shot this monster with my bow this year while hunting early season whitetail in WA. Taxidermist told me he measured it at 7'1", the biggest he's ever had in his shop... even though it was a sow! Couldn't figure out how to post a pic, but here is a link to it on MyTrophyRoom.com
http://www.mytrophyroom.com/albums/view/8

wow extremly impresive

thanks... it is my first big game animal of any kind that made book, so I'm pretty excited about it

Awesome bear!
-jake

That's a stud... congrats...

That is one heck of a blackie. We usually have a couple here in PA that are harvested in the 600 lb range every year. I can't imagine how many guys it would take to get something like that out of the woods.

yeah, getting it out of the woods was another story all to itself... a lot of work and a lot of creativity

That's a great looking bear, congratulations.

Congrats on a great bear, Hope your doing a full mount or at least a rug.

doin a rug, the wife wouldn't let me do a full body mount