Them bear in North Carolina just lay in those wheat fields and just reach out and pull the food in to them.They are so fat some don't even look normal.Big fat pigs of bear.
That is a nice bear.

ThinkI would go to Hyde, Beaufort, Dare, or Terrel Co. in NC and shoot a 650-750 black bear.

Thanks for the good information on big bears Bernie. Seems you have opened a can of worms.

Man thats one big criter. I would guess 700+ but they are a hard animal to judge.

Here’s s a big one I got on trail camera this fall . I know big deer but am not a bear expert but I think think it’s a pig.

Good thread.

What a Monster rvsask

This one went #556 after the dogs ran it for about 6 or 7 hours.

Those are some big bear.

They sure are. I've had this hanging on my wall for years, literally decades, and I always thought it was neat. I got to looking at it one day not all that long ago and wondered what the B&C minimum was for grizzly bear. I checked out their site and saw this bear missed their "All-Time" book by just 3/16ths of an inch. Would have easily made the book had I had it officially scored. Not a big deal, I have no control over how big a head a bear decides to grow and a skull measurement doesn't seem like a great way to me to judge a trophy.

You can see the bear was almost 17 1/2 years old, one of the oldest I've ever taken. I wish I still had the skull. Every canine was broken off and every single tooth in the bears mouth had a cavity, every one. I can't imagine the agony. That's probably why the thing was so intent on getting my wind. It saw me but it didn't know what I was. It was cutting downwind of me to pick up my scent when I decided to take it.

My property is located in Rusk County, WI ...we've shot some really nice bears over the years but to Bernie's point- 500 pounders are hard to come by- I've never shot one. Here's a 711 lb that a kid shot down the road from us in 2010, the best part of the story was his Dad signed the tag over to him and he shot it after school and farm chores were complete.

Nice Posco.

Bet that one didn't go up a tree!

Nope.

I love that part of Wisconsin's bear regs. I wish Minnesota would do something like that. Kids can't hunt bears in most of Minnesota except in the no-quota area. It takes 5-7 years to draw a tag in several zones and they cannot start applying until they are 10.

Could not imagine having to draw for a bear tag.Blows my mind.

Only Northern Minnesota

I'll quietly shoot my poo bears in MN's nozquota area

Half the people can't shoot a bear.They hid or lost their guns in boating accidents.....

At our hunting camp the 3 biggest are 520# 465# and $451#s. I would not find it hard to believe if a world record was shot in Pa.
Most of the hunters don't measure the skulls, they go by weight.