Giant Bears -

[JoePa]

There were 3,510 bears bagged last season in Pa. - 58 bears weighed 500 pounds or more - 9 topped 600 pounds - the heavest weighed an estimated 772 pounds - the population of bear is thriving and expanding into areas ounce considered the fringe of the bear range -

[trimmer21]

Geez,500-772lbs.? You guys are feedin' 'em good down there,Joe. That's a lot of Bears for a state the size of Penn.

[blasted_saber]

Sounds like they're expanding into garbage dumps to me. 500+ truly wild bears are rare. Lots reach that size that live in landfills.

When my grandfather guided he called those "pampers bears"

[woody1948]

Sounds like they're expanding into garbage dumps to me. 500+ bears truley wild bears are rare. Lots reach that size that live in landfills.

When my grandfather guided he called those "pampers bears"

Same thing that came to my mind. Dump Bears.

[JoePa]

I'm told that the reason they are so big is 2 fold - lot of food and genes - a couple years ago there was a bear coming to a corn field next to my place - over time this bear ate acreas of corn - it looked like a bulldozer went through the field - we don't have open dumps around here - we have landfills and everything is covered by bulldozers when garbage is brought in - most of the bears are shot in mountains where no dumps exist - we just have big bears - a couple years ago a black bear that weighted over 800 lbs was shot up in the Poconos - this bear was being fed by the people in that area - it was like a pet - people got mad when some guy shot it - Heck - you guys otta no - everything is big down here -

[Snowwalker]

Heck - you guys otta no - everything is big down here -

Stories included...

[topher]

I- everything is big down here -

Especially ego's....

[blasted_saber]

I'm told that the reason they are so big is 2 fold - lot of food and genes - a couple years ago there was a bear coming to a corn field next to my place - over time this bear ate acreas of corn - it looked like a bulldozer went through the field - we don't have open dumps around here - we have landfills and everything is covered by bulldozers when garbage is brought in - most of the bears are shot in mountains where no dumps exist - we just have big bears - a couple years ago a black bear that weighted over 800 lbs was shot up in the Poconos - this bear was being fed by the people in that area - it was like a pet - people got mad when some guy shot it - Heck - you guys otta no - everything is big down here -

Neither of those things are "natural".

[JUDGE]

You guys had better check the records Pen has some of the largest black bears in north America I believe the record is around 900 lbs.

[SongDog]

A lot of them PA bears live in corn and oat fields all summer/fall. I can't imagine the crop damage from one 700lb bear for a year.