Black Bear Visit

[BIGR]

This black bear came by on Wednesday and Thursday night. He tore down a suet cake Wednesday night and Thursday night in the front yard, about 20 feet in front of the house. I did get a few pictures of him at my feeder above the house. What do you guys think that he weighs?

[Buzzcook]

At a guess I'd say closer to 400# than 300#.

[BIGR]

I figured 430 plus maybe?

[Vermonter]

I was going to say 350-400

[FrankenMauser]

Bears look a lot heavier than they really are.

I don't think that one would break 350 lbs, and is probably no more than 300.

[BIG P]

Shot one about the same size last year.It had a 16.5'' head and was 312lbs.
They look pretty close to the same.Pretty nice little blackie.

[jmr40]

It is really hard to say. Bears are hard to judge. I killed one a few years back that I would have sworn was 300+ when it fell. By the time I got it to the truck 5 hours later I was thinking closer to 400. It was 260. Still a decent GA bear. This one looks bigger than mine, but not by much. I'd make a guess of 300-350, but I could easily be off 100 lbs either way.

[mete]

Yes most overestimate a bear's weight .I've seen a real 400 # bear up close [15 ' ] ,that's a lot of bear !! I would guess that bear in the photo was 300# max . They also put on lots of weight in the fall for hibernation .

[armed_librarian]

Nice pictures! Noticed the Cat (I think) in the first picture then the bear sitting where it was in the second two. I hope you are not missing a pet.

[bswiv]

Can't say I know how to judge size but he looks just like the ones we have on our place.........100% anoying!!

[BIGR]

Nice pictures! Noticed the Cat (I think) in the first picture then the bear sitting where it was in the second two. I hope you are not missing a pet.

No cat, just one of probably 30 raccoons that roams around my place.

Just a few of them in this picture. As you can see they are not afraid of the small bear.

[langenc]

I think you should harvets some coon.

I counted 14 but but noticed that was a couple falls ago.

Neighbor has 6 cats living under her shed. I told her by fall there would probably be 18-20 and then what is she going to do. I have an idea to help out.

[Irish B]

The bears are starting to poke around my house too. Time to get the rubber buck ready just in case. Actually word has it there's a big male tom lion hanging around the neighborhood so usually if you have one it keeps the other away. I remember two summers ago I had a big bear make rounds through my yard almost every night till all of a sudden he was nowhere to be found. After a few days I found a deer leg in my yard and my neighbor found the rest of the buck in his tree along with lion tracks. All of a sudden we missed our bear! So long as you have a bear around you usually are safe from lions. It seems people get too excited when judging a bears weight. Same with wolves. That bear looks 300 lbs tops.

[BlueTrain]

The bear doesn't look that big in the photo with the several raccoons. Good bunch of pictures, by the way.

I will say, however, that a black bear, even a cub, can look pretty big when he's standing on his hind legs. And for whatever you hear about them being shy, they are rather intimidating, especially in threes.

[Double Naught Spy]

Well, if the bear is that big now or looks that big now, just imagine how big it will be/look come winter!

[BIGR]

Well it looks like ol black bear is going to hang out around the house.

[PA Hunter37]

I'm thinking 300 -350, from the size of the ears looks like maybe 3 -4 years old. Of course, I could be out to lunch as my knowledge is all book learned, never seen one up close and personal like.:D

[azwizard]

Sorry, Im thinking the bear is 250-300#. Bears have the same size ears from basically birth till death and that can make thier head's look larger or smaller dependning. That bear looks smaller. Still a nice bear if your hunting. Enjoy!!!!

[mete]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2141065/Bear-smashes-elementary-school-gets-chased-janitor.html

In NJ they go to school ! :rolleyes: :D
I first thought he wanted to learn but when he started to eat math books I assumed he had failed math !

This is the most northern county of NJ with lots of bears. But in NJ they always have a big fight to get a bear hunt because of the tree huggers .

[FrontSight]

OMG THAT IS A LOT OF COONS!! Do you trap?? If not, you really should! Wow, with 30 of them you can make over $300...

[Manson]

Looks to be about 300lbs. And the coon's aren't afraid of him because their combined weight exceeds his.