Author Topic: Help with bear weight estimate (Read 676 times)

Buckskin · « **on:** August 27, 2005, 04:43:12 AM »

We just returned from a great bear hunt in Ontario, filling all 4 tags with good bears. We were at an outpost camp and unfortunately had to skin and gut the animals prior to getting a weight. We did measure from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail and the largest measure around the chest. Does anyone if there is a chart that may give us a decent estimate. My boar measured 6' 1/2" in length and 47" at the chest. My brother shot a boar measuring 5' 2" and 48" with a huge head. Any help would be great. The other bears we shot were barren sows one old bugger that was gray and needing a dentist.

Thanks for any help!
Buckskin

jk3006 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 28, 2005, 04:52:03 PM »

http://www.huntingadventures.net/bear_weight.html

Buckskin · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2005, 06:32:56 AM »

What the hell, our measurements don't make any sense what so ever on that chart. Ahhhh, I must have mixed the length and girth measurements up. All we had at the time was a string and no tape measure. I measured the strings at home and just assumed the lenght would be longer. Rookie!! So we did not measure the tales I wonder how long a bear tail is??? 4"??

Buckskin · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2005, 06:39:22 AM »

If that is the case our bears were approximately 380 to 400lbs.

jk3006 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2005, 03:32:01 PM »

I'm pretty confident the two are switched up. Need to be the other way around.