Re: How big is this bear?
[Re: Hutchy]
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05/24/19 11:36 AM
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Judging a bear's weight by a photo is near impossible, but fun to try nonetheless, so I gotta give it a try too. I think that bruin will dress out about a half dozen pounds over three.
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Re: How big is this bear?
[Re: Hutchy]
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05/24/19 11:42 AM
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but if they don't like meat in the spring I wont bother next year. I never had a bait out where they didn't like the beaver meat, spring or fall.
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Re: How big is this bear?
[Re: Hutchy]
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05/24/19 12:16 PM
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Bears are all over the nuisance beaver piles in the bush.Gotta leave some out for the ravens to help call in bears from afar. That looks like a good bear to take-not too big and not too small.
Last edited by Boco; 05/24/19 12:17 PM.
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Re: How big is this bear?
[Re: Osky]
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05/24/19 12:59 PM
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Maybe 256 liv weight. Down angle on the camera makes the belly look a bit lower than it is, and the full spring coat makes it look heavier. Purely opinion, good eater no matter what.
Osky Could be. I put the camera about as high as i can reach. Just trying to keep the bears from eating the camera. Out of line of sight.
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Re: How big is this bear?
[Re: Hutchy]
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05/24/19 01:35 PM
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its a nice bear,the top pic he has a large head and small ears.i would guess around 320 live weight,good luck.
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Re: How big is this bear?
[Re: Hutchy]
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05/25/19 06:03 AM
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Grrr...I can stalk him at this bait, but for two days now the wind has been east. It is only a west wind (prevailing) spot
Phone has been going off all morning. He's camped on the bait again....
Makes a guy mad!
Last edited by Hutchy; 05/25/19 06:03 AM.
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Re: How big is this bear?
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05/25/19 06:47 AM
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Haha. No...I will remain filthy. The site is set up perfect to land the boat 300 yards away, and an easy stalk to within 60 yards. But no other way in that is downwind with the wind in this direction. Oh well, the season ends June 15. I don't think he is going anywhere
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Re: How big is this bear?
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05/25/19 05:21 PM
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I'd kill him asap, I cant count the times I've had big boars just disappear from a bait site once the urge to mate hits. Or at least become sporadic in the visits. Scale that barrel up to 55 and if he won’t fit, shoot him. I’ve killed two 5 1/2 foot bears at weighed 250 and this one looks bigger. Not much ground clearance and no spider legs. Shoot!!!
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