World record black bear taken at Chocowinity farm

Published 8:50 am Sunday, December 17, 2023

By Ashley Vansant

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Stuart Dudley reports the kill of a new world record black bear (bow and arrow) from his farm in Chocowinity. The bear, killed by Dudley’s friend Brad Jones, was recorded at an official weight of 780 pounds.

The previous bow-and-arrow world record, killed in New Jersey in 2019, was 700 pounds.

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