700lb Nevada Black Bear

NVhunter66 · Aug 27, 2011

Well it has been confirmed, earlier this week there was a bear taken here in Nevada that was estimated at 700lbs! I talked to my friend at the Nevada Department of Agriculture who works down the hall from NDOW and he talked to Carl Lackey's wife who said this bear was tagged 19 years ago and weighed in at 330lb and was estimated to have been 8 years. I dont have any pictures of this bear but was hoping someone else had seen it and could post them.

Thanks guys,

"Elk dont know how many feet a horse had" - Bear Claw

HunterHarry · Aug 28, 2011

Was it killed near Incline Village?

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1055588/700-lb-Bear-Terrorizes-Tahoe

shepherd · Sep 14, 2011

A confirmed estimation? OK. Not doubting, just sounds funny the way you put it.

deadibob · Sep 15, 2011

estimating bear weight is like most people estimating yardage. 700 pound estimate might make 500 on a scale.

NVhunter66 · Sep 16, 2011

The biologist aren't just saying "oh that looks like a 700lb bear." I should have chosen another word other than estimate. The biologist are doing all kinds of measurements on the bear such as girth around the belly and the thickness of fat on the bear. I don't remember putting anything on here but I got another email from a friend saying another 700lb had been killed, it had a girth around his belly that was 64", and he had 5-6" of fat, and was "estimated" to be about 7 years old. I don't know very much about black bears, but I know hey normally don't get over 400lbs, and if they do they usually are really old. So a 700lb 7 year old bear seems to be a giant to me.

"Elk dont know how many feet a horse had" - Bear Claw

fisrtcoueswas80inches · Oct 28, 2011

So youre saying this bear was 27 years old!?!?!?

smitty · Oct 29, 2011

this post is worthless without pics.

I've killed some big bears in Canada, and not one of them came close to 700lbs. I would love to see a picture.

Why don't they just weigh the damn thing? or is it easier and more scientific to measure it's girth, inches of fat, testicular circumference and whatnot? judast!

elkantlers · Oct 30, 2011

>The biologist aren't just saying "oh
>that looks like a 700lb
>bear." I should have chosen
>another word other than estimate.
>The biologist are doing all
>kinds of measurements on the
>bear such as girth around
>the belly and the thickness
>of fat on the bear.
>I don't remember putting anything
>on here but I got
>another email from a friend
>saying another 700lb had been
>killed, it had a girth
>around his belly that was
>64", and he had 5-6"
>of fat, and was "estimated"
>to be about 7 years
>old. I don't know very
>much about black bears, but
>I know hey normally don't
>get over 400lbs, and if
>they do they usually are
>really old. So a 700lb
>7 year old bear seems
>to be a giant to
>me.
>
>"Elk dont know how many feet
>a horse had" - Bear
>Claw

Why don't they just put him on a scale?

NVhunter66 · Oct 30, 2011

I have no idea why they don't just weigh them, I'm just going off of what my friends says who works down that hall from Carl Lackey, and yes I was told the bear was 27 years old. I've yet to seen a picture of any of the Nevada bears. And one of the 700lb bears might be one of the top 10 bears in the world.

"Elk dont know how many feet a horse has" - Bear Claw