Originally Posted By: NOFISH
I saw a pic yesterday out on the Queets with a purported 23" skull width


Impossible.
You must mean overall score...Length plus Width.

World Record Black Bear Skull



SCORE: 23 10/16
LOCATION: Sanpete County, UT
HUNTER: Picked Up
OWNER: Cabela's, Inc.
DATE: 1975

KEY MEASUREMENTS:
Greatest length of skull without lower jaw: 14 12/16
Greatest width of skull: 8 14/16

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