Think he’s close to 400#
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From: Shug
27-May-24
Thoughts on weight?
From: VAMtns
27-May-24
Biggun for sure
From: Charlie Rehor
27-May-24
Yes sir, no doubt…
From: Bou'bound
27-May-24
Has to be at Least
From: DanaC
27-May-24
With nothing for a scale, it's hard to say for sure, but he's a good one.
From: TGbow
27-May-24
He's big enough
From: GUTPILEPA
27-May-24
Oh yeah he is
From: Shug
27-May-24
So this guy was on the same bait last year ( hasn’t arrived this year)… I’m really hoping he walks in before the first one I posted…
From: Bowboy
27-May-24
Shooter
From: t-roy
27-May-24
When does your season start, Shug?
From: Shug
27-May-24
Fly out Friday morning Troy
From: 4nolz@work
27-May-24
Florida....
From: Pete In Fairbanks
27-May-24
That's a good one Shug!
I would trust your weight estimate more than a lot of "experts" on here. My experience has been that a lot of people SEE big bears. But somehow the ones they shoot don't measure up. YOU know what the big ones look like!
Pete
From: Buffalo1
27-May-24
I would safe you are safe on your estimate. He has all the characteristics of a very mature, huge bear.
Wishing you a safe and successful hunt.
From: 4nolz@work
27-May-24
More federally protected nature photos from Florida
From: 4nolz@work
27-May-24
From: drycreek
27-May-24
One way to be sure Shug, run a stick through him and ground check him !
From: Shug
28-May-24
Thanks all
From: midwest
28-May-24
Where you headed, Mark?
From: maxracx
28-May-24
Shug, he is a mature bear but very hard to judge with limited photos. Keep in mind a Spring bear will only weigh 2/3's of what he will be in the Fall. Also, Spring bears generally have very full coats thus making them look even bigger. I have hunted 3 Canadian providences and have never seen a Spring bear even close to 400#. I would guess he is closer to 250 than to 400. The best way would be to run an arrow thru him and then we will know for sure. Best of luck.
From: DConcrete
28-May-24
I’ve actually killed a spring bear that was 400 lbs in Manitoba.
That bear in that picture is definitely knocking on the door of 400. Easy. 250? No way in hell.
I just killed a 330 lbs bear I. Manitoba the first week of May.
Last year, my teenage son killed a 377 lbs spring bear.
300+ lbs bears in Canada in the spring? Truly, no problem. But shugs bear…..yes. He’s gonna hit 400.
From: molsonarcher
28-May-24
Same here DConcrete. My Manitoba bear went 404 last spring, and another client at the same outfitter killed a 454. Shugs bear in the pics will be right there if not bigger than those.
From: DanaC
28-May-24
Put it this way - if he's 'only' 350 pounds will you be disappointed?
From: Shug
28-May-24
Dana 350 maybe … 385 no. : )
