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Heaviest Black Bear Ever Recorded in New Jersey at 829lbs
Photo by Chris Wyman Photography Highland Lakes, NJ Fish & Wildlife worker Linda Morschauser is dwarfed by the heaviest and perhaps largest black bear ever recorded in New Jersey. At the Franklin check-in station on Friday, the final official live weight estimate for the bruin was 829.5 pounds. The bear was taken in the woods about 1/2-mile from Jefferson High School. / Chris Wyman
A Morris County deer hunter who shot one of the biggest black bears taken in North America was disappointed.
“I would have traded getting two bucks instead of the bear,” said Bruce Headley, 62, of Weldon Road, Milton. Headley’s 829-pound live weight black bear was one of fewer than a dozen over 800 pounds in 35 states and most of Canada…
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242 7/8” Cockburn Buck Should Rank #4 All-Time in Illinois
In a state where big buck stories are common, this one still has them talking. On the last Sunday of November, after the state’s first firearms season had closed, Travis Cockburn arrowed a buck with more than 30 scoreable points, and that green scored a stunning 258 5/8 inches. The mass of the rack is ridiculous. Where most folks say the bases “were as big as a soda can” Travis’ was actually bigger—and he has a photo to prove it. The buck netted 242 7/8 B&C points, which will be good enough for #4 all-time in Illinois provided the measurement holds up after the 60-day drying period.