Huge bear shot in Barron County, WI

Here’s the story/pic from the Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire newspaper)… Looks like a successful hound hunt!

http://www.leadertelegram.com/story-news_local.asp?id=BL6866K102A

Awesome stuff!

heres some more info

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Via e-mail copied

Area Woman Shoots Bear: The Bear weighs in around 660 pounds

Posted: Sep 15, 2009 5:27 PM CDT

Barron County (WQOW) – A fourth grade teacher had one incredible story to share with her students this week.

Rhonda Anderson shot a bear in Barron County near Cumberland. The live weight was 658 pounds.

Rhonda says, on Saturday, she was out with a hunting group that included her husband. She says their six-month-old pup tracked the bear which went up into a tree. She says she then shot the bear once.

Rhonda says this was the first bear she’s ever harvested. The DNR told us someone was thinking this might be a record for a bear shot by a woman in Wisconsin. The agency says records are not based on weight but on the size of the skull.

Rhonda, who teaches fourth grade at Birchwood, has already shared her story with her students, who were pretty excited. She says some of them come from bear hunting families too.

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I have a couple really cool pics sent by e-mail that I wish I knew how to get here but they were sent on the e-mail and not as a attachment

The picture distorts to bad when blown up on here so I pulled it.

Jeff

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Area Woman Shoots Bear: Weighs in around 660 pounds

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Hmmmm… I didn’t think the woman looked THAT big!?!?!?!?…. OHHHHHH… The BEAR was 660… My mistake.

About the photos… Can you right click on the image, save it to the desktop, then upload to IDO??

I’m guessing it was no sapling that the monster climbed up??? That is one big bear.

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Hmmmm… I didn’t think the woman looked THAT big!?!?!?!?…. OHHHHHH… The BEAR was 660… My mistake.

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thanks for the coffee shooting out of my nose on that one….

That is a monster bear!

“She says their six-month-old pup tracked the bear which went up into a tree.”

I would have loved to seen that!

I didn’t know bears that big could even get up a tree. I would have love to see that hunt. It’s actaully probably a good thing that monster went up a tree. I would hate to see what would have happened if the dogs got it cornered on the ground.