Originally Posted by
Champlain Islander
I say it is a young bear especially since the pic came from Wi which has some real nice bear. All the big ones I have seen have a gut that hangs down close to the ground. Looking at the leaves and the piled logs makes me think the tree is about 1 foot across and that would make the bear a year old animal at about 100 pounds. I would be really surprised if it went over 125.
We have some decent bears up here as well. Here is a pic of a sow with a couple of 2 year old cubs. The cubs are in the 80 - 90lb range.. So the bear in question would be well over the 100lb mark.
