Post by: MooseZ25 on October 05, 2015, 09:20:22 AM
Post by: luvmystang67 on October 05, 2015, 09:21:37 AM
But no...
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 05, 2015, 09:31:20 AM
Post by: h20hunter on October 05, 2015, 09:33:03 AM
HAHAHAH, maybe there are leadberries in your area. That would help get a bear there.
But no...
Stang....post the link to last year's bear....that was a huge bear....but not close to 500....
Post by: luvmystang67 on October 05, 2015, 09:41:06 AM
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,138043.msg1832844.html#msg1832844
or the spring bear this year?
Post by: D-Rock425 on October 05, 2015, 09:45:24 AM
Post by: tgomez on October 05, 2015, 11:06:54 AM
Post by: Timberstalker on October 05, 2015, 11:08:54 AM
I've honestly only seen one bear that was over 500 pounds and was definetly over 7' long. People get them here in Washington though its rare. Average bear 175 lbs or so, so when you see a 500 plus pound bear you will know it! :tup:
Was this bear on a scale?
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 05, 2015, 11:20:11 AM
Bears aren't measured by weight anyway, skull size and age are more interesting (and reliable) if you're talking trophy.
I've honestly only seen one bear that was over 500 pounds and was definetly over 7' long. People get them here in Washington though its rare. Average bear 175 lbs or so, so when you see a 500 plus pound bear you will know it! :tup:
Was it near your 200" bucks?
:peep:
Post by: h20hunter on October 05, 2015, 11:27:35 AM
This one?
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,138043.msg1832844.html#msg1832844
or the spring bear this year?
That was the one.....biggest bear I've seen in person dead or alive.
Post by: RadSav on October 05, 2015, 11:50:50 AM
It's like a 400 bull elk. They do exist, but most of us will never see one in person. For me that's two, perhaps three, out of possibly 750-850 bear (not all Washington).
Post by: snowshoes22 on October 05, 2015, 11:57:19 AM
I imagine there have been a few 500# taken near the Peninsula. Anywhere that has constant food source and warm winters can produce some fatties, i.e. SE Alaska has warm winters and plenty of food. 400+ isn't terribly uncommon there.
Bears aren't measured by weight anyway, skull size and age are more interesting (and reliable) if you're talking trophy.I've honestly only seen one bear that was over 500 pounds and was definetly over 7' long. People get them here in Washington though its rare. Average bear 175 lbs or so, so when you see a 500 plus pound bear you will know it! :tup:
Was it near your 200" bucks?
Haha you beat me to it.
:peep:
Post by: 2labs on October 05, 2015, 11:57:51 AM
Post by: snowshoes22 on October 05, 2015, 12:00:44 PM
Post by: Curly on October 05, 2015, 12:02:48 PM
Post by: seth30 on October 05, 2015, 12:03:37 PM
Post by: bearhunter99 on October 05, 2015, 12:03:47 PM
Post by: RadSav on October 05, 2015, 12:04:24 PM
Seabeck bear legit, google it. Just a few years ago.
Hadn't seen that before. Pretty darn cool! http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/11/06/seabeck-wa-giant-black-bear/
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 05, 2015, 12:05:44 PM
The one that made this might be 500 pounds: http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,182914.msg2412660.html#msg2412660
Probably about 480 when that picture was taken :chuckle:
Post by: 2labs on October 05, 2015, 12:08:29 PM
Seabeck bear legit, google it. Just a few years ago.
Hadn't seen that before. Pretty darn cool! http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/11/06/seabeck-wa-giant-black-bear/
Yea, I use too live a few miles from there. Know a guy that knows the guy deal. This was a true backyard monster! Living in a fairly populated area :yike:
Post by: luvmystang67 on October 05, 2015, 12:08:54 PM
Post by: boneaddict on October 05, 2015, 12:16:46 PM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 05, 2015, 12:29:15 PM
About as often as 200 inch typical mule deer are shot here.
Too bad it's not as often as they are "seen" :chuckle:
Post by: fishngamereaper on October 05, 2015, 12:40:42 PM
Seabeck bear legit, google it. Just a few years ago.
Hadn't seen that before. Pretty darn cool! http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/11/06/seabeck-wa-giant-black-bear/
Yea, I use too live a few miles from there. Know a guy that knows the guy deal. This was a true backyard monster! Living in a fairly populated area :yike:
I know the guy..big bear for sure, and it wasn't that much of a back yard bear. Mostly 5-10 acre tracts with a large chunk of un populated land bordering them. He roamed the area for years.
Theres a couple more of those in Kitsap that I know of.
Post by: 2labs on October 05, 2015, 12:51:19 PM
Post by: fishngamereaper on October 05, 2015, 01:02:45 PM
I would be willing to bet that bear knew its way around a vegetable garden as well as a garbage can :chuckle:
:chuckle:Most of them do.
Post by: RadSav on October 05, 2015, 01:11:27 PM
Post by: MooseZ25 on October 05, 2015, 01:35:25 PM
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Post by: eastcoastguy on October 05, 2015, 08:43:28 PM
Post by: shootnrun on October 07, 2015, 08:36:23 PM
Post by: boneaddict on October 08, 2015, 05:54:53 AM
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on October 08, 2015, 06:18:16 PM
I imagine there have been a few 500# taken near the Peninsula. Anywhere that has constant food source and warm winters can produce some fatties, i.e. SE Alaska has warm winters and plenty of food. 400+ isn't terribly uncommon there.Seems that most I hear about are fewer and far between now days--back when the salmon runs were stronger. The guys I knew that told me of routine big ones, would set up their elk camp near the coastal streams. The silvers would be in and it would draw the bears down to feed on salmon before hitting the den. But the last few years, the salmon have been rather no-shows. The guys were still taking the fishing rods to camp, but said not really getting any salmon dinners nor seeing the bears like they used to either.
Bears aren't measured by weight anyway, skull size and age are more interesting (and reliable) if you're talking trophy.I've honestly only seen one bear that was over 500 pounds and was definetly over 7' long. People get them here in Washington though its rare. Average bear 175 lbs or so, so when you see a 500 plus pound bear you will know it! :tup:
Was it near your 200" bucks?
:peep:
Olympic NP is doing a bear study with the Elwha River now. They went and captured bears in the Elwha drainage and bears in adjacent drainages that would get salmon in their diets. They plan to compare the bears before the dams came down (fish inaccessible) to the bears once the river is 'restored' (fish accessible). But in the part with the dams still up, some of the bears on the side of the ridge with salmon were around 400 lbs (about a hundred more than the non-fish bears)--and those were measured after any decent salmon runs have since occurred.
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 09, 2015, 09:41:37 AM
:hello:
This is what most 500# bears in Washington look like :tup:
Post by: Timberstalker on October 09, 2015, 09:44:20 AM
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 09, 2015, 11:04:52 AM
Post by: Jonathan_S on October 09, 2015, 11:12:42 AM
I have seen one trapped near Lake Wenatchee that scaled 420 in the bear trap on the truck scales. I'm sure he was over 500 at least one of his fall seasons. If I recall correctly he was a 21 year old boar.
I would not get within 100 feet of that trap until the thing was tranquilized :yike:
Post by: shootnrun on October 09, 2015, 11:38:03 AM
Shootnrun. what an awesome bear. Was it killed in Washington?
Yes. My bear this year died about 50 yards from where this pic was taken. And we've harvested 4 bears from that canyon. But this toad has by far been the largest.
Post by: bigmacc on October 10, 2015, 10:27:33 AM
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Post by: Blackelk on October 11, 2015, 08:10:21 PM
Post by: kodiak 907 on October 11, 2015, 09:21:15 PM
Post by: 300rum on October 12, 2015, 10:03:01 AM
About as often as200170 inch typical mule deer are shot here.
Post by: LeviD1 on October 18, 2015, 08:20:40 PM