Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!

wis_bow_huntr · 12-05-2007, 10:48 AM

I got this email from my supervisor with some pics of a 750lb black bear that was killed by a logging truck in Merill Wi, date not known but apparently recent. This Bear was hit on Hwy 64between Merrill andMedford. It was being chased by a pack of wolfs and ran in front of a logging truck.
If anyone from that area knowws anythign more about this MONSTER black bear please fill us in....
Enjoy!

GMMAT · 12-05-2007, 10:53 AM

They do in NC

YooperMike · 12-05-2007, 10:56 AM

Funny, I got the same pictures only they were from Montana. That is a Grizzly BTW. Not sure on the exact truth, but the bear is a grizz.

Sportsfann · 12-05-2007, 10:57 AM

Por guy wish it could have been the wolves!!!!

wis_bow_huntr · 12-05-2007, 11:00 AM

Actually it was confirmed it is a black bear and it was killed Hwy 64between Merrill andMedford Wi. I have yet to see a Grizzly bear with a white patch on its chest.

YooperMike · 12-05-2007, 11:02 AM

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ORIGINAL: wis_bow_huntr

Actually it was confirmed it is a black bear and it was killed Hwy 64between Merrill andMedford Wi. I have yet to see a Grizzly bear with a white patch on its chest.

Come on Wis, you have to be kidding me. Who confirmed? Some guy on a Pabst Blue Ribbon Safari?

YooperMike · 12-05-2007, 11:05 AM

Still think it was in WI? Here's the newspaper article.

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/10/19/news/mtregional/news09.txt

Another one with the pics.

http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/grizzly_bear_killed_by_pickup_the_photos/C38/L38/

Red Boar · 12-05-2007, 11:08 AM

Just for the record, I don't remember saying the bears in my pics were large. Here are the facts about Florida Bears:

Adult males in Florida normally weigh between 250 - 450 pounds, and adult females in Florida normally weigh between 125 - 250 pounds. These are fairly large average weights for black bears throughout the country particularly compared to those in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The state record, weighing in at 624 pounds, was an 8-year-old male bear. He was struck and killed by a vehicle in December, 1988 in Collier County. In December, 2000 experienced FWC personnel captured, ear-tagged, and released a male bear in Seminole County that was estimated to weigh 600 pounds.The record weight for a female bear is 383 pounds.

YooperMike · 12-05-2007, 11:10 AM

Collier County??? I believe that is the home of Ray Finkle...Ace Ventura anyone?

SparrowHawk · 12-05-2007, 11:12 AM

Wow that bear is massive! I wonder how many were after him to make him run[&:]