New Jersey's New World Record P&Y Bear

[longbow]

New record bear out of New Jersey.

New Jersey Black Bear is New Pope and Young World Record

Jeff Melillo's new Pope and Young World Record black bear would also be the fourth best entry with the Boone and Crockett Club.

www.bowhunter.com

 

[Big D]

700 lbs. that's just insane. You've got some strange bears down there. Are you guys hunting under power lines or near some nuke plants? That's not normal. Congrats to that fella though.

 

[Mikejd]

Your going to beat that when you finally tag big Fatty.

 

[longbow]

Your going to beat that when you finally tag big Fatty.

I'm going all out after him this year.

 

[Mikejd]

If you let him die of old age he is just a short term story. If you kill him his legend lives on forever. Your kids and grand kids will be telling his story long after we are gone.
Not a bad way to go.

 

[longbow]

If you let him die of old age he is just a short term story. If you kill him his legend lives on forever. Your kids and grand kids will be telling his story long after we are gone.
Not a bad way to go.

Going to be a fortune to mount it. Thinking about having it done sitting, like this. Maybe that doesn't show off his true size though. I'll have to think about it.

 

[Big D]

Going to be a fortune to mount it. Thinking about having it done sitting, like this. Maybe that doesn't show off his true size though. I'll have to think about it.
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Your going to have to display the mount out in the front yard because that aint fitting through the front door.

 

[longbow]

Your going to have to display the mount out in the front yard because that aint fitting through the front door.

Good point! I have an 8 foot slider on the rear deck we can hopefully squeeze it through.

 

[JDK]

Those are big bear.

 

[Grandkid]

LB just try to have him come in while he is still alive...then you can tell if you will need a bigger opening!

Roger-

 

[mowbizz]

This bear was hit by a truck in PA...monster for sure but I have no other details than “on route 49”

 

[longbow]

This bear was hit by a truck in PA...monster for sure but I have no other details than “on route 49”

Massive black bear hit in Potter County

Black bears can be a common scene in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, but yesterday was a rare glimpse of just how large the animals can grow.

www.northcentralpa.com

 

[mowbizz]

Massive black bear hit in Potter County

Black bears can be a common scene in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, but yesterday was a rare glimpse of just how large the animals can grow.

www.northcentralpa.com

I’ll bet the big guy that is in your area would make those scales hum!

 

[NoDeerHere]

I saw a black bear hunt in NC and two hunters shot bears 550lbs plus. They say that area in NC have the biggest black bears because they don't hibernate and eat year round. Here is a link of one 880lbs. That is a lot of sausage.

nc black bear record 880 lbs photo - Yahoo Image Search Results

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[NoDeerHere]

Here is a link to another article and the are talking about 600 and 700 pound bears. I never knew they were that big in North Carolina?

Inaugural Festival to Celebrate Black Bears | Coastal Review

The only bear species on the East Coast, black bears are found on about 60 percent of total land in North Carolina. The N.C. Black Bear Festival, the first of its kind in the state, will be held Saturday at Plymouth.

coastalreview.org

 

[groundtender]

Read a good article a few years ago on hunting those big NC bears. They spot and stalked them in farm country as I recall. Sounded pretty exciting

 

[JDK]

I looked at North Carolina bear hunts not too long ago. Seems like Hyde County is the place for the real big ones. Hunts were (are) expensive and I didn't get a real good vibe from those I looked at. Several had a price and then a trophy fee on top of that if the bear was over a certain weight OR you could pay a lot more for a "better" opportunity. Not saying they were good or bad just that I thought it was odd.

Some huge bear down there for sure.

 

[groundtender]

I looked at North Carolina bear hunts not too long ago. Seems like Hyde County is the place for the real big ones. Hunts were (are) expensive and I didn't get a real good vibe from those I looked at. Several had a price and then a trophy fee on top of that if the bear was over a certain weight OR you could pay a lot more for a "better" opportunity. Not saying they were good or bad just that I thought it was odd.

Some huge bear down there for sure.

I agree….cost of hunts was out of my league

 

[Xbolt]

Never used an Outfitter ,never will