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At 700 pounds, black bear killed in New Jersey sets world record, says national hunting group
Philly.Com ^ | 02/24/2020 | Frank Kummer

Posted on 02/14/2020 2:20:08 PM PST by Kid Shelleen

A 700-pound black bear killed by bow on private land in Morris County, N.J., has set a world record for North American black bear, besting the mark set in 1993, according to a national organization.

The bear’s size didn’t surprise at least one hunting advocate who said the high weight is the result of state restrictions on hunting that allow bears to multiply and get dangerously big. ---SNIP--- Melillo told Pope & Young that he had read an article in Outdoor Life magazine stating that a world record black bear would likely come some day from New Jersey.

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Case study in unintended consequences. Poor wildlife management laws are allowing wild animals to grow to dangerous levels.
1 posted on 02/14/2020 2:20:08 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen
700 POUNDS?!

YIKES!

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Poor bear!

2 posted on 02/14/2020 2:23:47 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

Wonder if the bear was Republican.


3 posted on 02/14/2020 2:25:16 PM PST by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Kid Shelleen

Was he near tony sopranos pool?


4 posted on 02/14/2020 2:27:08 PM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Kid Shelleen

Sometimes, you get the bear. Sometimes, the bear gets you:

https://www.nj.com/passaic-county/2014/11/hiker_snapped_pictures_of_bear_before_fatal_attack_in_west_milford.html


5 posted on 02/14/2020 2:29:37 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

My 2nd cousin in NJ hunts big bucks on a small wooded parcel bounded by a K-Mart, industrial facilities, and an apartment complex. He parks behind the K-Mart in between the tractor trailer rigs.


6 posted on 02/14/2020 2:31:37 PM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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To: Kid Shelleen

Beau won the Black Bear/Big Bear for Wisconsin in 2016.

480#. I can hardly imagine the size of that 700# monster!

Guess who’ll be looking into getting a bear tag for NJ in the near future? LOL!

(I sent him the link.)


7 posted on 02/14/2020 2:32:19 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

that allow bears to multiply and get dangerously big
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This one was 700lbs.
But isn’t a 300lb bear dangerous too?:)


8 posted on 02/14/2020 2:34:15 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: cloudmountain

Black bears that weigh that much are killed every year some weigh more it is the scull measurement that make a record.


9 posted on 02/14/2020 2:36:26 PM PST by riverrunner ( o the public,)
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To: cloudmountain
New nickname for the Bear; Bobby Bacala...
10 posted on 02/14/2020 2:39:23 PM PST by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Songs of Angry Men!")
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Case study in unintended consequences. Poor wildlife management laws are allowing wild animals to grow to dangerous levels.

Does that even make sense? Deer in these places are small, ragged imitations of what you'd find in the wild.

11 posted on 02/14/2020 2:45:24 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: Kid Shelleen

Did it’s poop have little bells in it and smell like pepper spray?


12 posted on 02/14/2020 2:45:51 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: Kid Shelleen

Note that this is only the record for bow hunting. Someone got an 829 lb black bear in NJ a few years back:
https://www.nj.com/news/2014/03/record_new_jersey_bear_unveiled_at_pequest_trout_hatchery_open_house.html


13 posted on 02/14/2020 2:46:55 PM PST by PA2SK
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To: Kid Shelleen

Pardon me, it’s a “Bear of Color” and fat-shaming him over his weight is just beyond the pale! < /sarc >


14 posted on 02/14/2020 2:48:44 PM PST by OrangeHoof (The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
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To: Kid Shelleen

I spent my childhood about 3 miles from where this was bagged


15 posted on 02/14/2020 2:49:48 PM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about Humanity)
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the high weight is the result of state restrictions on hunting that allow bears to multiply and get dangerously big
16 posted on 02/14/2020 2:51:05 PM PST by McGruff
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To: Kid Shelleen

Well I suppose New Jersey has always been known for its garbage. I wonder if he was dining at Chez Dumpster.


17 posted on 02/14/2020 2:52:32 PM PST by DeFault User
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To: Zhang Fei

I remember that. Why was the bear following the group? I thought they were shy and naturally afraid of humans?


18 posted on 02/14/2020 2:58:03 PM PST by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Kid Shelleen

That’s a huge black bear. Wow.


19 posted on 02/14/2020 3:01:39 PM PST by vpintheak (Leftists are full of "Love, peace" and bovine squeeze.)
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To: Kid Shelleen
"A 700-pound black bear killed by bow on private land in Morris County, N.J."

Probably got fat by eating lots of junk food.

Dough-nuts most likely.... however....

Ahem, it didn't forget "to take the Cannoli"
20 posted on 02/14/2020 3:09:34 PM PST by RedMonqey
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