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Another round of how big's the bear #8616860 05/25/26 10:23 PM 05/25/26 10:23 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Twin Cities, MN N Nate L OP trapper
Nate L OP trapper N Joined: Apr 2013 Twin Cities, MN	As the title says, how big do you think this bear is? About 25 miles North of downtown St. Paul.

Re: Another round of how big's the bear [Re: Nate L] #8616870 05/25/26 10:44 PM 05/25/26 10:44 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	Is that a sow bear, that just ran off her 2 year old cubs? The ears look fairly large compared to the head. Bigger bears have smaller looking ears. I'm going to guess 190 to 210 pounds. Shoot it and let us know. Keith

Re: Another round of how big's the bear [Re: KeithC] #8616896 05/25/26 11:39 PM 05/25/26 11:39 PM
Joined: Mar 2013 IL H houndone trapper
houndone trapper H Joined: Mar 2013 IL	I would guess around 400lbs.

Re: Another round of how big's the bear [Re: Nate L] #8616944 05/26/26 07:37 AM 05/26/26 07:37 AM
Joined: Feb 2014 East Texas B BTLowry trapper
BTLowry trapper B Joined: Feb 2014 East Texas	No experience with bears but that one looks like it has not missed many meals My guess is 250-300# but that is just a wild guess

Re: Another round of how big's the bear [Re: Nate L] #8616977 05/26/26 10:11 AM 05/26/26 10:11 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota	over 400# NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Another round of how big's the bear [Re: Nate L] #8616988 05/26/26 10:38 AM 05/26/26 10:38 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 USA MN Snowpa trapper
Snowpa trapper Joined: Jan 2008 USA MN	good bear 325 # hunted a few biggest just under 400 . oldest 26.5 years a 325# sow Never Confuse Stupid With Crazy

Re: Another round of how big's the bear [Re: Nate L] #8616997 05/26/26 11:06 AM 05/26/26 11:06 AM
Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC C charles trapper
charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC	358.4 lbs

Re: Another round of how big's the bear [Re: Nate L] #8617149 05/26/26 06:21 PM 05/26/26 06:21 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Virginia 5 52Carl trapper
52Carl trapper 5 Joined: Jan 2014 Virginia	It looks to me like a very well fed 3-4 year old. Legs aren't stove pipes yet and the belly isn't low to the ground like an old bear. Ears look large and are high on the head. Big old bears have smaller looking ears more on the side of the head. I have no good guess on the weight, but it would likely fall under the good eating category.

Re: Another round of how big's the bear [Re: Nate L] #8617169 05/26/26 07:15 PM 05/26/26 07:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Three Lakes,WI 74 C corky trapper
corky trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 Three Lakes,WI 74	225-250 http://www.usdebtclock.org/ This place is getting more like Facebook every day.

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