Grizzly?

[Carltonhunt]

Pics 1000 yards estimated 700-800lbs

[Ridgeratt]

that's a big "ol" bear!

[jrebel]

Without seeing the head and face, it’s hard to say.  I’m leaning big color phase (chocolate) black bear. 


What’s the general area (state, east / west side, etc.).  No specifics needed just general!

[Carltonhunt]

Colville.  I see a hump behind the neck.  But I’ve only seen a few grizzlys in my life.  Seen many black bears this thing was different

[jrebel]

Big black bears often look like they have humps depending on the position of their arms.  I have a lot of great pics of very large black bears that look like they have the grizzly hump. 

The definitive would be the face and head.....but I still think it looks like a masher black bear given that pic.  I'll post some pics of large black bears with humps in a bit. 

[highside74]

 If that's a black bear you probably won't ever find one bigger. I'd definitely put some effort into figuring it out.

[jrebel]

A few with humps.....I have more, but have to find them.  We have a huge cinnamon on camera that looks very similar to the one you have picture.   

[jason stevens]

Thats a tough one. I'm saying grizzly

[X-Force]

Cow!

 

With one photo it hard to tell. I wouldn’t bet against black bear but a couple more pictures would help.

[Dan-o]

Geez, that thing is a pig!!!!!!

[10thmountainarcher]

Pics 1000 yards estimated 700-800lbs

700-800 lbs even for a grizzly in that area I’m going to go with not happening. Without more photos it’s hard to tell, but the build looks a lot like a large black bear not a grizzly.

[highcountry_hunter]

Weren’t able to get any closer to kill it? Could’ve saved a lot of fawns!

[Skillet]

That's a black bear. 

[10thmountainarcher]

Since grizzlies got brought up, I find this document incredibly informative and love combing through all the data. As you can see per the table, the largest bear they’ve captured in the study was about 540Lbs. There are wayyyy more grizzlies roaming the north east part of the state than most know. They’ve also been there for a long time.

https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-09/selkirk-mountains-grizzly-bear-recovery-area-2024-research-and-monitoring-progress-report.pdf

[ctwiggs1]

I can’t say for sure but it’s either a house cat or a black bear. 

[pianoman9701]

 

[GWP]

Yeah, that got a chuckle out of me as well.
We had a black bear roaming our neighborhood going through garbage cans last year that while obviously a black was HUGE, sleek and healthy.
Non hunting area.
Too many people out here free feed cats and other critters outdoors and think it is 'cute' to have bears come up and eat.

[bearhunter99]

As others have said without seeing the face/profile it is tough.  I would be willing to bet it was a black bear from that picture though.  Jreb's pictures really show how a black bear can be mistaken for a griz.

[dmoua]

Large black bear. Don’t think it’ll touch 700-800lbs.

This one I got on camera is huge and doesn’t come close to that weight imo.

[huntnnw]

a 600 lb grizzly is huge in the states

[ctwiggs1]

I feel like we see a lot of 200-250lb black bears that are “400lbs”.

[jrebel]

I can tell you with 100% accuracy.....a 500lb+ black bear is a HUGE bear.  I've only seen on in person and my son killed it in Alberta.  It makes my 270lb body look small laying next to it. 

I still think that bear pictured is a black bear.  Not having good perspective of the surroundings, distance, ect......and only the one angle.....it makes it hard to put a weight on it.  I would say it goes 350+lbs and very possibly could hit a lit higher.  It appears to be a very mature FATTTTT bear.  It would be a shooter all day long. 

[bearhunter99]

I feel like we see a lot of 200-250lb black bears that are “400lbs”.

Bears are extremely tough to judge.  I have seen a lot of 400-500# bears (claimed anyways) that would be VERY hard pressed to even make 300#

I have two bears that I have killed that are over 500# - one is a black bear that was 21.5 years old and over 7' nose to tail, the other was an 8.5' brown bear I shot with my bow in Alaska.  I have shot a few other big bears and the next largest was around 350# and it dwarfs most of the "big" bears I see.

[vandeman17]

Guessing a bear's weight from a distance is like guessing a woman's weight when she is wearing a snow suit.... Be careful is all I will say 

[mburrows]

Stud black bear

[swampbear]

I’m more apt to say that’s a 300 pound black bear.

[dreadi]

Probably not 400lbs.






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[kellama2001]

Guessing a bear's weight from a distance is like guessing a woman's weight when she is wearing a snow suit.... Be careful is all I will say 

 

[bearpaw]

Extremely nice black bear, especially for the Colville area. Hind end is a dead giveaway!

[The Gobble-stopper]

Where in Washington did you find a mountain so steep? That bear appears to be climbing straight up. He or she must be fitted with suction shoes, obviously borrowed from sasquatch.

[dilleytech]

Really nice black bear. Not 700 pounds. Probably 300-350 big fat sow pregnant with some little cuties though. Nice one

[WapitiTalk1]

Black bear…a healthy one.

[Kingofthemountain83]

Big blackie... I seen a grizzly in Chewuch in 2020 that I thought was a big blackie until we cut tracks in the snow... You don't want to make that mistake!    It was about a mile away tearing up a dead fall in a burn across ridge... Big tracks... Big claws... Really dark colored...