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.