how big?

[Chromeslayer]

any guesses to how big this bear is??

[Paulie]

I don;t know much about bears, but comparing him to a pic that burmjohn put up I would guess this guy is young. They say to look at the ears...if it looks like a German Sheapard, it's young...if it looks like Mickey mouse it has some age...plus the snout looks long which i would think means it's younger?? But just like humans, you could bear (no pun intended) big kids...shit I was 10 lbs 8 oz....its tough to tell with nothing to judge from but i would say maybe it's the height of a golden retreiver and is 2.5 times as big. My guees would be 200-250lbs....let us know when you shoot it.

Edited October 5, 2011 by Paulie

[Lawdwaz]

60-75lbs. Woof!

Look at those giant ears! Tons of daylight under the tranny also.

Don' t shoot for fears mamma will eat you up for killing her baby!

Those pics from Wilson? Sat it ain't so..................................................................

[Paulie]

OK, i feel stupid if your correct......just goes to show you how much i know about bears....don;t hate me, I have only seen 3 in the woods......

[Chromeslayer]

few more pics... i think hes bigger than the 60-75lb size

[bigbuckhunter]

60-75lbs. Woof!

Look at those giant ears! Tons of daylight under the tranny also.

Don' t shoot for fears mamma will eat you up for killing her baby!

Those pics from Wilson? Sat it ain't so..................................................................

no way that low ears are huge, your right about the belly but i say at least breaking 100 that bear is perfect to shoot, unless you want to let it get bigger then by all means let it get bigger

[bigbuckhunter]

change that to at least 150 thats a nice bear depending on where you hunt, ive studied bear pictures on my trail cam have one around that size confirmed dead it turned out to be 160

[Santamour123]

125 poo bear ears, no belly & long neck. A well fed 2 year old

[bigbuckhunter]

125 poo bear ears, no belly & long neck. A well fed 2 year old

no way ears are a nice size

[G-Man]

my guess would be 2 year old momma kicked out... 125-150.. long legs and not much girth

Edited October 5, 2011 by G-Man

[burmjohn]

Either way that's a nice field you have there!

[bigbuckhunter]

a good way to tell the size is to compare it to the length of the clover in the field

[BizCT]

157lbs. +/- 3lbs.

[Santamour123]

no way ears are a nice size

Yes you are right. the ears are nice size. which means ...small bear. A big bear has relitivly small ears for their head.

[otis2]

125 poo bear ears, no belly & long neck. A well fed 2 year old

I agree. That bear has HUGE ears!

[Kevin]

First time bear hunter....shooter or not!

[bigbuckhunter]

shootetr

[bigbuckhunter]

depends where you are tyhough

[Hunting18]

id say at least 150-170

[Four Season Whitetail's]

I would say if you are a little iffy about climbing down and walking out in the dark with him around...Shoot him and then go get more help to get him out!!!!

[Tonyjoe]

When I lived in Alaska I attended a few bear hunting classes and the state actually makes you pass a course to bait for them. Here is the link to the website and it has a little information on judging size of the black bear.

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=bearbaiting.main

I know it talks about using the barrel method because that is what most people use to bait up there, but most of us know how big a 55 gal. drum is to the comparison should be easy to visualize. I also subscribed to a site similar to this one in AK which had a lot of information on black bear hunting.

http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/

[SteveNY]

Young bear... Maybe 160