879lb PA Bear

[Mpdiesel 193]

Just came across this article.

https://www.poconorecord.com/article/20101119/News/11190341?fbclid=IwAR0qAsjlm5XdlSUXVtDpJpUCxpsdOEMK5_XF7UPk2cueKopm0wQOLCkDU3E

 

[ithaca10 343]

Pike County has some nice black bear. Hunted their may years next to Blooming Grove gun club also Shola Falls and up the mountain to the fire look out tower.

[NotJust22s 2,145]

This was killed like 10 years ago

[Tuck 1,455]

article says 2010!!!!

 

[BowhunterNJ 10,045]

Yes, another article dated 2010:

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Town-Mourns-Bozo-the-Black-Bear-Killed-by-Hunter-109949654.html

[Woodsman416 4,743]

Here's one from this year. Maybe not 879 but still pretty damn big!

 

https://wnep.com/2019/11/25/big-black-bear-bagged-in-the-poconos/

Edited November 26, 2019 by Woodsman416

[madeinuk 1,402]

I remembered this from several years ago - those marks on its chest are very distinctive - or those are truly badass bear genes up there passing on those markings too.

[jerseyducker 100]

800 plus pounds, that is massive. Glad to never see anything like that while smallmouth fishing the Delaware 

[Buck154 13,219]

Old news

[Rusty 14,127]

11 hours ago, jerseyducker said:

800 plus pounds, that is massive. Glad to never see anything like that while smallmouth fishing the Delaware 

You're safe, those massive bears can hardly move.  They just waddle from place to place at a slow leisurely pace.  

[jerseyducker 100]

at that weight aint no one gonna mess with it.