As posted on the Big Game Huntin Fourm, I just don't believe that your bear, which is a very nice bear...good sized head, has the body and the fat of a 525# bear. Sorry, just my observation.
I have included a picture of 3 nice bears taken this fall, they went 350#, 350# and 340#. Skull measurements...green of course, were 19", 18 14/16", and 19 4/16. Yes these pictues are staged, as yours is, and they are sitting on their bear's rump roast, oh which is very tasty by the way
. Anyway thought if for nothing else that people might like to see this picture. Oh, and the far right bear was stalked in a clear cut eating berries. He had a 10 yard shot and the bear only went about 40 yards.And the young man has it all on video, his father taped the stalk.
Congrats on your fine bear.
