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A black bear qualifies for the B&C All-Time record book if its skull measures at least 21 inches by the club’s measuring system. B&C requires a 60-day drying period before a skull can be officially ...

The Game Commission can also score black bears. In measuring bears, the scorers are looking at the size of the head. For the state record book, black bears have to have a combined length and width ...

And in December, the two made hunting history in Santiny’s home state of Louisiana, where Santiny harvested a potential record black bear during the state’s first bear hunting season in more than 35 ...

He's certainly a chunky boy! A massive black bear just broke the Mississippi state record for the biggest of the species ever in the state. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and ...