Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: BKMFR on June 21, 2017, 08:05:16 PM
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Does anyone know what the biologist say the average weight of a Black Bear is in the State of Washington, Male - Female?
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Average bear is 150-170lbs
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Trying to find out what biologist actually state... According to NAHC males are 195 lbs., and females 116.5 lbs but wanted to see if State biologist back that up. Seems a little heavy for the average male to me....
Thanks for the reply.
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For the coast, I remember the fed bios saying that bears in a drainage with salmon were longer and heavier 50-75 lbs than bears in the drainage one over without salmon. I seem to remember 150F/200M w/o salmon and 200F/250M w/salmon.
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I think it would be hard to have a pinned down number because Washington bears can gain as much as 35% of their body weight each fall. Would the weights be spring, summer or fall?
Climatically Washington bears are pretty diverse too which would skew results.
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(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170623/ffaba469c9bb45978354e9651301ce15.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170623/6b360ba987510955d0ac3b54faa90bb8.jpg) I would say average male 275-300 here in eastern Washington
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Time2hunt - That's a bruiser, although I don't think the average is 275-300. Nice bear nonetheless.
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I just think 200 lbs is a little on the light side for a mature male bear mid to late summer. Im curious on how this thread progresses and what other members have to say👍
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Interesting for sure. :tup:
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Well I thought my spring bear was small compared to my buddies bear. But the Taxi told me 150 lbs. was a average bear in Washington. :dunno:
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This bear was supposedly from Russia... Yes it's real. The pic I mean. :chuckle:
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Well I thought my spring bear was small compared to my buddies bear. But the Taxi told me 150 lbs. was a average bear in Washington. :dunno:
Your buddies bear was a stud bear, especially for a spring bear. 150 lbs is an average bear. Obviously certain areas hold bigger bears but it all depends on feed and hunting pressure. :twocents:
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I think 150 to 175 would be pretty solid guess. Also if you are talking just walking around or killed. Plus the time of year.
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I've taken or been part of the harvest of 8 bears in the past few years. From our corner of the world, near McCleary, 3 boars were 305-330lbs. One sow was 240. One boar was 251. The rest were 140-200.
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id say 85% are under 200
id also say most "500 pounders" are under 300
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:yeah:
Last official listing I saw for WA said the average sow was 140 and the average boar for Washington was 160. This is a few years old though.