Got my bear officially scored
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From: Hessticles
21-Jun-23
Got my Blackie officially scored today. Green he was 22 12/16 and today he was 21 10/16. Measurer said it's normal they shrink that much.
From: Bou'bound
21-Jun-23
Great bear. Never heard of an inch off a Correct green score. That’s a lot by a long shot if the green was right. How long did you wait past 60 days to measure it.
From: DanaC
21-Jun-23
Still huge. Just to recap, where was it taken and what was the body weight? Thanks
From: Shug
21-Jun-23
Great bear… congratulations. fyi there’s no way the bear shrunk that much.. In fact bears don’t normally shrink much when handled correctly ( not boiling) Just a couple of 16 ths would be average. Again congratulations on a beautiful bear
From: molsonarcher
21-Jun-23
Congrats on a fantastic bear. I have to agree with Shug though. No way it shrunk an inch. Something wasnt correct on the way it was green scored.
Regardless, an all time B&C bear is no small feat. Where were you hunting and with which outfiter if you dont mind?
From: TGbow
21-Jun-23
Congratulations
From: Treeline
21-Jun-23
Booner! Congratulations! A B&C anything is rare! The shrinkage does seem excessive if it was measured right to begin with.
From: Muleysareking
21-Jun-23
Depending on the scorer and how they scored it, an accident can happen. On P&Y panel one time the length was off exactly one inch. Sometimes a person can read the inch mark on the wrong side of the sixteenth lines or sometimes if a person uses a tape measure they "burn" an inch and then forget it and just read the tape as is. This could explain the potential issue. ........Mike
From: StickFlicker
21-Jun-23
Congratulations on a great bear. My observation has been that when the outfitter does the green score, it tends to shrink MUCH more than if anyone else did it. They like to have those big numbers to quote on their websites!
From: rattling_junkie
21-Jun-23
That's an extreme amount of shrinking. It was either not green scored properly, or boiled way too much. Big bear, congrats!
From: Shug
21-Jun-23
Marvin my thoughts exactly… Also the reason it should be illegal for outfitters to green score…JK
But yes I agree outfitters often inflate numbers
From: Hessticles
21-Jun-23
I believe my taxi just green scored it real fast, I'm sure that's why there is such a big difference. Bear was from NW Ontario and we couldn't get a weight on him.
From: woodguy65
21-Jun-23
Lets see the hero pics - congrats thats a once in a lifetime bear!
From: Nick Muche
21-Jun-23
Great bear! They may shrink 2/16”, never an inch.
From: Hessticles
21-Jun-23
From: Hessticles
21-Jun-23
From: t-roy
21-Jun-23
I’ll bet it was fun getting that toad out of the woods! Congrats again, Tanner!
From: Alexis Desjardins
21-Jun-23
That’s a good one I believe it would shrink that much on a bigger skull but what do I know. Congrats.
From: LBshooter
21-Jun-23
That's a awefully long snout?
From: Shug
21-Jun-23
As a guy who loves bears… I love that one !! Congratulations again
From: drycreek
21-Jun-23
No matter the skull, that’s a great big bear. Congrats !
From: ahunter76
22-Jun-23
Awesome great Bear. I have a 18 12/16 & 19 even & I thought they were big.. Congratulations.
From: WhattheFOC
22-Jun-23
Maybe the green score was before deductions ?? ?? Nice bear.
From: Beav
22-Jun-23
Giant! And he arrowed a wolf the same trip. What a bear!
From: BCPYGuy
22-Jun-23
Pretty sure there aren’t any deductions when measuring a “normal” skull. Pretty simple, length plus width.
From: Shug
22-Jun-23
I’m pretty sure FOC was kidding..
From: WV Mountaineer
22-Jun-23
Great bear!!!!
From: Smtn10PT
22-Jun-23
Hell of a bear! Congrats
From: Hessticles
22-Jun-23
I'm betting my taxi measured the skull with the bottom jaw on which I believe would add to the total. Thanks everyone it was a hell of a trip
From: Bou'bound
23-Jun-23
Likely the green scope was the issue not the final and not the actual bone shrink
From: midwest
23-Jun-23
Congrats, Tanner!
From: Mad Trapper
23-Jun-23
Outstanding bear. Congrats!
From: Old Bow
23-Jun-23
Great bear !
From: grape
23-Jun-23
Great bear. Congrats
From: Buffalo1
23-Jun-23
Awesome trophy !! Congrats !
From: welka
23-Jun-23
Any black bear over 21 (heck over 20"!) is a Bear of a lifetime! Congrats!
From: Charlie Rehor
23-Jun-23
As others have said “bear of a lifetime”. Congrats.
After years of shooting and measuring bear skulls I have concluded (by examples) that to maximize the original skull size you should clean the skull with beetles. Boiling and the degree of boiling will shrink the skull way more than beetles.
From: Hessticles
26-Jun-23
Charlie, beetles were used on mine
From: AKmtnhunter
27-Jun-23
Huge bear, very nice!
From: BULELK1
28-Jun-23
Hell of a Bear---->
Congrats man,
Robb
