Potential world record-breaking bear taken by bow and arrow in Chocowinity
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said it’s their understanding the bear was weighed on certified scales and came in at 780 lbs.www.witn.com
Yep, mild winters on the coastal plain plus abundant food and cover means some big ol bears.
Do you know if those coastal bears hibernate? Doesn't seem like it would be warm enough.
They don't really. They do lay around a lot more when it's cool, but they don't "go down" for the winter
In my limited experience, I guided for bears down on the coast for only 5yrs so I wasnt there for the coldest seasons, depends on the bear...some do some dont..they don't really hibernate more like an occasional nap. Most of coastal seasons go to till end of Dec.
You must have never been to that part of NC. Not many people or dumpsters, it's all agg land, wildlife refuges and bombing ranges...Open Ground Farms is 44,000 acres by its self. Look at Google earth photos around the town mentioned in the article...all agg land.
And more teeth
Holy sh$& ! That’s a big black bear. Probably bigger than most of our average Grizzlies in Mt!Potential world record-breaking bear taken by bow and arrow in Chocowinity
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said it’s their understanding the bear was weighed on certified scales and came in at 780 lbs.
Same here in the VA mountains and the dismal swamp.
At one time, there was a full mount of a PA bear at a rest area on I-80 below Wilkes-Barre. Its live weight was in the 700-800 pound range. It was pretty impressive.
