I've seen this floating around up here quite a bit. First, 700# even? Second, the truck is sitting much lower than it normally would be. On a ledge or something? Third, the girl is behind the bear and crouched down. She should be dwarfed by it if it really is 700#. Its a big bear, but also looks like some tricky photography.
I would say she is pretty dwarfed. The paws are bigger than her head and one leg is about the size of her entire body.
Paws the size of her head? One leg is the size of her body? The leg is 4' closer to the camera. It's all about camera angles.
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20111216/NJNEWS/312160008/829-pound-bear-takes-record-N-J-hunt but now that I see that bear I am doubtful this is 800 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
This is from Wikipedia on the size of black bear Black bear weight tends to vary according to age, sex, health, and season. Seasonal variation in weight is very pronounced: in autumn, their pre-den weight tends to be 30% higher than in spring, when black bears emerge from their dens. Black bears on the East Coast tend to be heavier on average than those on the West Coast, although black bears follow Bergmann's rule and bears from the northwest are often slightly heavier than the bears from the southeast. Adult males typically weigh between 57–250 kg (126–550 lb), while females weigh 33% less at 41–170 kg (90–370 lb).[5][37] In the state of California, studies have indicated that the average mass is 86 kg (190 lb) in adult males and 58 kg (128 lb) in adult females.[32] Adult black bears in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in east-central Alaska were found to average 87.3 kg (192 lb) in males and 63.4 kg (140 lb) in females, whereas on Kuiu Island in southeast Alaska (where nutritious salmon are readily available) adult bears averaged an estimated 115 kg (254 lb).[38][39] In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, adult males averaged 112 kg (247 lb) and adult females averaged 47 kg (104 lb) per one study.[40] In Yellowstone National Park, a population study found that adult males averaged 119 kg (262 lb) and adult females averaged 67 kg (148 lb).[41] In New York state, the two sexes reportedly average 135 kg (298 lb) and 74 kg (163 lb), respectively.[42] Adults typically range from 120 to 200 cm (47 to 79 in) in head-and-body length, and 70 to 105 cm (28 to 41 in) in shoulder height. The typically small tail is 7.7–17.7 cm (3.0–7.0 in) long.[34][43][44][45] Although they are the smallest species in North America, large males exceed the size of other bear species except the brown and polar bears.[34] The biggest wild American black bear ever recorded was a male from New Brunswick, shot in November 1972, that weighed 409 kg (902 lb) after it had been dressed, meaning it weighed an estimated 500 kg (1,100 lb) in life, and measured 2.41 m (7.9 ft) long.[46] Another notably outsized wild black bear, weighing in at 408 kg (899 lb) in total, was the cattle-killer shot in December 1921 on the Moqui Reservation in Arizona.[46] The record-sized bear from New Jersey was shot in Morris County December 2011 and scaled 376.5 kg (830 lb).[47] Even larger, the most massive black bear recorded in Pennsylvania (one of six weighing over 363 kg (800 lb) shot in the in the last 15 years in the state) weighed in at 399 kg (880 lb) and was shot in November 2010 in Pike County.[48] The North American Bear Center, located in Ely, Minnesota, is home to the world's largest captive male and female black bears. Ted, the male, weighed 431–453.5 kg (950–999.8 lb) in the fall of 2006.[49] Honey, the female, weighed 219.6 kg (484 lb) in the fall of 2007.[50] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
We do the same to make our fish look bigger Still a nice bear. But would like to know more of the story
It's obviously big, but I doubt 700 pounds. I never will understand why people lie about their kill, especially if the truth is already impressive.
I've been searching for the story on this bear all fall. I shot a giant and would like to know how it stacks up against some of the other big ones killed. Mine was calculated to be 646 lbs by a taxidermist using length and girth with a +\- of 15 lbs. Sent from my iPhone
