chucksoliver77
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had a visiter outside our bed room window. What do you folks think he weighs? chuck
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Kow Farmer
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I am gonna guess around 400 lbs.
Kow Farmer Kurt
Kow Farmer Kurt
Fordfarmer
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Looks as big as any I've seen this year. I'd guess 350-400#.
mattwillson
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400 to 600. Large calibre rifle only, a 22 will only pizz him off.
mattwillson
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400 to 600lbs? Large calibre rifle only, a 22 will only pizz him off.
had one like that trying to climb [b:34203a1484]into[/b:34203a1484] my bedroom trough the wide open window last years spring.
The window sill is only 4' from the deck.
Good thing i was not quite asleep yet, it scared the crap outa me seeing that sucker fill the window against the star light.
I tried grabbing the rifle i keep beside the bed but knocked a bunch of stuff from the night stand and the resulting racket scared the bear off and... woke my wife.
Took awhile before we went to bed again :wink:
Gary in da UP
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That bear is 200, 250 at most. Two ways to tell just how big a bear your looking at, one is to look at the ears, big looking ears = small bear, small ears big head =big bear. Their heads grow with the body but the ears not so much. The other clue is how far is the belly off the ground a 400 pound bears belly would a lot closer to the ground. I've hunted bear and have one in the Michigan record book,was 383# field dressed, live weight was probably 440 or so.
nice looking young bear, he's just courious and rooting for food, not that dangerous if you use common sence, we have bears around here about once a week or so,its kind of amazing as im what i considered far enough down in the valley so they wouldnt be much of a bother,didnt used to see them until about 10 to 12 years ago, as the town up the road is a tourist trap, tourists = easy food pickings, food left whithin reach for convience while camping,food left in cars, yep yogi thought so too lol , and bears love dumpsters, and are quite adapt ad getting them open for all the goodies inside,out on our place, i think they are after the mineral cakes, salt licks ect left out for cattle plus its remote, good cover and water around here, the closest ive ever been? i fed one a bucket of water on foot one time,after idiot tourists had chased him around with a suburban in the middle of july, the bear was around this size and was much too worn out to give anybody any trouble, but he did like that water, i chased the idiots off and the bear left after he rested awhile.
i wouldnt try that with a bear that hadnt been run to the point of exhaustion though
i wouldnt try that with a bear that hadnt been run to the point of exhaustion though
should have put in there the town is up high in the mountains, rages from 6 to 12,000 feet elevation, the bears natural home, as it expands far beyond goo dsence or the ability of its water and mantenence depts ability to provide for it, [ developers discovered it in the 70's and 80's] human and bear encounters are a milti dailey thing there
Donald Lehman
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I shot a 3.5 year old a few years ago that would have been about 200 live weight. I'd say this one is about that or a tad heavier. My neighbors son shot one the same year that dressed in the high 350's. This bear is not that big. Bears are notoriously difficult to judge the weight. The post below states about the best way to judge the size of a bear.
nice bear
300 or so
Like Gary said, big ones have a rounder head.
And 400 plus ones, your first impression is.....FAT, big belly
Looks pretty relaxed around human surroundings.
I'd spend some time running him off.
They can be a real nuisance, and do a lot of damage.
Grills on your porch, etc.
And if they get a whiff of the grease in your inside stove vent, you'll have a visitor.
Locked doors and windows won't slow em down much.
In hunting cabins with secure doors they just claw thru the wall next to it.
Air horns, pots and pans, motion detectors hooked to a boom box at full volume.
Most times you can run them off, sometimes a big old male will decide YOU should leave, so be prepared to respond....accordingly.
Edit, I'd like to add that with most critters, if they ain't in season or you are the tree-hugger type. You usually don't have to hurt them. You just make your area unpleasant. Loud noises, things that startle them. They won't like it and will avoid the area.
300 or so
Like Gary said, big ones have a rounder head.
And 400 plus ones, your first impression is.....FAT, big belly
Looks pretty relaxed around human surroundings.
I'd spend some time running him off.
They can be a real nuisance, and do a lot of damage.
Grills on your porch, etc.
And if they get a whiff of the grease in your inside stove vent, you'll have a visitor.
Locked doors and windows won't slow em down much.
In hunting cabins with secure doors they just claw thru the wall next to it.
Air horns, pots and pans, motion detectors hooked to a boom box at full volume.
Most times you can run them off, sometimes a big old male will decide YOU should leave, so be prepared to respond....accordingly.
Edit, I'd like to add that with most critters, if they ain't in season or you are the tree-hugger type. You usually don't have to hurt them. You just make your area unpleasant. Loud noises, things that startle them. They won't like it and will avoid the area.
chucksoliver77
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I kind of thought around 400. It something how difficult it is to guess the weight of a black bear. In 2011 we had 2 record bears taken here in new jersey, one near my house was 776 lbs. a short lived record and 4 hours later someone got one that weighed 829lbs. Thanks to all for looking, Chuck
If that bear breaks 200 lbs live weight I'd be very surprised. Most people go waaaay overboard estimating the weight of bears, and deer too. I've seen a 515 lbs black bear and that little guy is nothing at all near half the bear that big guy was. But he was a dump bear. A black bear in the wild that goes 250 lbs is a big bear.
I bet I've seen 100 deer estimated to be over 200 lbs dressed weight that didn't break 150 when they got to the scales.
I bet I've seen 100 deer estimated to be over 200 lbs dressed weight that didn't break 150 when they got to the scales.
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