Wildlife Game Masters

Ithink this is a classic case of crop & paste, but you be the judge. Here is the story;

http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/big.../big-bear-zone

http://mainehuntingtoday.com/bbb/200...n-big-combine/

http://www.wisconsinoutdoorsman.com/...read.php?t=774

http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/...1403889572.txt


On November 26, the Wisconsin DNR was called in and estimated its weight at 700 to 720 pounds and might potentially be larger than the state record. Schlough was planning a full-body mount, but taxidermists will have to use a grizzly bear form to mount the huge bruin.—Gerry Bethge

This one weighed 618 pounds field-dressed and would have weighed 700 to 720 pounds when alive. It measured 7 feet long. The bear is considered quite large by Wisconsin standards, although no information was available on whether it was record size.

Black bears typically are 5 to 6 feet long and weigh 250 to 600 pounds, but they have been recorded at nearly 8 feet long and more than 800 pounds.

The taxidermist estimated the bear's age at between 15 and 20 years but said he would extract a tooth and try to get a more precise age.

By Joe Knight Leader-Telegram staff It was the night before Thanksgiving and Neil Schlough was combining corn when he hit something large and black.

His first impression was that one of the steers had gotten out, eaten too much corn and died.

Upon closer inspection, he saw it was a big bear that was hibernating in the corn. The impact of the combine killed the bear.

“I saw the bear yesterday morning at Tom Persons when I dropped my deer off to get stuffed. The story is it had started digging a hole in the corn field Neil did not see it, it was on the outside row of the combine and he drove a spout into the lungs. Tom guessed the bear to be 15-20 yrs old he will pull a tooth when he starts to process it. The skull should be in that 22 inch range. The state record is 22 12/16. The Dunn county record is 21 9/16. Schloughs had to pay $75 to keep the bear. They are getting a full body mount that will cost around $3000 .”

However, a quick background check indicates that although the photo might well have been taken from an odd angle, the story is indeed very true.

Well, we have run over fawns, turkeys and rabbits with the haybine, can't say we ever hit a bear.  How do you hit a bear with a combine?  The thing that caught my attention was they only had to pay $75 to keep it.  Do ya think the PGC would even give you the option?  Really though, how can you make that story up?  It has to be true.

I know what you’re saying, I've drove up on some critters out mowin' hay but a 700lb bear....holly cow I think I would see that, even in a huge combine in a uncut corn field.....come on. Apparently it is true, the outdoor mags. have done the work for us, but the pic looks fake to me. Oh and the PGC, I'm sure they would be all for giving you the bear for $75......more like $7,500 (see politics) Just think if you were having a bear contest.