Nose to tail 60 inch black bear. How big is that. Pics added

[criveraville]

A black bear I harvested back when I was a young man measured 60 inches nose to tail. How big is that? Average? Just curious.

Thanks,
 Cipriano

[PEARL DRUMS]

It depends on where your from. We have some mega blackies up here because of the fall mast and berries. I shot a 7 foot boar that weighed 300#. Thats just a decent bear for us. My guess is you bear weighed about 150# hanging.

[JW_Halverson]

60" black bear?  Lemme see, that would be...carry the 4, divide by...and then calculating...about 5 ft. 

Heck, that's only five feet bigger than any I have shot!   

[criveraville]

Pearly it was in Northern California up near Mt Shasta. Just a ways from McCloud up Stouts Meadow Rd back in 91.

JW it was the ultimate experience. With a bow I received as a gift from my uncle for graduating high school. It was a Hoyt Raider. I still have that bow.

Cipriano

[PEARL DRUMS]

Awesome deal there Cip! What a way to get a bear, the size is meaningless in this story. I have a few 700# blackie pics stashed. One was from upper NY state last fall.

[JW_Halverson]

Of all the big game to hunt with a bow, black bear on the ground with no bait is at the very top of the list. 

But any bear, any way, with a bow is pure bragging rights trophy material.

[criveraville]

pics

[criveraville]

pics.  I am not in the pics because I was alone.  I wrote a poem a bout the experience and sent it to Ed for consideration on being published in PA mag. 

Cipriano

[osage outlaw]

That's an awesome bear Cipriano.  And in my opinion, any bear killed with a bow is an amazing accomplishment, no matter what the size is.

[JW_Halverson]

Kinda like the rule "It don't take much osage to make a bow", the strength and ferocity of one of these bears defending themselves is amazing....don't take much bear to kill a man.  I don't care who's bow you are carrying, once you are in range of this animal you are in danger.  Wow, thanks for sharing, friend.