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so i got my tooth age report for this bear.. 8 years old. young for a bear that big??  the taxidermist guessed he wasnt any older than 7 or 8 because his teeth were so nice. but he said that is decently young for a 450lb 20 inch skull bear...

That's funny because I was total opposite. The taxi said looked to be old due to how worn his teeth where but after I got the tooth report it said he was only 4 years old.

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so i got my tooth age report for this bear.. 8 years old. young for a bear that big??  the taxidermist guessed he wasnt any older than 7 or 8 because his teeth were so nice. but he said that is decently young for a 450lb 20 inch skull bear...

That's funny because I was total opposite. The taxi said looked to be old due to how worn his teeth where but after I got the tooth report it said he was only 4 years old.

weird man!! gotta just be what they are eating and how easy they were eating i would imagine

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so i got my tooth age report for this bear.. 8 years old. young for a bear that big??  the taxidermist guessed he wasnt any older than 7 or 8 because his teeth were so nice. but he said that is decently young for a 450lb 20 inch skull bear...

Jessie, black bear are fully mature around 6.5 years old. Your bear is a fully mature boar, I'm sure if you didn't harvest him he would have been real close to 480-500 lbs by the time he hit the den for winter. Don't know for sure if skull would grow too much more than that, but may have gotten bigger weight wise in years to come. That is a great bear, congradulations once again Jessie.

gotcha!  i still cant get over it tgomez. haha i had no idea what i had when i dropped him. knew i would do a rug but had no idea he was that big. bears are some of the hardest to judge size and weight wise.

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It's amazing when you put 2 skulls side by side and see the difference that only a couple of inches makes! I put my bear next to my buddy's bear and only 1 1/2" makes a big difference. His weighed about 100 lbs more than mine but he got his in Nov. and I got mine in Aug. Great bear Jesse. I knew you had a winner!

thanks eli  :tup: and i agree.  putting my boars skull next to my old females skull its a crazy difference.

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Jessie88 you got a beast of a bear, and are the 2015 bear hunting superbowl champion of Washington Hunting Forum!
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hahaha thanks tgomez  :chuckle: :chuckle:

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here is my rug. still needs the felt sewn to the bottom but this is ricks work down at cedar riber taxidermy  :)

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Awesome! :tup:

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That looks sweet Jessie. Looks mean bro, what a huge head, fierce!
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