I'm not used to looking at bears . I was hoping you guys that see them often might have an opinion on size and gender.. this photo was taken five miles from my house

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180lbs +-20lbs.

Hard to tell from a picture. Did you take it? will weigh about the same as a hog of the same size

I'm getting a mixed reading on that bear. First I didn't know there were cinnamon bears there. It has an ear tag. Fish and game can probably tell you a thing or 2 about it. If that is a what 20 gallons trash bag that gives you a size scale. My first impression is a young bear mainly due to it's small narrow looking head---and the ears look big--- which they are on black bears but should seem smaller on a big bear. Big bears have big butts -- and that one doesn't seem to. At any rate it seems like a 1/2 way decent sized bear but not a big one but need a few more pics at different angles to tell more.

I'd shoot it for meat and that fancy colored rug. If you get it, dress and bone right away. Don't hang bear meat like deer because it will sour quickly. Bone it out, get some Leggs # 10 breakfast sausage seasoning and grind it up with 20% pork fat--- then call me when breakfast is ready.

No I did not Danny . One of my wife's cousins took it on her way to work

180 ish, MDC used to tag males blue and females yellow back when we were doing it.

Missouri doesn't have a season yet , I think they are just now taking applications for the first lottery this fall . The bear zone is way south of here .i havnt really been following the bear season rollout here there hasn't been a bear sighting around here for four or five years

I hope a few wander west 150 miles or so. Plenty of feed for them here. I have a suspicion when one does the farmers and ranchers fall back on the 3 s's though.

There was another siting a day or two ago in Jeff City on highway 50 near Eastland drive. I doubt it’s the same bear but hard telling. Maybe with lots of sightings we’ll have a higher quota season open up before long.

Kyle

This one was two miles north of New Bloomfield near the intersection of Hwy J and county road 328

From the pic,and going by head and ears 200 lb was my first impression

Small head, 200 at best.

How big is the hog for comparison purposes?

The bear's coat isn't cinnamon, it has just shed most of it's gaurd hair and the wooly brownish underfur is showing. Bear weights are hard to judge at medium sizes.....I'd say 175-200 liveweight.

When a black bear’s ears look very small, it is normally a larger bear. This bear appears to have large ears. Might go 200 lb.

I would agree with all the 180 guess's. By the way, it would weigh the same even in another state.

I would agree with the 180ish guess's. By the way, it would weigh the same in any other state too.

I would agree with the 180ish guess's. By the way, it would weigh the same in any other state too.

I’d say that bear is about 150lbs, it is a cinnamon, and I’m leaning towards it being a male. My guess that it’s a male is the only thing I’m not sure on.