My Billings Gazette

These photos along with several others were e-mailed to me recently. The e-mail said the bear was shot in the Siuslaw Unit west of the small town of Crow.

According to one post I found on the Internet, the bear was taken May 9 by hunter Jake Tidball. As one blog poster noted, if this was how big the bear was in spring, how big would it have been by fall?

I've left a message for Oregon Fish and Game to try and track down more info. I'll let you know if I hear more, especially if it's a new state record.

As I was searching the Internet, I found this old story published in The New York Times on another big bear taken in Oregon years ago. It's worth a read.