Big bear shot in Pepin County, WI

  • Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    September 28, 2008 at 9:51 pm #197292

    Lip Ripper and I hung out this past weekend and we stopped at Peterson’s Taxidermy to drop off the rack from the wide one. As we were pulling in, there hung the biggest bear we’ve ever laid our eyes on. Kirk Peterson had just got done skinning out the hide, and it was hanging on a skidsteer. The bear was shot in Pepin County, WI and weighed 615 lbs! ! This is the first bear ever taken in that county and it was harvested with a crossbow over bait. The lucky hunter claimed that he had over $300 of cookies in that bear!

    Sorry – no pictures since the hide was already off.

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    September 29, 2008 at 1:49 pm #39050

    This thing was a tank. It’s rear end was as wide as a house. Congrats to the man that downed this Giant. Brad and I were guessing this guy had some help dragging the beast out as he went about 110 lbs soaking wet.

    Thanks again Brad for a great wekeend!

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    September 29, 2008 at 2:27 pm #39061

    Quote:

    The bear was shot in Pepin County, WI and weighed 615 lbs! !

    That is one big critter! Congrats to whoever shot it!

    coppertop
    Central MN
    Posts: 2853
    September 30, 2008 at 3:25 am #39091

    I never even knew they could bet that big around here. When I pulled my flashcard this w-end I had a pic of a blackbear. Those thing freak me out!

    cdm
    Oronoco, SE. MN.
    Posts: 771
    October 7, 2008 at 2:22 pm #39648

    Waiting to see some pics.I not calling you a liar but I havent seen any news on this hog yet ???

    steve_white
    St Germain, WI
    Posts: 208
    October 7, 2008 at 2:53 pm #39661

    Haven’t heard a word about that monster yet either. Pics should come out eventually. I don’t doubt it as they do get that big! As for the cookies I can believe that no problem. Thats only about 5 barrels worth, and baiting one site all summer long thats easy to due. Heck it can be a lot more if you put out the 10gals they let you. I have gone through jsut over 25 barrels of bait this year myself.

    Can’t wait to see some pics of that one though!!!!

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    October 7, 2008 at 5:27 pm #39672

    I’ll ask around for some pics. One thing that I failed to mention above was that 615 lbs. was the live weight of this bear.

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    October 12, 2008 at 2:49 pm #40088

    The bear was weighed at The Corral Bar and Riverside Grill in Durand, WI who is an official WI Bear Registration Station. They also have pictures of this bear in the bar. Feel free to call them if you want more info.

    And by the way – I was wrong on the weight. It was actually 618 lbs!

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