My biggest cali bear

[bigshot]

I was placing current photos in my album and came across a picture of one of my biggest bears I took with my hounds. It measured 8'2" from tip of nose to base of tail. The bear weighed approximately 700+ lbs. I know because we took a bear the week before that was much smaller and weighed a certified 680 lbs. This bear would not tree and I had to shoot him on the ground. The bear was taken in the San Bernardino Mtns in southern cali.

Anyone want to share their bear photos, new or old. Sorry the picture is not the best, I took a photo of a picture from my album with my cell phone. We didn't have these smart phones back when this bear was taken...

 

[bigshot]

He was an acorn and a trash bear, probably ate all kinds of junk food provided by weekenders (lol). My dogs brought him to bay only a few miles from a mountain town. To be honest now that I think about it, all the big bears we got after were always started within a couple miles of a town.

 

[Grantbvfd]

What a toad

 

[BOHNTR]

Here's one my hunting partner arrowed last year in Los Angeles County......this was a big bear. I'll have to dig up a photo of a bear I arrowed in the 90's.

 

[Kevin Root]

Wow those are some big bears, BOHNTR and bigshot!

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Dam those are some bombers for sure!

 

[bigshot]

That is a nice bear Bohnter.

 

[Drhorsepower]

Here is a bear my dad treed that a friend took the photo and put it on canvas. When I find the original I will scan it.

The original is way better.

I have a ton of ca bear photos I just need to scan em.

 

[BossBrott]

Lots of bears up here in Colfax too. Killed a 600 pounder on the front deck a few years ago, only to have another one in the same exact spot 1 week later. They sure are thick nowadays.

 

[packer58]

Hey bigshot, that has got to be the biggest blacky I have ever seen...........very nice.

 

[Muleys 24/7]

Bigshot ,Nice socal bear, did he have white on his chest?

 

[RUTTIN]

That is a big punkin head, thanks for sharing the pics guys.

 

[bigshot]

Here is a picture of the same bear, just a different pose with one of my huntin buddies that joined me on this hunt.

Hey DrHorsePower, that is a cool painting of the dogs under a bear tree. I have similar water color paintings of my top hounds.

Muley24/7, the bear had no white, he was a solid choclate. The white spots you see in the picture are thin areas of hair or rub spots.

 

[Muleys 24/7]

about the white chest..... I've seen a couple while deer hunting up there and they all had white chests and a cinnamon color like Bohntr's buddys, but every time I bump into one they always have small cubs! One day I'll get one. Is that a record for the san bernadino mts.?

 

[bigshot]

Yea most bears we take in southern cali have a lot of white on their chest and are either brown or cinamon. A "black," bear or a bear with no white on its chest is rare down here. The bear in the photos would have made the all time BC book. I believe his skull scored 21 12/16. I had him scored and mailed in the paper work to BC, they cashed my check and never gave me a response. I been meaning to call them, but never got a round tuit. The bears weight (700+) was an estimate, because he was killed too far from a road to carry out whole.

 

[HuntWYODon]

Hey bigshot,
That a San Berdo toad alright ! Big as a grizzly .They take some big ones out of there. I could be wrong but I remember years ago an 800 pounder??? came out of I wont say where. More pictures please ! I used to see blonde, red, brown and black in an area I used to back pack into that you and Muley's know about. I have a pic of a blonde sow with two blonde cubs that maybe I can get you or Muleys to post.

 

[bigshot]

Here some more big bear pictures from my photo album.....all bears were taken from the San Bernardino Mtns

 

[bigshot]

Here are a couple more from San Bernadino Mtns

 

[sjsmallfield]

Impressive collection! Those are some awesome bears. Congrats!

 

[Sawfish]

Here is a bear my dad treed that a friend took the photo and put it on canvas. When I find the original I will scan it.

The original is way better. I have a ton of ca bear photos I just need to scan em.

The way the reflection of the window blinds falls on the picture, looks like a brick wall merging into a tree trunk. Some times, I am sure the hounds feel like it is a brick wall. Very cool, although unintended, visual effect. Great picture.