Big Michigan Black Bear

By: Tom McCarthy

Posted on: 10/18/07

I shot this black bear September 27 2004 near Newberry, Michigan. It dressed out at 546 pounds and the DNR believes its live weight was well over 600 pounds. Our hunt was assisted by bear hounds.

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Awesome bear!!!

by ManOfTheFall - 09/23/2010 - 00:31

Awesome bear!!!

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great looking beast, thanks

by numbnutz - 09/04/2010 - 15:33

great looking beast, thanks for sharing

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Now, That's a Bear!

by jaybe - 11/01/2010 - 18:54

I live in Michigan and you rarely see one even close to that size!

Congrats on harvesting a real bruiser!

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