Photo of the black bear skull after drying 60 days. The black bear skull measured 1/16th of an inch bigger than the previous skull and is now the state record for black bear at 21 9/16 inches. The total weight of the black bear was 660 lbs
Ballantine, MT – Adam Vogel of Ballantine had his black bear skull officially measured by a Boone and Crockett representative and confirmed that the black bear that was shot and killed two months ago is officially the state record by 1/16th of an inch at 21 9/16 inches. Not only was the black bear a state record for weight two months ago at 660 lbs., the official measurements for the big game animal was also the state record for skull size, which is measured by the official Boone and Crocket standards..
Boone and Crockett measurements for black bear are measured in 1/16 inches. The skull was measured at 8 inches wide and read more
