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700 pound bear killed in N.J. sets world record, hunting group says
Updated Feb 15, 2020; Posted Feb 15, 2020
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By Olivia Rizzo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
A group of hunters have set a world record for the largest bow-harvested black bear in North America, with a bear killed in New Jersey, according to a hunting organization.
The Pope and Young Club, a bow hunting and conservation organization, announced that Jeff Melillo set the record with a bear they hunted on Oct. 14 in Morris County.
https://www.nj.com/morris/2020/02/7...-nj-sets-world-record-hunting-group-says.html
The biggest wild American black bear ever recorded was a male from New Brunswick, shot in November 1972, that weighed 409 kg (902 lb) after it had been dressed, meaning it weighed an estimated 500 kg (1,100 lb) in life and measured 2.41 m (7.9 ft) long.
Not a 300BLK . . ?? . . . WELL GOLLY !! --- SAWMAN
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