Another how big is this bear I video’d??

twincedargap · Oct 15, 2017

So I passed this one up thing he was maybe 175#, but then I noticed how big he belly looked. Was I wrong, how much you guess he weighs?

He has a decent belly....

Here’s the video...

northgeorgiasportsman · Oct 16, 2017

I'd say you were about right. It sure is hard to judge them ain't it?

twincedargap · Oct 16, 2017

northgeorgiasportsman said:
I'd say you were about right. It sure is hard to judge them ain't it?

Yes I’ve seen ten this year and other than one, they all looked much smaller than I had expected. Maybe I’m used to tall deer. And I’m hunting from a climber which makes them perhaps shorter and smaller looking too.

jbogg · Oct 16, 2017

I am terrible at judging bears, but I think your close on the weight. The straight on view as he was approaching you shows he's got some size through his neck and shoulders. Like you said, he has a belly on him as well. That's what a month straight of acorns on the menu will do. I was hunting at around 3400' Friday evening and the acorns were still dropping like crazy every few minutes. Reds and Whites!

twincedargap · Oct 16, 2017

jbogg said:
I am terrible at judging bears, but I think your close on the weight. The straight on view as he was approaching you shows he's got some size through his neck and shoulders. Like you said, he has a belly on him as well. That's what a month straight of acorns on the menu will do. I was hunting at around 3400' Friday evening and the acorns were still dropping like crazy every few minutes. Reds and Whites!

This was about 3150’. Saw three bears in a day and a half working the same tree. I shot at and clean missed a good size one, I figure 250+. I’ll be buying a scope for my muzzle loader. He winded me at 75 yards, came a little closer to 60 yds and stood up sniffing the air, then dropped & turned to run. I thought I had a good bead, but guess I missed him clean. Searched two days. No blood. No bear.

northgeorgiasportsman · Oct 16, 2017

I watched one about this size climbing down out of the top of a massive red oak this morning. Acorn crop is spottier than I thought.

Killinstuff · Oct 16, 2017

That bear is hardly over 100#'s. I've helped pull 100's of bears out of the woods and most folks bigeye bears like Roland Martin does a 3 pounders saying "that's a giant 5 pound bass".

The only true way to judge a bear is how is it going to square. Heads are genetic. Some areas just have big headed bears. Other places have big bears with not so big a head. Weigh most times than not just means a fat fall bear. Not unlike a fat lazy person who has a lot of food handy . But a huge guy doesn't have to be a fat guy and most times ain't. Bears are the same way.

jbogg · Oct 16, 2017

Killinstuff said:
That bear is hardly over 100#'s. I've helped pull 100's of bears out of the woods and most folks bigeye bears like Roland Martin does a 3 pounders saying "that's a giant 5 pound bass".

The only true way to judge a bear is how is it going to square. Heads are genetic. Some areas just have big headed bears. Other places have big bears with not so big a head. Weigh most times than not just means a fat fall bear. Not unlike a fat lazy person who has a lot of food handy . But a huge guy doesn't have to be a fat guy and most times ain't. Bears are the same way.

I would have guessed way over 100 lbs, but I don't have much experience with bears yet. I passed up several this year that were borderline. Definitely do not want to end up paying a fine for an undersized bear.

twincedargap · Oct 16, 2017

jbogg said:
I would have guessed way over 100 lbs, but I don't have much experience with bears yet. I passed up several this year that were borderline. Definitely do not want to end up paying a fine for an undersized bear.

It was a lot bigger than the one I already shot this year @ ~140#'s , so 100#'s is too light for sure. The 140# had no belly whatsoever and this one def has a pot belly. I"m not saying he's a monster, but def ez over 100#.

tree cutter 08 · Oct 16, 2017

My guess would be about 140 or 150

CornStalker · Oct 20, 2017

It's much more fun to guess at bears' weights than to actually put them on a scale. I'll take 159-1/2 lbs.

Fantastic video, by the way!

Unicoidawg · Oct 20, 2017

That's perfect dragging size though. 150-175ish

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