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Offline Jellymon

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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #30 on: July 11, 2023, 03:01:37 PM »
What about these? :chuckle:

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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #31 on: July 11, 2023, 03:05:26 PM »
Those are not small.
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #32 on: July 11, 2023, 03:08:47 PM »
Here is a vid out the back window shortly after we moved into the new house. Probably on the small end of average size.
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #33 on: July 11, 2023, 03:13:21 PM »
Here is a good one I posted in the trail cam thread a while ago.
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #34 on: July 11, 2023, 06:12:12 PM »
Yeah that’s a really nice bear.   :tup:

Here he is on the ground:
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2023, 08:42:15 PM »
I was blessed with the opportunity to take this book bear a few years ago. Still get excited thinking about it.
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #36 on: July 14, 2023, 08:47:14 PM »
I was blessed with the opportunity to take this book bear a few years ago. Still get excited thinking about it.
He’s a fatty! Nice!
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #37 on: July 14, 2023, 09:13:04 PM »
I was blessed with the opportunity to take this book bear a few years ago. Still get excited thinking about it.

Are you able to post a pic of the skull to show the healed up injury?
I thought that was wicked.
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #38 on: July 15, 2023, 10:05:14 AM »
Yeah not sure how long he’d been running around with this injury but quite a while. The bone had fused and there is a massive wear channel in the upper canine where it was rubbing on the lower tooth. The pain must have been off the charts. Tough critter.
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #39 on: July 15, 2023, 10:57:06 AM »
Bears are hard to judge simply by pics. I’ve seen a lot of pics from clients and in one photo the bear looks huge, but a follow up photo of the same bear and it looks significantly smaller. Boars and sows have huge differences as well, some easy to tell, and others are not. And old sow may very well present or look like a younger bear. A lot of telltale signs of a ‘good bear’ are in the head, particularly the span between the ears. Another good look is the rear end…sloped off with no rise is a younger bear, heavy rise and wide is an older mature animal. The best guys I know that can judge a bear are people that have seen a LOT of bears. A good amount of bears roll through the shop every year and the similar statement is said with all the smaller ones…’he looked bigger when I first saw him’. Nothing wrong with shooting s smaller one, but good judgment on a bruin comes with lots of experience and taking a moment to truly evaluate the body of your quary before making a decision to pull the trigger. Here’s a good diagram of head judgement I’ve found helpful in judging them. Has helped and proven true with the bears I’ve been blessed to take
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #40 on: July 15, 2023, 11:01:45 AM »
Pics of both of my 2022 Washington bears
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #41 on: July 15, 2023, 11:08:05 AM »
 :tup:  Yup that’s a good’n
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #42 on: July 15, 2023, 01:13:24 PM »
Pics of both of my 2022 Washington bears

Nice bears!!

You must have passed on a bunch to collect those 2.   :tup:
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #43 on: July 15, 2023, 02:00:12 PM »
Yeah not sure how long he’d been running around with this injury but quite a while. The bone had fused and there is a massive wear channel in the upper canine where it was rubbing on the lower tooth. The pain must have been off the charts. Tough critter.
That is unique and cool for sure!
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Re: Help members judge black bear size....
« Reply #44 on: July 18, 2023, 03:51:23 PM »
Here is a video of a 60ish lbs bear.  We were standing under the tree unknowing there was a bear above us.  It huffed a few times and I think my wife about possession her pants.  :chuckle: 

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