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wis_bow_huntr 12-05-2007 10:48 AM

Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
I got this email from my supervisor with some pics of a 750lb black bear that was killed by a logging truck in Merill Wi, date not known but apparently recent. This Bear was hit on Hwy 64between Merrill andMedford. It was being chased by a pack of wolfs and ran in front of a logging truck.
If anyone from that area knowws anythign more about this MONSTER black bear please fill us in....
Enjoy!










GMMAT 12-05-2007 10:53 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
They do in NC;)

YooperMike 12-05-2007 10:56 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Funny, I got the same pictures only they were from Montana. That is a Grizzly BTW. Not sure on the exact truth, but the bear is a grizz.

Sportsfann 12-05-2007 10:57 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Por guy wish it could have been the wolves!!!!

wis_bow_huntr 12-05-2007 11:00 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Actually it was confirmed it is a black bear and it was killed Hwy 64between Merrill andMedford Wi. I have yet to see a Grizzly bear with a white patch on its chest.

YooperMike 12-05-2007 11:02 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 

ORIGINAL: wis_bow_huntr

Actually it was confirmed it is a black bear and it was killed Hwy 64between Merrill andMedford Wi. I have yet to see a Grizzly bear with a white patch on its chest.
Come on Wis, you have to be kidding me. Who confirmed? Some guy on a Pabst Blue Ribbon Safari?

YooperMike 12-05-2007 11:05 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Still think it was in WI? Here's the newspaper article.

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/10/19/news/mtregional/news09.txt

Another one with the pics.

http://www.newwest.net/topic/article/grizzly_bear_killed_by_pickup_the_photos/C38/L38/

Red Boar 12-05-2007 11:08 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Just for the record, I don't remember saying the bears in my pics were large. Here are the facts about Florida Bears:

Adult males in Florida normally weigh between 250 - 450 pounds, and adult females in Florida normally weigh between 125 - 250 pounds. These are fairly large average weights for black bears throughout the country particularly compared to those in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The state record, weighing in at 624 pounds, was an 8-year-old male bear. He was struck and killed by a vehicle in December, 1988 in Collier County. In December, 2000 experienced FWC personnel captured, ear-tagged, and released a male bear in Seminole County that was estimated to weigh 600 pounds.The record weight for a female bear is 383 pounds.

YooperMike 12-05-2007 11:10 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Collier County??? I believe that is the home of Ray Finkle...Ace Ventura anyone?

SparrowHawk 12-05-2007 11:12 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Wow that bear is massive! I wonder how many were after him to make him run[&:]

GMMAT 12-05-2007 11:13 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn, last night.....but that ain't a black bear.

jmbuckhunter 12-05-2007 11:14 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
That's a GRIZZLY, look at those claws.:eek:

PatrickMc 12-05-2007 11:17 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They don't get this big in FLA!
 
If I get a vote, I'm going with it's a grizzly. And aren't those claws a little long? They don't look like they've gotten much use. What's the chance this was once with the traveling circus?

HYDE 12-05-2007 11:39 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
That is the strangest looking black bear I have ever seen!! Ha Ha.... Griz

farmcntry 12-05-2007 11:48 AM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 

ORIGINAL: GMMAT

They do in NC;)
Yep around 880# actually!:)

NCRemington700 12-05-2007 12:16 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 

ORIGINAL: farmcntry


ORIGINAL: GMMAT

They do in NC;)
Yep around 880# actually!:)
The world record black bear is from NC correct?? Something like 900 lbs?

Anyways, that's a huge GRIZZLY!

GMMAT 12-05-2007 12:22 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 

Yep around 880# actually!:)
That IS the world record.

Craven Co., NC, I THINK.

NCRemington700 12-05-2007 12:26 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Craven Co is near the beach right?

It's funny...the bears are big at the beach and the deer are small. :eek: Things that make you go hmmmmm.

GMMAT 12-05-2007 12:31 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
Maybe the bears are eating the deer:)

WV Hunter 12-05-2007 12:52 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 

ORIGINAL: GMMAT

Maybe the bears are eating the deer:)
More like a HOG a day... LOL

I agree with the others, that looks like a griz to me as well.

MN/Kyle 12-05-2007 12:56 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
I also think it's a griz, but also have never seen a pic of one with a white patch. That thing is huge, none the less.

NCRemington700 12-05-2007 01:03 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 

ORIGINAL: wis_bow_huntr

I got this email from my supervisor with some pics of a 750lb black bear that was killed by a logging truck in Merill Wi, date not known but apparently recent. This Bear was hit on Hwy 64between Merrill andMedford. It was being chased by a pack of wolfs and ran in front of a logging truck.
If anyone from that area knowws anythign more about this MONSTER black bear please fill us in....
Enjoy!










White patch in this picture? Is that what all of ya'll are referring to? That's air on the other side of his front legs. If I'm wrong, what "patch" are ya'll referring to?

gutshot 12-05-2007 01:43 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
GRIZZLY....Not a blacky

salty444 12-05-2007 01:48 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
wow look at those claws. no black bear has claws like that!

BigJ71 12-05-2007 01:54 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 
That's a grizzly folks, not a black bear.

Edit:Ok, I feel like "Mr. late to the party" I guess I should have read the thread first before posting, seem like the error has already been corrected.

sr77 12-05-2007 03:55 PM

RE: Speaking of bears! They dont get this big in FLA!
 

That is exactly what I was going to say.

Shane




ORIGINAL: YooperMike

Funny, I got the same pictures only they were from Montana. That is a Grizzly BTW. Not sure on the exact truth, but the bear is a grizz.


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