Bear Weight--Need Your Help

[Timberstalker]

And here is a good buddy of mine, Taiton's bear.  Killed in 2016.  We figured him at 505#!!!

[boneaddict]

You are kidding right?

[92xj]

He is, looks to be about 508#s

[Timberstalker]

You are kidding right?

Not one bit bone!  Try the formula!!

[high country]

It uses inches as a standard, not cm.

[boneaddict]

@Hornseeker

You want to get good at guessing bear weights, start putting some money on the line and weigh a big bunch of them.  Most on here need to drop about 200 pounds on their estimates and for good reason.  Packing out a 3oo pound bear a couple miles, it feels well over 500.
Quite frankly, 500 pound bear are about as common as 200 inch muleys in this state

[high country]

It's pretty classic to hunting be it deer, elk or bear, ground shrink happens. The truth is that a beyond #200 spring bear is a good one and you can add #50ish to that for a fall bear. There are some very heavy bears taken, but they are the exception not the rule and if numbers are all that matter......they may not have any more skull than a skinny springer.

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

You can "figure" these all we want. That's not the point of this thread. Please post pictures of weights on any future bears killed. Luggage scale is 20$ and can easily be made to weigh a bear quarter.

Really looking forward to High Countries quarter weights, as we have an actual hanging bear to compare some stuff too!

That way there isn't any "estimating" or "remembering."

Also don't forget to get length and girth.

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[tlbradford]

This thread sucks.  Now I have to add a tape measure and fish scale to my pack.  Actually I don't care too much about what they weigh so I will stick with guesstimating.  Actually I will have Timberstalker guess the weight of my bears. 

[hunter399]

@Hornseeker

You want to get good at guessing bear weights, start putting some money on the line and weigh a big bunch of them.  Most on here need to drop about 200 pounds on their estimates and for good reason.  Packing out a 3oo pound bear a couple miles, it feels well over 500.
Quite frankly, 500 pound bear are about as common as 200 inch muleys in this state

I agree
I think bone can guess weight better 

[high country]

I just dropped my carcass onto a hanging scale. It was a fuzz under 100#. My hide, head and paws was #75 on the same scale. Guessing 40ish pounds for guts and 10 for blood/dehydration. Puts me at a crow eating #225 live at best.

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

I just dropped my carcass onto a hanging scale. It was a fuzz under 100#. My hide, head and paws was #75 on the same scale. Guessing 40ish pounds for guts and 10 for blood/dehydration. Puts me at a crow eating #225 live at best.

What was length and girth again?

Thanks for the information High!!!


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[SilkOnTheDrySide]

I just dropped my carcass onto a hanging scale. It was a fuzz under 100#. My hide, head and paws was #75 on the same scale. Guessing 40ish pounds for guts and 10 for blood/dehydration. Puts me at a crow eating #225 live at best.

Also, do you think you could weigh all four quarters with bone in (not counting spine and rib cage) so we can compare against the 3.25 formula?


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[Magnum_Willys]

This thread sucks.  Now I have to add a tape measure and fish scale to my pack.  Actually I don't care too much about what they weigh so I will stick with guesstimating.  Actually I will have Timberstalker guess the weight of my bears. 

  If I'm after a 500# bear the last thing I would want is a scale.   

[Timberstalker]

Pretty interesting information high country!  Good data.