This isn't a very big bear --- might go 120 lbs...??? Its ears are fairly large, its legs long and overall appearance sort of "rangy", and its head/face fairly long and narrow (vs. round and pig-like), all indications of a fairly small, still immature bear. I'd put this in the "catch and release" category, and hold out for a bigger specimen. In any case, bears are scored by the size of their skulls, not by weight or stretched out measurements their hides, so weight isn't a very important measure of size --- Jackie Gleason wouldn't have been a trophy specimen of homo sapiens, despite his heft, and an overweight bear ain't necessarily a trophy... Google "black bear girth/weight chart" for lots of info on estimating weight by measuring bear's girth,length, etc. --- let us know if you have any luck getting them to hold still...