Some giant bears killed this year in NC

[np307]

Coastal NC is known for some huge bears. Several giants have been killed in the last few weeks. For those who want to know, unprocessed food is allowed as bait but a bear cannot be killed while consuming bait. Dogs are also legal in most of bear country. I don't know any of the shooters but just thought these bears were worth sharing.

 

[millerkiller77]

Those bears look like they have been eating out of dumpsters in the suburbs. Comfortably. For many years.

 

[np307]

Those bears look like they have been eating out of dumpsters in the suburbs. Comfortably. For many years.

Ag fields with mild winters

 

[rmyoung1]

The neck on that bottom one looks like something off a beefmaster

 

[bwanakubwa]

That's insane. Our griz in Mt struggle to hit 800lb

 

[Arrogant1]

Coastal NC is known for some huge bears. Several giants have been killed in the last few weeks. For those who want to know, unprocessed food is allowed as bait but a bear cannot be killed while consuming bait. Dogs are also legal in most of bear country. I don't know any of the shooters but just thought these bears were worth sharing. View attachment 254865View attachment 254867

Wow! Those are some monster bear.

 

[FLS]

They’re raiding the dead bins ( eating dead hogs) and eating waste hog food on hog farms. Im a few hours south, same climate, same ag, but no hog farms. A BIG coastal bear here is 350- 400.

 

[Rob96]

Last I checked, the heaviest PA bear taken was 755#. PA and NC home to some big bruins.

 

[np307]

They’re raiding the dead bins ( eating dead hogs) and eating waste hog food on hog farms. Im a few hours south, same climate, same ag, but no hog farms. A BIG coastal bear here is 350- 400.

Hyde County isn't a hog farm county

 

[CowboyLeroy]

Ag fields, mild winters, and being up and eating instead of sleeping all winter. NC bear is on my list.

 

[FLS]

They can do that all across the south, but they dont get that big anywhere else. We have the same feed, climate ,and habitat in coastal SC. Those giant bears have found a supplemental food source. Theyre not getting that big on corn and peanuts alone.

Ag fields, mild winters, and being up and eating instead of sleeping all winter. NC bear is on my list.

 

[CowboyLeroy]

They can do that all across the south, but they dont get that big anywhere else. We have the same feed, climate ,and habitat in coastal SC. Those giant bears have found a supplemental food source. Theyre not getting that big on corn and peanuts alone.

They go over 600 in georgia. In the blue ridge and in the swamps

 

[Corn king 60]

Yeah some big ones in pa.

 

[Pahoundsman]

Yeah some big ones in pa.

Neighbor killed the one in Clearfield, muzzleloader kill. And my buddy’s son killed a 636 pounder last year that scored right at 22

 

[sierrahunter]

As others have said, those grotesquely obese bears are obviously consuming human refuse, whether from farms or elsewhere.

 

[geetar]

I believe 886 # is the state record for weight here in NC.

 

[Rob96]

As others have said, those grotesquely obese bears are obviously consuming human refuse, whether from farms or elsewhere.

Some are dumpster fed bears. Many others are eating a combination of corn, berries and fawns. PA Game Commission stated bears were the #1 predator of fawns, then coyotes and then humans. Hell one year a Bison on a farm here in PA fell victim to a 500# black bear.

 

[Werty]

Peanuts!

 

[Knight.54]

That's insane. Our griz in Mt struggle to hit 800lb

Goodness Grows in North Carolina!

 

[Knight.54]

As far as their diet and the dumpsters I’m pretty sure that state record was gorging himself on pig carcasses behind a pork operation.