please size this bear...

adkmountainken · October 10, 2011, 04:05:00 PM

there is a sow with 2 cubs and a lone male right smack dab by 2 ground blinds i hunt and a small shelf i turkey hunt. i do not want to kill one but would LOVE one of my buddies to get lucky! any guess as to the size???

October 10, 2011, 04:23:00 PM

Looks like one I had in my backyard last year! I'd say that one went 200 lbs.

adkmountainken · October 10, 2011, 04:27:00 PM

thats exactly what i had thought, 200 give or take. your treestand might see some action if Charlie hunts with me soon.

Kituwa · October 10, 2011, 04:40:00 PM

If you get one,,case the front legs out,,that is, skin them by turning it wrong side out.Leave the foot on it but you will have to do some teddious work to get the toe bones and all you can out of the foot.After it is fleshed good soak it in a bucket with as much 20 mule team boraxas will disolve in the water.Soak a cpl of days. Then strech it over a tapered cut board flesh side out.When dry it will be stiff but preserved and insect proof. Add a strap and you will have a unique back quiver.

woodchucker · October 10, 2011, 05:13:00 PM

I saw it!!! It's a 500 pounder for sure!!!!!

Mic W · October 10, 2011, 05:44:00 PM

It is hard to tell from these pics ,but if I had to guess.

Judging by what I can see . The ears are pretty high on it's head and its legs are still slender so I would guess it to be a younger bear around 200-225

crotch horn · October 10, 2011, 05:52:00 PM

Yes, Ken, about 200 seems right. Bears that size really taste great! Good luck up on the mtn.

crotch horn · October 10, 2011, 05:53:00 PM

Yes, Ken, about 200 seems right. Bears that size really taste great! Good luck up on the mtn.

Izzy · October 10, 2011, 05:58:00 PM

Just guessing from limited experience with dead bears I have handled. I think its a 160 175 lb bear. Sweet hide on it.

YORNOC · October 10, 2011, 06:01:00 PM

Heh, I'm no pro, but I've shot 6 bears from 140 pounds to over 400 pounds and have seen about 50 in the woods while hunting, and many more while working for an Alberta guide back in the early 90's. No way you are going to tell from those photos. Its certainly not a cub, but thats as far as anyone can tell you. I've seen huge bears with big ears and small bears with tiny ears, the opposite from what it should be. Tall thin ones and short fat ones, everything in between.

But if anyone had to guess, I'd go with Woodchucker and say possible world record. It will beef up the excitement.
Fantastic to know they are around. Hope there are follow up threads on this one. I love bears!

Frenchymanny · October 10, 2011, 06:02:00 PM

I'm with Izzy: Beautiful coat!

JimB · October 10, 2011, 06:06:00 PM

Ken,I've got a lot of bears on camera and really,it is almost impossible to tell,from any angle but especially from that one.My first impression,I wanted to say 200 but Izzy's guess of 160-175 could be right on the mark.Keep in mind,a big,mature boar fathered those cubs.He may not come around every day but he will come around.

Shawn Leonard · October 10, 2011, 06:07:00 PM

Agreed that it is a beautiful coat. It is a tough angle with the camera as well, but I say 200 all day, also not sure it is the same bear in both photos as the first one appears a bit bigger, wider ass and shoulders. Shawn

Mic W · October 10, 2011, 06:07:00 PM

I was taking the date on the pictures into consideration with my guess, fatting up for winter.

woodchucker · October 10, 2011, 06:26:00 PM

I STILL say 500 pounds!!!!! Maybe MORE!!!!!!!!!!

owlbait · October 10, 2011, 06:29:00 PM

I'm with Izzy also. Tops 175#. Perfect size bear.

adkmountainken · October 10, 2011, 06:30:00 PM

i say i don't want to shoot another bear BUT if the little green light goes off in my head ya never know! he is right where i turkey hunt and really don't want to think about that as i am calling ya know!

woodchucker · October 10, 2011, 06:33:00 PM

No "ground shrinkage" to it... When he hopped down off the bank,and landed on the "ground" in front of me... HE WAS BIG AS A HOUSE!!!!!

drewsbow · October 10, 2011, 07:41:00 PM

bigger than a woodchucker but smaller than a bread truck

Cyclic-Rivers · October 10, 2011, 07:49:00 PM

I agree with Chuck. definitely a 9 footer and 700 lbs.