Grizzly?

[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.