Longlac, Ontario, Canada — How big can black bears get in northwestern Ontario? Pretty darn big, apparently. On Sept. 13, Mike Gauthier, of Longlac, Ontario, Canada, decided to sit in a treestand he had set up just 10 minutes outside of town. Gauthier had not hunted for bears in 10 years but had decided this […]
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