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Post by Muab Dib on Jun 8, 2013 12:23:18 GMT -5
Not used to seeing bears in my neck of the woods until the last few years and not a real good judge of "bear size" so how old and how much do you think this fellow weighs. Muab   |
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Post by Dutch on Jun 8, 2013 13:42:25 GMT -5
He's an older bear and he's "nice sized". A "good sized" bear is bigger than a "nice sized" bear. And then, there is "a heck of a good sized bear", which is the next size up. So, that's how we do it upstate, and it seems to work.  He's real close to being "good sized". |
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Post by galthatfishes on Jun 8, 2013 13:56:38 GMT -5
I'd put him between 200 and 250. We know its a male (look at the first picture, lol).
Once they get to the 300 mark and beyond, the ears get smaller and smaller. His are still fairly prominent. That said, he's putting on about three pounds a day right now; then he will take off weight in mating season which can last 1 to 1 1/2 months before he starts putting it on again. He could crack 300-350 by hunting season and maybe more if we have a solid mast crop or there are nearby corn fields. I'd venture a guess that he's no older than 4.
Dutch is right, he's a "nice sized" bear.
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Post by Muab Dib on Jun 8, 2013 18:59:25 GMT -5
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Post by Muab Dib on Jun 8, 2013 19:00:37 GMT -5
Thanks Dutch/Gal. I forgot about the ear gauge thing. His are still pretty prominent. I was guess'n a three year old and maybe pushing 300 but then again I don't run across too many bear. If he gets the feed I'm assuming he'll go 300 by Fall, or as has been said, a "good sized" bear. lol Muab |
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Post by Dutch on Jun 8, 2013 19:31:38 GMT -5
Maub, when you see them and the belly is a good bit lower to the ground, then they become "heck of a good sized bear". I'm guessing by fall, that belly will be more pronounced. He looking for mates right now and is running fat off doing that, just like a buck does.
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Post by bawanajim on Jun 9, 2013 2:20:43 GMT -5
Great pictures, do you have minerals there or another draw, or just a randomly placed camera, I have never gotten a picture of a bear, yet!
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Post by Muab Dib on Jun 9, 2013 4:39:10 GMT -5
There's a Trophy Rock there...Not the wisest thing to do but I've had the feeling and seen enough sign over the last few months or so I was pretty certain that a bear was around. Always have been bear passing through up there (N Michaux St. Forest) sightings and then gone, but 3-4 years ago we started seeing them setting up shop and not leaving. It looks as though they're here to stay now. Not a lot but enough...A blessing and a curse.
Muab
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Post by Dutch on Jun 9, 2013 6:46:32 GMT -5
Jim, there is no way I would put a camera out upstate without a bear box protecting it. They just won't leave them alone. I bet the first bear you get on camera, will be the last bear you get on that camera. LOL
Yep Maub, blessing and a curse. Every year I thank the PGC for the extended season in 3A.
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Post by bawanajim on Jun 9, 2013 8:35:41 GMT -5
Oh yea I hate the bears we have here, just big raccoons that raise hell where ever they go. We have twits that feed them so they can watch them, idiots.
They can destroy a corn field in a couple of nights, wreck my blue bird houses and are a constant battle with my bees.
I see the same thing in your pictures as in my video, nice!
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Post by Dutch on Jun 9, 2013 10:12:54 GMT -5
Oh man, the other year they were heck on the cornfields in 3A. That may have been the first year of the extended season. More are killed in the extended season in 3A than in the bear season.
Most of 3A just doesn't have the number of camps and the bear hunting tradition that neighboring 2G does, so we kill them in deer season.
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Post by dougell on Jun 11, 2013 7:29:01 GMT -5
Last week a bear ripped the door off of my buddy's barn and killed a small minature horse.The exact same thing happened last year about a mile from him.The beer ripped the door off twice within a few nights and killed two small ponies.I generally don't have a problem with them but when they start ripping heavy doors off to get at livestock,they have to go.
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