Posted on 02/01/2022 6:21:26 AM PST by FLNittany
Big Bruin. :O
How do you drag a 700 pound bear to your truck? Could be a distance.
“How do you drag a 700 pound bear to your truck?”
You use a chainsaw to cut a trial so you can bring in your tractor, or you quarter it where it dropped and haul pieces out in separate trips.
My buddy and I tried to drag a 360 pound boar out of the woods. We were only able to drag it 10’ then we got a tractor as described above.
You gut it and drop several hundred pounds to start with. Then You find out who your real friends are when they come out to help you or they don’t.
Or get a Dog Sled Team and roll the Bear on it’s back, hitch up and start mushing.
Wow....that’s huge for a black bear.
I think I saw that on Real Hunters of Western Pennsyltucky.
We have a monster living on the ridge above our house. He’s at least 600 pounds, probably more. We’ve seen him several times on our trail cams. I’ve asked a guy I let hunt up there to leave him be. That bear’s an old soul.
Suburban tract housing now exists on what was once farmland Not long ago a bear broke into the kitchen of one of these homes and had dinner. A neighbor related a story that he grew up in the area when farms were still there. Bears would come to eat crops or fruit from commercial trees. The farmers would just shoot them and feed whatever meat they didn’t use to their pigs. The bear population has increased greatly since the farmers left and the government protects the well being of bears more than children.
Here in Florida we are up to our ears in black bears!...................
A friend will help you move.
A true friend will help you move a body..................
“A true friend will help you move a body..................”
And several friends will help you move a BIG body.
Chinook.
I live about halfway between Panama City and Pensacola on that map.
We see black bears fairly often, even where I work in the Industrial Park. I have seen some BIG ones!.........................
“Smallest boy just juggled the bears....”
True story: fishing in Allegheny National Forest, mama bear and two cubs wander in to a busy campground and start pillaging for food, ranger shakes his head, walks over to the mama bear, hauls off and kicks it in the butt. Mama bear runs for the woods screaming bloody murder. Cubs look at each other, hang their heads with embarrassment and wonder off after their mama.
I remembered that quote from an old “Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers” automotive talk show. I miss those guys.................................
We actually see them out west in Palm Beach County here as well. Like Lycoming County in PA, PBC is the largest county (area wise) in the state, so it stands to reason.
UTV/ATV six healthy 20 yoa’s, otter sled, winch.
I been in on getting several 500 pounders out.
The easiest I drove my tractor right up to it.
The hardest 6 guys, boat, ATV, then truck.
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