coueschaser3 Report post Posted September 12, 2007 Howdy folks. Just got back from glassin bears. while i was up i found this track at one of my tanks and it is extremely larger than any i have every seen before. front is the size of a pie plate and the picture if it shows up is with my truck keys in the track. the bullet on the keychain is a .45lc. Rear track was 13" long. any one got any idea on they size of the bear that made this track? ive seen good bears leave much smaller tracks and really wanna glass him up eatin some pears. thanks alot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcoover Report post Posted September 12, 2007 I would say it is a really good size bear. But one thing to note. Tracks in the mud are bigger than in the dirt. I have been following a two year old bear and his track is pretty good. But during the monsoon I thought it was a mature beer. Just a thought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coueschaser3 Report post Posted September 12, 2007 ya i understand that, and most tracks that i have been able to match to a bear have been in mud. even so the keys laid out like that are just over six inches long. spend all evening glassin for him, it was raining and the track seemed to be very recent. alot of sign in the pears but just could not find em. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted September 12, 2007 if a bear's pad on his hind foot is 8 inches long, he's a big bear. heck, if it's 7 inches long, he's a big bear. i'm assuming when you said it was 13 inches you were going from heel to claw. the front pad on this one looks to be 5-6 inches wide. probably a mature bear for sure, but hard to say. tracks are good indicator of where to start, but it might be a young guy with big feet. probably not, but maybe. i had big feet when i was a kid. doesn't look to be a real old codger. when they get real old and real big their toes seem to spread out more and they don't leave as tight a track. tracks in the mud may look bigger if the bear skidded a little. this looks like a real good track that hasn't been smeared any. probably a bear worth shooting. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coueschaser3 Report post Posted September 12, 2007 the rear was measured whole length no just pad. so you are correct. and i know the mud makes it look bigger. compared to a bear my buddy just got the front pad looks to dwarf it. his bear was a quite a large bear also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scoutm Report post Posted September 13, 2007 I was doing some reading on field judging black bear and there were a two articles that made the comment that if you take the width of the front track in inches and add 1 inch change it to feet and you have an approximation of how tall the bear is. So 5" track +1 = 6 feet tall. Don't know if it works but I've read it in two different places. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
