U.S. Army veteran Deron Santiny participated in that hunt and killed a 696-pound bear that was named “the largest (bear) ever harvested in Louisiana,” state officials said.

Guide Alan Blackwell reported yesterday in Burns Lake. British Columbia, that a hunter has killed what may be the largest grizzly bear ever shot. It weighed 1200 pounds at the time of its death.

Glacier bears are decidedly rare, and on the average fewer than two are killed each year. If I took this one, he would be my third bear. I didn’t know then that there was no record of any of his kind ...