Brown Bears (Info, Pics and Videos)

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This is from Soldotna (Kenai Peninsula, Alaska), September 2011. A big bear was shot when it was in residential area. It was weighed so, that carcass, hide and head separately to be close to 1000 lbs. If blood wasn´t taken into account, maybe slightly over, anyway a big bear.

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Photos courtesy of Keain Dillon, via the Soldotna Police Department. A large brown bear was killed by Soldotna Police Officer Victor Dillon on Thursday in a residential neighborhood. The bear had been reportedly causing problems in the area for days.

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"Jeff Selinger, area wildlife biologist with Fish and Game, said it was the largest bear he’s seen dispatched on the Kenai Peninsula since he took over his position slightly more than a decade ago.

“Standing on its hind legs, it was probably 10-plus feet,” he said. “Even after skinning, its hide was a legitimate 9 ½-square feet, and that’s nose to tail and paw to paw.”

From evaluation of the bear’s teeth, which were in good condition including intact canines, it appeared the bear was around 12 to 15 years old, but a tooth will be pulled for analysis to determine its exact age. It is not uncommon for bears to live into their mid-20s to early 30s.

“We weighed its carcass, hide and head separately, but totaled the bear’s weight was close to 1,000 pounds,” Selinger said. “He had a good layer of fat and good musculature. He was in good condition, not emaciated at all, so it’s unclear why he was in town in the middle of the day, other than it’s fall and bears are in their final push to put on weight and looking for food wherever they can find it.”

The bear did have an old scar from what at one time would have been a large wound on its elbow, which may have been what caused the reports of the bear being injured. However, Selinger said that the muscles in both the bear’s front legs were the same, and the pads and claws were also worn evenly, so it is unlikely that the old injury still plagued him much, if at all.

Kenny Jones, of Skulls and Bones taxidermy shop, also said the bear was the largest he remembers working on from the Kenai Peninsula.

“It took three of us to roll him just while skinning, and that was on a flat trailer,” Jones said. “This guy could have killed you just by lying on you. And its skull was huge. I don’t think I’ve seen a skull that big in four or five years, and the last time I did it was from the Alaska Peninsula.”

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Photo by Joseph Robertia, Redoubt Reporter. Kenny Jones, of Skulls and Bones Taxidermy, where the bear was skinned for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, holds up the paw of the big bear, which is nearly as wide as his torso.


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