Big cat and Bear tale

[Pckts]

(11-12-2015, 03:41 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Pckts, just because this one person or team of naturalists captured and weighed no grizzly weighing above the 500 pound range does not mean that there are none there. There are indeed reliable records of bears within that location, inland grizzlies, weighing between 800 and 900 pounds. I remember that a long-lasting study of the Siberian tiger captured and weighed no tigers above the 400 pound range. Should I assume that there are no tigers weighing as much as 500 pounds? 
Here are a few more good examples; again from AVA:

That is from all of yellowstones data base, over a 25 year period. I have no doubt that bears get larger than said bear, but I don't think that their were any larger than he during that time period. Yellowstone officials know their bears inside and out, I assume its like tiger or lion reserves. They usually know every specimen they see, Tiger and lion reserves get new individuals very rarely and usually its a tiger/lion that has traveled a long way through a corridor to search for new territory. What corridor connect yellowstone grizzlies to other populations?

" John Craighead actually weighed the 1966 1120lb monster himself and reported he wasnt fat....just a huge lumbering, muscular beast.
2 more were weighed at 900lb in the 70s and recently 2 at almost 850lb...both weighed. A 650lb specimen was shot during the spring of 2010 way before his Autumn best weight and even one huge female reportedly managed 700lb.
Grizzly Years reported another 650lb to 700lb male in Wyoming which borders the Yellowstone territory. Largest Khutzy specimens are 1053lb and another 950lb. Largest Yukon specimen 930lb.....all Interior Grizzly. Grizzly just do get upto 850lb ish (freaks removed) its a fact and theres no point arguing against it. Finally take a look at that recent road kill grizzly."

Who was there for this alleged weighing? Did he do it himself? If so, How?
Do you have a link for these weights, scientist verification, any of that?
I'm not skeptical of bears reaching over that weight, but I am skeptical of weights claimed without verification attached. I have no doubt that neighboring populations could very well have larger bears, I'm simply using Yellowstones data base and speaking on those specimens only.
Usually we can see body measurements, date of capture, location and etc. Reply