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*** See Post #16 for Story Update!!!
Details & pic from:
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/big-buck-zone/2009/01/big-bear-zone
http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/20...bear-in-wisconsin-must-have-been-big-combine/
http://www.wisconsinoutdoorsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=774
http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2008/12/13/news/doc4942f07722b81403889572.txt
On November 26, the Wisconsin DNR was called in and estimated its weight at 700 to 720 pounds and might potentially be larger than the state record. Schlough was planning a full-body mount, but taxidermists will have to use a grizzly bear form to mount the huge bruin.—Gerry Bethge
This one weighed 618 pounds field-dressed and would have weighed 700 to 720 pounds when alive. It measured 7 feet long. The bear is considered quite large by Wisconsin standards, although no information was available on whether it was record size.
Black bears typically are 5 to 6 feet long and weigh 250 to 600 pounds, but they have been recorded at nearly 8 feet long and more than 800 pounds.
The taxidermist estimated the bear's age at between 15 and 20 years but said he would extract a tooth and try to get a more precise age.
By Joe Knight Leader-Telegram staff It was the night before Thanksgiving and Neil Schlough was combining corn when he hit something large and black.
His first impression was that one of the steers had gotten out, eaten too much corn and died.
Upon closer inspection, he saw it was a big bear that was hibernating in the corn. The impact of the combine killed the bear.
“I saw the bear yesterday morning at Tom Persons when I dropped my deer off to get stuffed. The story is it had started digging a hole in the corn field Neil did not see it, it was on the outside row of the combine and he drove a spout into the lungs. Tom guessed the bear to be 15-20 yrs old he will pull a tooth when he starts to process it. The skull should be in that 22 inch range. The state record is 22 12/16. The Dunn county record is 21 9/16. Schloughs had to pay $75 to keep the bear. They are getting a full body mount that will cost around $3000 .”
However, a quick background check indicates that although the photo might well have been taken from an odd angle, the story is indeed very true.
Details & pic from:
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/big-buck-zone/2009/01/big-bear-zone
http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/20...bear-in-wisconsin-must-have-been-big-combine/
http://www.wisconsinoutdoorsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=774
http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2008/12/13/news/doc4942f07722b81403889572.txt
On November 26, the Wisconsin DNR was called in and estimated its weight at 700 to 720 pounds and might potentially be larger than the state record. Schlough was planning a full-body mount, but taxidermists will have to use a grizzly bear form to mount the huge bruin.—Gerry Bethge
This one weighed 618 pounds field-dressed and would have weighed 700 to 720 pounds when alive. It measured 7 feet long. The bear is considered quite large by Wisconsin standards, although no information was available on whether it was record size.
Black bears typically are 5 to 6 feet long and weigh 250 to 600 pounds, but they have been recorded at nearly 8 feet long and more than 800 pounds.
The taxidermist estimated the bear's age at between 15 and 20 years but said he would extract a tooth and try to get a more precise age.
By Joe Knight Leader-Telegram staff It was the night before Thanksgiving and Neil Schlough was combining corn when he hit something large and black.
His first impression was that one of the steers had gotten out, eaten too much corn and died.
Upon closer inspection, he saw it was a big bear that was hibernating in the corn. The impact of the combine killed the bear.
“I saw the bear yesterday morning at Tom Persons when I dropped my deer off to get stuffed. The story is it had started digging a hole in the corn field Neil did not see it, it was on the outside row of the combine and he drove a spout into the lungs. Tom guessed the bear to be 15-20 yrs old he will pull a tooth when he starts to process it. The skull should be in that 22 inch range. The state record is 22 12/16. The Dunn county record is 21 9/16. Schloughs had to pay $75 to keep the bear. They are getting a full body mount that will cost around $3000 .”
However, a quick background check indicates that although the photo might well have been taken from an odd angle, the story is indeed very true.
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