Spring bear visits.
 

While we're accustomed to these guys visiting in early spring, it's usually one of the regulars, most of whom have been tagged. This boy is new to the neighborhood, and not tagged yet. I believe he's been in one of the vacant dens on my property. I have decided to no longer allow the DEEP on the property, because of a very abusive tagging last year.
And yes, the suet feeders are down.

Edgar that fella looks big to this poor judge of bears. What do you suppose he might tip the scales at?

According to my daughter give or take a little, 375-400lb

That's a big one

Yikes! Dogs beware!:shock:

That is one fat bear for a springtime bear!





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As a longtime bear hunter/guide here in New Hampshire I can tell you that is a very big black bear. The best way to size a bear is to look at the ears. Small ears that are set low and wide apart on the bears skull denote a big bear. This guy has very small ears and the are set low and wide apart on his skull. He is all of 400 Lbs. Edgar, is there a bear season in Connecticut?

Very nice bear rug walking

Honestly, Steve, I think we'll have a Republican Governor before we have a bear season. Last year it was recommended by DEEP, (woman commissioner)
And voted down.

That is a shame. With mild winters and no hunting season you must have a robust bear population. And I would guess many large bears as the one you posted. I do not imagine that they need to den for very long if at all. We have such a large bear population that starting this fall we can take two bears. It’s unreal. And we can still hunt, hound hunt and hunt over bait. Live free or die.

If that big fella was hanging around my house I’d employ the old triple S.

You're going to need a bigger gate!

Back in the 1990s in November, I was black bear hunting in Promised Land State Park here in Pennsylvania. A nearby hunter shot a nice bear along the small power line we used to access the area. I helped him field dress the bear and drag him out to the hunter’s Subaru wagon. The bear filled most of the Subaru. The Game Commission folks weighed the bear and took their tooth sample and calculated the live weight of the bear at 502 pounds. The bear in your photos looks much heavier than the bear I helped that hunter with , particularly considering it’s coming out of hibernation. I’ll have to pull out the old newspaper article Tom Fegely wrote for the Morning Call newspaper about that bear and the opening day of the season that year.

What a magnificent beast! Is there a way we can use AI to tag him, then shoot him and make a rug out of his hide, then return him to the primordial forest unharmed and unscathed? Somebody call Dreamworks!!

If you think that once a deer is down the hard work begins just try it with a 300-400lb bear. They don't drag as well as a whitetail.:banghead:

Dragging any heavy bear is like dragging bags of cement through the woods. Getting them out of a swamp is even worse.

they will change their minds when a person that can set a season has a bear problem of their own,:)

like a big bowl of jello trying to get one on a 4 wheeler rack

I'm told that bear meat should be cooled as rapidly as possible to keep the meat from spoiling. Around here we throw them into a creek if one is close by

Edgar, one big bruin! Do you have them all named???:rolleyes:

Last year, I had a sow come every day for weeks with her three cubs. We named them Larry, Curly and Moe. They were such fun to watch, but gave momma fits.

I've got a name for them sounds kinda like sunny beaches.