I shot a 150# sow on my place last October, this one looks bigger. Didn't expect to see another so soon.

For reference I'm standing at the same spot...240#.

From What I Can See That Bear Has A Real Long Neck.

That Characteristic Is Generally Indicative Of A BIG Bear !!!

Osky Would Know Better !!

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Doesnt look very big, I will say around 180#. Realy skinny neck and sure looks like that bear is a little closer to the camera than where you were standing in the picture to me.

....I'm standing exactly where his mid-section is in the first pic....look at the distance to the trees.

You look twice as big to me.

What is your in seam Pass?

Osky

34".....I'm 6'2"

225-250

Purely guessing it's really tough with the night-day comparison, 235 live weight. Seems to be getting a decent size muzzle.
I believe it bigger than 150 for sure. I know guys put cameras up for deer and many other creatures, a good idea is to always have a measured vertical mark that shows up night or day in the frame. A ribbon, a stake, a blaze on a tree etc.
Again, just a guess on this one.

Osky

for a spring bear it looks to be a pretty good size bear, bear are hard to judge without having something to compare it to.

200lb or less.

the second picture is the most clear picture of the bear to me, and going off that picture you can see the 2 different color shades where the grass changes and it sure looks like the bear is a few feet closer to the camera than you are. My first judgment still stands- right around 180#.

Big enough!

225 is my guess

Looks like a pretty decent bear, maybe 250. We kill a lot of bear and if there's one thing I've learned its that's its about impossible to really predict weight on a pic of a bear. We had a big one coming in a couple years ago and we all thought by the pics that he'd weigh 450# and when we finally killed him he weighed 612#. I wouldn't be surprised if that bear weighed 150# or 350# but I'd say some where in the middle

Thanks for the input. I figured him to be about 250 give or take. I guess by the time October comes around, he will probably be 50-100# bigger. I am curious as to what he's doing on my place this time of year. We get a lot of acorns and soft mast but that's all long gone. I wouldn't think there's much to eat now. Soon the fawns will be dropping all over though...

250-300 live weight.

After the bear takes a dump, it's live weight will be 211 pounds and 12 ounces.

That was my guess too .

Pass... Here is an example. The feed box is 16 1/2 inches high. The black screw heads on the corner are 4 inches apart which show the box is sitting on pretty firm footing. Double box height plus a few inches to the Bears back makes live weight up in the 300 range. Our DNR generally collars only sows so this would be a large sow for sure. I have only seen my gusts take 3 sows bumping 300. I do not field weigh them, if they are 270 plus on my camp scale we left at least 30 in blood and guts in the woods.
No matter where I put cameras in the woods and regardless of the animals I want to film I always have a known measure point. Works well for all animals.