As an update to the Story “A New World Record Black Bear?” .

From the Trinity Journal.
Although the black bear killed recently by a Weaverville hunter near Lewiston was trophy size, it was not a world or state record.
An official scorer for the Pope and Young Club measured the bear’s skull on Feb. 13 and found it to be 20 8/16 inches. That’s the skull’s width plus its length. The bear was killed by Frankie Manfredonia on Dec. 9, and the skull was measured after a two-month drying period.
The largest bear recorded by Pope and Young – which only keeps track of animals taken legally with a bow and arrow and without the use of dogs and other devices – was killed in Mendocino County in 1993. It scored 23 3/16 inches.
Manfredonia’s bear still scored high enough to go into the next Pope and Young record book. The minimum entry is 18 inches, which is considered a trophy bear.
Manfredonia’s girlfriend, Stefani Vance, noted that meat and sausage from the bear has gone into the refrigerators of several families.