Field judging bears thread with photo examples

[Steve300xcw]

I am of the opinion that bears are like coyotes. As long as it’s legal, they are shooters.

I find I am a lot more selective, the farther away from the truck I get. Same if there are any canyons involved.

 

[Taudisio]

I find I am a lot more selective, the farther away from the truck I get. Same if there are any canyons involved.

I am a pm and about a 2 hour drive to come pack yours out.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Appreciate that.

 

[BasicUtahrd95]

What do you guys think of this one? Was watching him on Friday at about 900 yards. I definitely should have been more aggressive instead of waiting for him to feed down the mountain into range. Didn’t turn him up again the rest of the weekend.

 

[Taudisio]

What do you guys think of this one? Was watching him on Friday at about 900 yards. I definitely should have been more aggressive instead of waiting for him to feed down the mountain into range. Didn’t turn him up again the rest of the weekend.View attachment 1062903View attachment 1062904

220ish. Good head to body ratio.

 

[TheOrangutanGuide]

What do you guys think of this one? Was watching him on Friday at about 900 yards. I definitely should have been more aggressive instead of waiting for him to feed down the mountain into range. Didn’t turn him up again the rest of the weekend.View attachment 1062903View attachment 1062904

This is another expansion where I can’t tell if he/she is a unit or a young one.

 

[BasicUtahrd95]

This is another expansion where I can’t tell if he/she is a unit or a young one.

Me either

 

[Taudisio]

This is another expansion where I can’t tell if he/she is a unit or a young one.

I keep doing the same thing and going back and forth in my head but have settled on “it looks like a big sow.”
It’s so hard to tell without being there and more angles like I said before, and it sounds like we will never know.

 

[TCUHunter34]

Screenshots from a video I took at 65 yards. Foolishly did not have a bear tag during this archery mule deer hunt.

 

[BasicUtahrd95]

I keep doing the same thing and going back and forth in my head but have settled on “it looks like a big sow.”
It’s so hard to tell without being there and more angles like I said before, and it sounds like we will never know.

I have multiple videos of this bear and can screenshot quite few different angles. What angles would be helpful?

 

[Idaho4x4Bronco]

Screenshots from a video I took at 65 yards. Foolishly did not have a bear tag during this archery mule deer hunt.

Survey says... Big sow?

 

[CMP70306]

I had about 15 seconds between seeing my bear for the first time and it being dead on the ground and the first thing that went through my mind, other than “holy shit I finally saw my first bear and it’s running towards me”, was how small his ears looked on his head.

Unfortunately I didn’t take any good pictures in the woods, I pulled the whole crew out of the woods to help me on the opening day of deer season and was anxious to wrap it up and get them back out hunting. In hindsight I wish I had taken the few extra minutes to get some good pictures in the woods especially since I killed an 8 pt an hour prior as well.

For reference my brother is 6’ 3” and that bear weighs 475 pounds.

 

[TX_Diver]

From last fall but idk much about bears so I’m curious to everyone’s thoughts.

 

[CapitalKing]

Boar?

 

[solostalker]

Here's my 'aw shucks' bear. It was my first year bear hunting and I thought I was looking at an average bear. This thing was like the size of a large dog lol. I've learned a lot since and have passed on multiple bears in recent years.

Does anyone else have some through the spotter and then on the ground examples? I think it would be helpful to have more examples like that.

 

[7PRC Pharmacy]

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Boar?

I would guess yes based off the shoulder hump

 

[7PRC Pharmacy]

Here's my 'aw shucks' bear. It was my first year bear hunting and I thought I was looking at an average bear. This thing was like the size of a large dog lol. I've learned a lot since and have passed on multiple bears in recent years.

Does anyone else have some through the spotter and then on the ground examples? I think it would be helpful to have more examples like that.

dude I’m right there with you. Going to share my on the ground from the first post and it’s the same thing. Shrink factor is real

 

[bigbassfish]

Here's my 'aw shucks' bear. It was my first year bear hunting and I thought I was looking at an average bear. This thing was like the size of a large dog lol. I've learned a lot since and have passed on multiple bears in recent years.

Does anyone else have some through the spotter and then on the ground examples? I think it would be helpful to have more examples like that.

Is this a boar or a sow?

 

[Cal67]

Here's my 'aw shucks' bear. It was my first year bear hunting and I thought I was looking at an average bear. This thing was like the size of a large dog lol. I've learned a lot since and have passed on multiple bears in recent years.

Does anyone else have some through the spotter and then on the ground examples? I think it would be helpful to have more examples like that.

Here are my spotter vs. on the ground from my second bear.

I was fortunate to be one of the few novice bear hunters to experience ground growth rather than ground shrinkage.

I watched this bear for several hours at about 900 yards and was considering passing on him because I thought his face looked slender and ears looked large. Thought he might’ve been medium at best. Didn’t help that I got very few looks at his full body. Now when I review the photos and videos it’s obvious he was built and moved like a large boar. Was pleasantly surprised and glad I didn’t let him walk.


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[CapitalKing]

I would guess yes based off the shoulder hump

It’s weird how it’s pronounced, haven’t seen too many that look like that in the shoulders.