The W.J. Jankowski Story

[brobear]

W.J. Jankowski (in Mazak, 1983) shot a very large (11.6 'over curves' and about 300 kg.) male tiger in Heilongjiang (north-eastern China) in July 1943. Very close to the tiger, Jankowski found the remains (head and paws) of a 'very large' male brown bear which had been killed and eaten by the tiger some days before he was shot (unpublished letter, dated May 8, 1970). This report, however, was never mentioned by researchers and both Jankowski and Mazak, apart from a photograph of the tiger and the letter mentioned, did not provide crucial details on the bear. Too detailed to dismiss and too meagre to accept, one could conclude. 
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W.J. Jankowski was a trophy hunter. He shot a very large tiger that he claimed weighed about 300kg or 661 pounds (which is 62 pounds above the heaviest wild tiger ever weighed). He also tells of the huge male brown bear which the tiger had killed and had been feeding on. 
 
Well, adding a huge bear to the story certainly makes killing the tiger more exciting. Of course, Jankowski did not explain how he knew that the bear was killed by the tiger. But, if there actually were the scant remains a dead bear on the scene, jumping to such a conclusion is a typical tiger fanboy trait. 

[OldGreenGrolar]

A 661 pound male tiger is capable of killing an average male brown bear, although I do support the male brown bear more often than not at weight parity (6/10).

Peter said that Amur tigers are more equiped to deal with bears of every weight class compared to other tigers due to the harsh environment it goes through at times (e.g. scarcity of food during winter) and the most capable of all big cats (extant) in reaching monster sizes.

[brobear]

Jun 19, 2023 5:07:07 GMT -5 OldGreenGrolar said:

A 661 pound male tiger is capable of killing an average male brown bear, although I do support the male brown bear more often than not at weight parity (6/10).

Peter said that Amur tigers are more equiped to deal with bears of every weight class compared to other tigers due to the harsh environment it goes through at times (e.g. scarcity of food during winter) and the most capable of all big cats (extant) in reaching monster sizes.

Quote; "W.J. Jankowski was a trophy hunter. He shot a very large tiger that he claimed weighed about 300kg or 661 pounds (which is 62 pounds above the heaviest wild tiger ever weighed)."  The heaviest "monster-sized" tiger on record and confirmed weighed just under 600 pounds. 
 
*Note; False information. Amur tigers are not equipped to ambush and kill large full-grown male Ussuri brown bears.