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this bear was taken last year in the southern zone. it is one of four bears taken on our 75 acres. those for bears were the four out of the 5 bears taken in our county in 2 years. for some reason they like our land. it borderds 200 acres of state land.

I had just came out from lunch around one o'clock, been settled in for about an hour and in the corner of my eye i see a black furball. it dissapeared for a few minuets then reapperead. 20 yrds away perfect broadside shot my parker inferno and 3 blade spitfire broadheads did the job and passed through both lungs and sliced the heart. she didnt run more than 10 yrds.

i was scared out of my mind so i waited in my stand for TWO HOURS just to make sure the deal was sealed. sure enought it was.

P.S: this was posted now because i just joined the site. looking forward to having another one in just a couple of weeks.

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Hey Gents,

Congrats on your bear bigbuckhunter. I shot a female bear a few weeks back that was about 180lbs. When i got back from my hunting trip, i did a little research to see how old it could have been. What I learned was that female bears typically don't grow much over 200 or 220 lbs. Turns out, its the males that keep growing and get much larger. I don't know for sure yet how old my bear was. Still waiting for the DEC letter. But I have a feeling its gonna be quite a bit older than 2 or 3 years. There was just something about its build and the condition of its teeth. Seemed pretty old. Just out of curiosity, how long did it take you to get the DEC letter back after sending in the tooth?

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Hey Gents,

Congrats on your bear bigbuckhunter. I shot a female bear a few weeks back that was about 180lbs. When i got back from my hunting trip, i did a little research to see how old it could have been. What I learned was that female bears typically don't grow much over 200 or 220 lbs. Turns out, its the males that keep growing and get much larger. I don't know for sure yet how old my bear was. Still waiting for the DEC letter. But I have a feeling its gonna be quite a bit older than 2 or 3 years. There was just something about its build and the condition of its teeth. Seemed pretty old. Just out of curiosity, how long did it take you to get the DEC letter back after sending in the tooth?

I killed a bear in 1993 and the bear biologist came and removed a tooth. It took about 2 years to get my letter from the DEC. They aged him at 1 3/4 yes old and he weighed 234#. Haven't seen one during hunting since.
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congrats on the bear. the dec says the average female black bear in ny is 170lbs . i was lucky enough to take a nice black bear last year in the southern zone i went out on a friday and seen a bunch of bear tracks and crap so the next day me and a couple of buddys went back out and sure enough i ended up getting a really nice bear with my 12 gauge we were really far back into the woods and had to quarter the bear out. it was a female estimated at over 400lbs im expecting my half mount back some time this week or next. what a rush it is when you see a bear.

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Congratulations on a very nice bear . Bears, like people, vary a lot in size from one individual to another. Yours was a very nice, typical adult bear, and you have reason to be proud . Good job, young feller... Enjoy your well earned trophy.

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i killed a female bear in 1988 in the dacks with a flintlock. it weighed 205 and was

aged @ 20 3/4 years old. i questioned the weight thinking a bear of this age must

have lost a lot of weight. they told me an adult female bear of any age could weigh as little as 65# and still be healthy. congrats. any bear is a trophy. :drinks:

sorry if this is old stuff, new to site and checking out everything. thanks

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thank you welcome to the site . its the only bear i have ever seen it was pure luck that she was the size she was but like you said any bear is a trophyi might go the rest of my life and never see another one or who knows maybe ill start seeing more. ive always wanted a bear with the bow if i do see another one hopefully it will be during bow season.

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