Record-busting, 879-pound bear bagged in Poconos

[burmjohn]

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101119/NEWS/11190341/-1/NEWS01

OH MY!

The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that David Price of Barrett  Township killed the 17-year-old bruin, which had an estimated live  weight of 879 pounds. The bear had a field-dressed weight of 744 pounds.

[First-light]

Are the animals getting bigger or are we getting smaller??? That is huge!

[JGaruti3]

I believe it...the Poconos has some monster bears.  I have a house up there and I have seen some humongous black bears.  I think the reason they get so big and fat is because all they eat is human garbage! 

[cynthiafu]

THAT IS A BIGGIN . WTG

[Cabin Fever]

I can not believe how huge that bear is!!! May be the world record!

[WNYBuckHunter]

Nice bear, why bother with the tricky photo though? No reason to do that with such a big bear.

[Paulie]

Well that is what they do on TV! So why not......

[myke123]

i would run and gun if i seen that monster in the woods need a gernade for him lol thats huge

[SteveB]

Actually was a semi tame 17 year old  - there are pics of a guy hugging it.

People had supposedly been feeding it twinkies for years. Several guys participated in the kill - there was no real hunt.

[burmjohn]

hugging it????

[SteveB]

Yep - hugging it. If it's alright to post to another site, here is more:

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/northeast/334308-2-world-new-pa-state-record-black-bear.html

More here:

http://bullcreekblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-state-record-bear-taken-with.html

[burmjohn]

They had to shoot it 8 times with bows and cross bows?  Anyways its a wild bear, from what I was reading...  No?  Stupid people fed it, is that the hunters fault?  Unless it was the hunter(s) feeding it.  The story goes 10 different directions, not sure which way is up.

[SteveB]

Not a kill I would be bragging on or proud of. Like a little hunt with my hunt. JMO.

[burmjohn]

Just read this other article on it, it said:

"This particular bear was out on public hunting ground on national park service land and was considered fair game," Schweitzer said. "We did take a look at that, but we're not substantiating anything, so unless something else comes up we're considering it good."

http://thedailyreview.com/news/875-pound-bear-killed-in-pa-1.1066449

[Mr VJP]

The first article also stated the bear was tagged a few years back in NJ.  There are some big bears in NW NJ too, because they haven't been hunted there for years.