest" could be referring to only weights of captured bears, or it could truly be the heaviest ever documented by any means. Then there's the time element as well as a reporter's ability to discern it all and accurately present what it is they're reporting.
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dassa,
I was going to post that "you could look it up"--and include the link, but you beat me to it!
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Around 20 years ago a boar grizzly was snared and tranquilized by biologists along the Rocky Mountain Front, west of Great Falls. The portable scale the biologists had only went up to 800 pounds, and the bear bottomed it out--and that was in the spring, when he was not long out of his winter den. He would have weighed considerably more in the fall, possibly 1000+. No Grizzly on the lower 48 has ever weighed 1,000 lbs. EVER. Sorry Harry. F&G caught one out of Choteau four years ago that weighed out at 1105
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Thanks dassa. Sure wish they gave more details and documentation than just a number in the whole Grizzly column. I'm skeptical by nature so it's hard for me to believe. Especially in the age of the internet where fantastic tales are frequently disproven as b.s. Not saying the MT FWP is lying, just that my guard is up after seeing too many doctored photos and false news stories from the interwebs.
1100 lbs. isn't out of the realm of possibility though, so I guess it could be true.
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