Originally Posted by cayugad

The reason I ask is my friends shot a 480 pound bear where I live, field dressed. We weighed it. The skull green scored 19-1/3 inches as I remember. What the final score of the bear was I have no idea. But it hangs in a bar down here. A very impressive bear.

A bear they shot five miles from my place was said to weigh 686 pounds and green scored 21 inches. Now I am not swearing to some of the measurements as it was TOLD to me. I never personally saw that bear.

The bear we shot at my place was 285 pounds field dressed and went 17-1/2 inches skull green. The worst part was he shot that bear and I had scouted his stand and there was a huge bear on the property that year. I would have guessed the bear over 500 pounds as I saw it numerous times, as it used to come into my yard quite often. It looked like a black VW Beetle when it came in. Low belly, wide shoulders, huge skull. Just a real nice bear. The town I am considered living is (although I am nine miles away), is called "The Black Bear Capital of the World." That was because a 10' 7" 665 pound field dressed bear was shot many years ago outside of town. And people all flocked to this area to bear hunt.

So a bear over 20 inches had some excellent body measurements to it. Any way you want to score it.. that is a tremendous bear. I am so happy for your son. That is just a great memory he got there. And to do it with a muzzleloader is even better.