Once While logging i was checking out my pulp pile when i heard loud grunting and huffing sounds. I looked to see a mid sized bear maybe 250lbs 20 yards and closing! I didn't have my chainsaw or a pistol, so i slowly backed several feet up on the pulp-wood pile, as the bear shuffled right through the area where i was standing, he was acting very aggressive, he never made eye contact. I was glad he kept on walking away, I must've startled him. I also had a huge bear charge me after i shot him. After shooting, i tracked him, then i saw his large rump, thinking he was dead i gasped at his size, around 550lbs that was a guess as he broke a 480lb scale. Anyway as i gasped, he turned and charged, i was ready and dropped him with a quartering towards me shoulder shot. I wanted an aggressive looking full mount but the taxidermist said black bears are not aggressive, and he had no aggressive forms. He measured 8 feet nose to tail, the full mount only measures 7'4", the front paw pads were 6" across, the mount paws are 3 3/4" i'm pissed every time i look at that shrunken expensive mount. The DNR aged him at 10yrs. When the taxidermist and i skinned him we found porkypine quills and shot gun shot, bears are like people some are mean most are mild.