Bldhound

My biggest is a P&Y Black bear 19 3/16.

extreme1

Rugers-----the scores are correct.Not sure which book your reading from boone and crockett but here in our record books(FROW)the largest killed bear in the 2 nd edition with archery equipment is 21-12/16 and dressed out on certified government scales at 502 lbs
In 1992 a bear was killed by a car and dressed at a whopping 732.5 lbs and scored 20-4/16
And the largest with modern firearm is 21-2/16 and dressed at 548 lbs.
This is from the second edition.The third edition is out now but i havent received it yet.Im sure that some of these records have been broke all ready to date
The minimum required score for boone and crockett is 21 inches and for pope and young its 18 inches

muskrat89

Rugers - You are right, some folks are saying "measured" when they mean "scored". Thing is, when they only give one number, we know what they mean If interested, people can go back to the Boone & Crockett site. Go to "How to score your trophy". Pick bears. Enter the numbers you cited from the record. You will see that the actual "score" is the length and width, added together. In the case that you cited, the Final Score is actually 23 10/16. Hope that helps

biggunz.45-70

My only bear: 325lbs 19-5/8"
2003 bow kill in manitoba

Western MA Hunter

Nice Bear BigGunz.

Legacy Hunter

Harvasted my first black bear last week in Manitoba with my bow. He scaled at 340lbs and scored 18 7/8 P&Y.

Ike Brown

Not the biggest bear ever, but I was very happy. I took him in the fall, Big Horns of WY.

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