You underestimate!ligonierbill said:and yes, one or two 600 pounders are killed every year.
2012 news release said:According to final reports, 45 bears weighing 500 pounds or more were legally harvested during the four seasons, and 5 bears surpassed the 600 pound mark…. Joseph A. Spano, of East Stoudsburg, has harvested the largest bear so far this season. Taken Nov. 21, in Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County, the male bear weighed an actual live weight of 709 pounds.
Other large bears (all but one, are estimated live weights) included:
706-pound male, Pike County,
699-pound male, McKean County,
652-pound (actual live weight) male Monroe County,
620-pound male, Potter County,
598-pound male, Clinton County,
586-pound male, McKean County
576-pound male, Bedford County,
573-pound male, Forest County,
562-pound male, Huntingdon County,