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Post by brobear on Dec 2, 2018 13:30:23 GMT -5
www.bear.org/website/the-nabc/meet-our-bears/teds-page/95-how-big-is-ted.html EmailPrint How Big is Ted? Ted may be the largest black bear that ever lived In fall 2006, Ted weighed an estimated 950 to 1000 pounds. That estimate is based on the following. In fall 2006, bear expert Jeff Traska saw Ted in Ted's lifelong Wisconsin home and estimated him at over 900 pounds. Ted then went into hibernation and lost weight over winter. A 20% loss would be expected, which would be between 180 and 200 pounds. When Ted arrived here at the North American Bear Center in late April 2007, he still had a huge belly. The caretakers restricted his food intake and made him work harder for his food than he had ever worked before. Over the summer, they watched Ted's belly shrink and watched him become lighter on his feet. On November 21, 2007, Ted was as lean as ever, and he weighed 860.5. One can only speculate what Ted weighed back in the fall of 2006 before his hibernation and diet. The estimate of 950 to 1,000 pounds does not seem out of line. If that is true, Gentle Ted may be the largest black bear that ever lived. The Heaviest Black Bear on Record The heaviest wild black bear ever reported was killed a century ago in Arizona. It weighed a disputed 902 pounds. The heaviest black bear reliably weighed was an 880-pound 10-year-old male killed in Craven County, North Carolina, in November 1998. A close second was an 876-pound 12-year-old male weighed right here in St Louis County, Minnesota, on September 5, 1994. Also in the region, an 856.5-pound bear was killed by a car near Winnipeg, Canada, in 2001. An 802-pound bear was killed in Wisconsin in 1885. Other captive bears may have exceeded these weights because of their constant food supply, but we have found no records confirming that.
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Post by King Kodiak on Dec 2, 2018 14:46:35 GMT -5
Wow thats pretty awesome. So now we know the largest wild black bear was about 1000 lbs, nice. But why did he arrive at the North american bear center?
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Post by BruteStrength on Dec 2, 2018 17:44:28 GMT -5
Black bears can get really big.
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Post by tom on Jun 15, 2019 7:56:31 GMT -5
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jun 15, 2019 8:08:58 GMT -5
HERE ARE 13 OF THE BIGGEST BLACK BEARS EVER HUNTEDWhile black bears don't generally grow as large as their brown, grizzly and polar bear cousins, these brutes can get pretty monstrous and scary. Adult black bears typically weigh between 100 and 500 pounds. Anything over that and we're talking humongous territory. But even a 600-pound bear isn't too uncommon. Wikipedia says that, "The biggest wild American black bear ever recorded was a male from New Brunswick, shot in November 1972, that weighed 902 lb after it had been dressed, meaning it weighed an estimated 1,100 lb in life, and measured (7.9 ft long.)." And they're all over. From Georgia to the Western Canadian provinces, and from the Montana foothills to suburban New Jersey, black bears cover a wide range of North American habitat. Here's a random sampling of some of the biggest big black bears that made us drop our jaws. Check out the most humongous black bears. 704-pound black bear.
Biggest Black Bears The Welsboro Gazette 704-pound black bear taken in Pennsylvania by 21-year-old Tyler Wilbur of Annville, Pennsylvania. It is his first black bear and had a chest girth of 64 inches. Tyler stalked the bear in a harvested corn field to take a perfect shot with his crossbow. To give you an idea of proportion and size, Tyler is 6 feet 2 inches tall. 610 pounds...Still a big bear
Biggest Black Bears Rack Em Up Scott Clark's 610-pound bow bear. Over 700 pounds.
Biggest Black Bears WQOW This 700+-pound black bear was killed near Boyceville, Wisconsin when a farmer accidentally ran over it with his combine in a cornfield. Bob Keagy's Alaska black bear.
Biggest Black Bears The Hunting Report "The bear was a beauty, 'squaring' (nose to tail, plus tip of claw to tip of claw, measuring 8 feet and one inch. His skull measured 20 5/16, making the B & C Awards minimum of 20 inches. Both measurements are more common for a grizzly bear than a black bear. We guesstimate the bear's age at over 20 years. What a wonderful experience!" - Bob Keagy Steve and Lorrie Dougherty with Steve's 21 1/16 Boone and Crockett Club black bear.
Biggest Black Bears South Bay Outfitters 21 2/6 Alaska black bear. Texas Bowhunter
Unknown but BIG! Biggest Black Bears Bowhunting World Alberta black bear. Biggest Black Bears Link's Wild Safaris Weight and score unknown. Alaska Prince of Wales black bear.hunting
Biggest Black Bears Alaska Black Bear Hunts The bears on Prince of Wales were recently reclassified by Safari Club International as Coastal Bears or Island Black Bear due to their massive size. There are more record-book black bear entries from here than the rest of North America. They regularly produce monster bruins that weigh over 350 pounds, square out between 7 feet and 8 feet and have skulls that score between 19 1/2 inches and 22 inches. Bob Richardson's Ontario giant
Biggest Black Bears Robinson Outdoors Three 7-foot Canadian giants.
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Post by tom on Jun 16, 2019 15:36:45 GMT -5
An 1100 lb. Black Bear, geez... that likely would be equivalent to a 1600 lb Kodiak bear maybe even more if comparing record sizes for wild Bears.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jun 17, 2019 5:27:40 GMT -5
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Post by tom on Nov 22, 2019 14:10:53 GMT -5
It's interesting that the picture above is of a black bear from North Carolina, specifically coastal North Carolina. In the link below the claim is made that Coastal North Carolina is home to the largest Black Bears in the world. Not sure if I completely agree or not as Large and I mean some very large Blackies have been recorded in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Brunswick and many of the other Canadian Provinces and including Alaska. bear-ology.org/BearFacts-Largest.aspx |
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Post by King Kodiak on Nov 28, 2019 8:23:43 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Feb 16, 2020 4:10:05 GMT -5
www.inquirer.com/science/black-bear-hunt-new-jersey-bow-hunting-world-record-20200214.html?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR11i8sMFIu-n0BwCBgn5NH-Aild9ceNXsoQ_L4Q-EVGn3HXhjMGR8SxjFA At 700 pounds, black bear killed in New Jersey sets world record, says national hunting group by Frank Kummer, Updated: February 14, 2020 A 700-pound black bear killed by bow on private land in Morris County, N.J., last year has set a world record for North American black bear, besting a mark set in 1993, according to the Pope and Young Club, a national bowhunting organization. The bear’s size didn’t surprise at least one hunting advocate, who said the high weight was the result of state restrictions on hunting that allow bears to multiply and get dangerously big. To determine if the bear was a record, the Pope and Young Club hosted a special panel for judging in Harrisburg on Feb. 8 during the Great American Outdoors Show. Pope and Young, based in Minnesota, says it is recognized as the official repository for records on bow-taken North American big-game animals. It maintains a scoring system and sets standards. “It has been an inspiring journey, to say the least,” Melillo said in a Pope and Young release. “New Jersey, my home state, has its first-ever world record animal!” The bear was shot Oct. 14. It surpassed the previous world-record bear, shot by Robert J. Shuttleworth Jr. in Mendocino County, Calif., on Sept. 4, 1993, according to Pope and Young. Melillo told Pope and Young that he had read an article in Outdoor Life stating that a world-record black bear would likely come someday from New Jersey. “They were spot on, and I never doubted it for one second. I’m very grateful that I get to be a part of all this. Pursuing bears with bow and arrow is a passion of mine,” he said.
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Post by King Kodiak on Feb 16, 2020 6:42:35 GMT -5
Wow, they killed a record 700 lb black bear, i hope they are very happy for that record. Instead of trying to conserve that beautiful big boy they killed him. Awesome.
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Post by brobear on Apr 6, 2020 3:07:13 GMT -5
According to Warsaw, this is the size of the record Asiatic black bear: 220 kilograms is equal to 485.02 pounds (avoirdupois).  |
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Apr 20, 2020 7:37:11 GMT -5
It’s such a shame that these people would shoot down an exceptionally large American black bear. This is no different from killing exceptionally large kodiak and polar bears 😡.
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Post by brobear on Apr 20, 2020 7:44:01 GMT -5
It’s such a shame that these people would shoot down an exceptionally large American black bear. This is no different from killing exceptionally large kodiak and polar bears 😡. A natural predator will never choose the biggest strongest animal as potential prey. The predator is looking for a meal; not a fight. But the human hunter is mostly seeking something that will inflate his ego. A trophy. ( but there are a few exceptions to the rule ). Very few. |
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Apr 20, 2020 7:46:58 GMT -5
In the wild it’s always the weakest that is targeted first.
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Jun 24, 2020 10:02:28 GMT -5
While black bears don't generally grow as large as their brown, grizzly and polar bear cousins, these brutes can get pretty monstrous and scary. Adult black bears typically weigh between 100 and 500 pounds. Anything over that and we're talking humongous territory. But even a 600-pound bear isn't too uncommon. www.wideopenspaces.com/biggest-black-bears-youll-see-today-slideshow/#:~:text=Wikipedia%20says%20that%2C%20%22The%20biggest,7.9%20ft%20long.).%22 Looks like a 600 pound American black bear isn't too uncommon. Probably more common than 1760 pound male polar bears. Back to black bears, I think they are actually capable of sustaining heavier weights than tigers and lions despite the fact these bears only average 300 pounds (for males). |
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Post by brobear on Jun 24, 2020 10:12:23 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Oct 17, 2020 14:24:44 GMT -5
Field Dressed at 718 pounds.  |
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Post by tom on Oct 17, 2020 14:29:55 GMT -5
Polk County Minnesota up in NW Minnesota. I've seen a lot of Black Bears in Minnesota but never anything that big......  |
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Post by brobear on Oct 17, 2020 14:34:37 GMT -5
Polk County Minnesota up in NW Minnesota. I've seen a lot of Black Bears in Minnesota but never anything that big...... Well, now when you're out hunting game birds, you know the possibilities.  |
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