Bears over 500#

[seth30]

Ripper and I ran into a fellow that claimed he saw a 9 foot bear that was really aggressive and charged his truck.  The only reason he didn't kill it was because " I already tagged out"   

[bearhunter99]

I've seen alot of bears and the weight is almost always about 25-40% less than what people seem to think.  I have one that was over 500# and it was scaled.  He was a monster though at 21-1/2 yrs old and 7' -6" from nose to tail and a 21-10/16" skull.  I have a couple that were closer to 350# and dwarf most bears I have seen that were estimated at 400# 

[RadSav]

Seabeck bear legit, google it. Just a few years ago.

Hadn't seen that before.  Pretty darn cool!  http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/11/06/seabeck-wa-giant-black-bear/

[Jonathan_S]

The one that made this might be 500 pounds:  http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,182914.msg2412660.html#msg2412660

Probably about 480 when that picture was taken 

[2labs]

Seabeck bear legit, google it. Just a few years ago.

Hadn't seen that before.  Pretty darn cool!  http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/11/06/seabeck-wa-giant-black-bear/

Yea, I use too live a few miles from there. Know a guy that knows the guy deal. This was a true backyard monster! Living in a fairly populated area

[luvmystang67]

Wow that Seabeck bear was 570!!! Holy socks!

[boneaddict]

About as often as 200 inch typical mule deer are shot here.

[Jonathan_S]

About as often as 200 inch typical mule deer are shot here.

Too bad it's not as often as they are "seen" 

[fishngamereaper]

Seabeck bear legit, google it. Just a few years ago.

Hadn't seen that before.  Pretty darn cool!  http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/11/06/seabeck-wa-giant-black-bear/

Yea, I use too live a few miles from there. Know a guy that knows the guy deal. This was a true backyard monster! Living in a fairly populated area

I know the guy..big bear for sure, and it wasn't that much of a back yard bear. Mostly 5-10 acre tracts with a large chunk of un populated land bordering them. He roamed the area for years.

Theres a couple more of those in Kitsap that I know of.

[2labs]

I would be willing to bet that bear knew its way around a vegetable garden as well as a garbage can

[fishngamereaper]

I would be willing to bet that bear knew its way around a vegetable garden as well as a garbage can

 :chuckle:Most of them do.

[RadSav]

Our big boy from Oregon was taken between the Waldport garbage dump and a swamp with skunk cabbage surrounded by salal berries.  He was a stinky, greasy, nasty of a bear.  We can usually eat dang near anything if it's ground.  That bear went into dog food that the dog refused to eat!!   Ended up becoming bear bait for a half dozen very tasty bear later that year!

[MooseZ25]

Great input guys I know they do exist but few and far between.  We used to catch some big bear in California with the hounds but not even sure any pushed 500.  Some felt twice that once they got packed out though....

[cougarbart]

have never seen a 500 bear in eastern Washington! have seen 2 scaled that went 402 and 465!

[jackelope]