Michigan teen bowhunter takes record 448-pound bear

[Papaclaude]

Here is the link

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Michigan-teen-bowhunter-takes-record-448-pound-b?urn=highschool-273052

 

[Mount Sweetness]

Is 448lbs a record...?

 

[Brutus]

Is 448lbs a record...?

Might be for this year. I had the same question in my head.
I went to the Pope & Younge website and from my first glance, you have to be a member of thier forum to read the details of record harvests.

I could not even find hers under the black bear section, but this matters not if the skull has not yet been officially scored.
A first "wet score" followed up by a period of time to dry, then the official "dry score??"

I wonder if the initial weight of the fresh kill is factored in somehow?

I could be totally wrong on this.........