BANGOR (AP) — Wildlife officials say a New Hampshire bow hunter bagged a black bear with an estimated weight of more than 600 pounds, making it the second-largest bear taken in Maine.
The owner of Wilderness Escape Outfitters said Dave Rizkallah of Derry, N.H., killed the bear Sept. 7 near Danforth in far eastern Maine.
Randy Flannery said it took eight people eight hours to get the animal out of the woods.
Flannery said it weighed nearly 500 pounds after being field dressed. He estimates the bear’s live weight would come in at between 602 and 622 pounds. State bear biologist Randy Cross told the Bangor Daily News that unofficially, the biggest bear harvested in Maine was 680 pounds. He said the heaviest bear killed with a bow and arrow was 610 pounds.
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- This Sept. 8, 2010 photo provided by Dave Rizkallah, shows Rizkallah, of Derry, N.H., with a black bear weighing more than 600 pounds, which he shot and killed with a bow and arrow near Danforth Maine. Wildlife officials say it was the second-largest bear taken in Maine. (AP Photo/Dave Rizkallah)
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