New World Record Black Bear
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Warren County NJ USA
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#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2014
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yeah that's one BIG headed black bear , and at 700 lbs, no light weight either LOL
I didn;t see anything in the article about its age!
as they do have the ability to age them, just seems like would have been nice info to add to the story!
I have to think its a pretty old bear to get that size
and rather amazing that a bear that size and odds are its OLD age,
didn;t get tagged some where along its life time!
but congrats to the new record holder
I didn;t see anything in the article about its age!
as they do have the ability to age them, just seems like would have been nice info to add to the story!
I have to think its a pretty old bear to get that size
and rather amazing that a bear that size and odds are its OLD age,
didn;t get tagged some where along its life time!
but congrats to the new record holder
#5
BHC, you may know the answer to this. I looked some of that story up online and it looks like it was shot in a county fairly close to NYC?
What's the bear hunting like there? Morris county I believe it was. That close- it has to be highly populatated.
-Jake
What's the bear hunting like there? Morris county I believe it was. That close- it has to be highly populatated.
-Jake
#9
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Warren County NJ USA
Posts: 3,899
Parts of Morris County are rural, and other parts are urban, from where the bear was shot to NYC anywhere between 33 miles to about 37 miles
#10
yeah that's one BIG headed black bear , and at 700 lbs, no light weight either LOL
I didn;t see anything in the article about its age!
as they do have the ability to age them, just seems like would have been nice info to add to the story!
I have to think its a pretty old bear to get that size
and rather amazing that a bear that size and odds are its OLD age,
didn;t get tagged some where along its life time!
but congrats to the new record holder
I didn;t see anything in the article about its age!
as they do have the ability to age them, just seems like would have been nice info to add to the story!
I have to think its a pretty old bear to get that size
and rather amazing that a bear that size and odds are its OLD age,
didn;t get tagged some where along its life time!
but congrats to the new record holder
Last edited by Oldtimr; 02-14-2020 at 02:45 PM.