Monster NJ Bear
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From: Ace
17-Oct-24
NJ Bear, Said to be 770 pounds dressed, est 900 pounds live weight. 22 2/8" skull
From: Ace
17-Oct-24
Ace's Link
Story at the link.
From: Pete In Fairbanks
17-Oct-24
A testament to the nutritional value of dirty disposable diapers and moldy pizza crusts (the normal fare for NJ bears!)
Congratulations to the hard-working hunter who got this brute.
Pete
From: Zbone
17-Oct-24
Holy Moly!
From: Rut-Nut
17-Oct-24
I helped get a 400 lb bear out of the woods in Pa. (4 guys). Don’t think I would want to deal with a 700+!
But Congrats to the hunter! Hope he got it out and got the hide off quick! All that fat gotta really hold the heat………………
From: DL
17-Oct-24
I wonder how they got
From: woodguy65
17-Oct-24
Im more impressed with the 22 2/8 skull…WOW!!
From: stealthycat
17-Oct-24
the article said it crossed a street ?
how urban was this ?
From: Charlie Rehor
17-Oct-24
Bears and Cats are measured in 1/16’s inch. The current Pope & Young World record is also from New Jersey and measures 23 5/16”. North East Pennsylvania has some of the very best bear genetics and some of those genetics have wondered into New Jersey.
From: Dale06
17-Oct-24
I wonder if that dressed “weight” was on a scale, or an estimate. It’s a big bear for sure, but I sure would not think the pounds stated in the article.
From: Boreal
17-Oct-24
Zoom in on the scale.
From: Ace
17-Oct-24
NJ does have a lot of huge bears, some of them live a very long life since hunting pressure there is fairly low and seasons have been on and off there. Mild winters ... Also, the same genetics as Charlie referred to in NE PA. That part of NJ also has a lot of farms, my guess is this fatso was eating a lot of corn lately.
In the pics in the article linked it shows a picture of it on a scale.
From: Dale06
17-Oct-24
Thanks Boreal.
From: drycreek
17-Oct-24
Holy hockey ! I might just hide from that bear if I saw it in the woods.
From: Corax_latrans
18-Oct-24
That one’s fat enough to have its own Reality TV show….
From: Lewis
19-Oct-24
Helluva bear you can rest assured that particular bear wasn’t the cocaine bear congrats to the hunter Lewis
From: bigeasygator
19-Oct-24
lol @ Lewis
From: DanaC
19-Oct-24
There are fat bears all up and down the east coast. This one's 'Mass.'-ive.
From: Will
19-Oct-24
He's seriously chubby Dana! That NJ bear is a tank. It is amazing the numbers... and size of some of the bears around, that's for dang sure.
From: DanaC
19-Oct-24
^^ Chicken coops are popular with local bruins
From: Paul@thefort
19-Oct-24
A beastly, beauty, brute, of a bear that bears recognition for sure.
From: Pete In Fairbanks
19-Oct-24
Ace: There isn't a corn field for miles anywhere near where this bear was killed. (My winter home is less than 20 miles away.) I'd bet good money that monster was living on acorns and trash/garbage. I'll be very interested to learn the age of the bear. Bears there get old and thus large, by avoiding people as much as possible. The younger ones that get into mischief don't last long enough to get big.
Pete
From: 2Wild Bill
19-Oct-24
As my magnification on the scale readout pixeled into distortion, only the first digit of 7 was legible, and I began to think, that could bend that tailgate into crap. Also, what is that pink circle/growth on the belly?
From: Tracker
20-Oct-24
Another pic of that big bruin.
From: Shug
20-Oct-24
For a little perspective of a bear scored 22” or better it sits in the top 1/2 of 1% of all P and Y bear entries… that’s assuming my math is correct . An amazing animal and a dream of mine and many enthusiastic bear hunters… congratulations Brian
From: Babysaph
21-Oct-24
Congrats. Awesome
From: welka
21-Oct-24
Met his hunting buddy at the airport - he also shot a 600# bear. What a trip and congrats!
From: samman
22-Oct-24
samman's Link
Probably not that big, but a fat one out in Durango Colorado.
From: Alexis Desjardins
23-Oct-24
Congrats bear of a lifetime.
