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(12-14-2018, 07:56 AM)Panther Wrote: Regarding the chart "Troyer Williams". I suggest to see it again clearly...
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There's only 5 specimens weighed in the age of 8-9 years.
So the whole four specimens ranging 960-1346 may not be in that range to include that in the average. They might be much older than that age range.
And I never denied older males get bigger. So, nothing will be changed.
Just to clear this so, that maybe you too would understand. Those bears mentioned 960-1346 lbs were from autumn weighing and those are a sidenote in that chart. In chart itself is a different weight range for 5 bears in age class 8-9 years old was 715-1190 lbs. There are some things which would be nice to know better, but when on chart there are bears aging 8-9 years old, looks like, that some weighed bears have been ruled out from chart based on that. For instance that heaviest bear mentioned seem to be one such bear.
As I say, it would be nice to make some questions to people who made that chart to clear some details. Otherwise I have already said what I have to say about these charts at this point, so I am not starting to repeat all over again. It is all there in my previous postings.