BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 23, 2020
Every now and then, guide Don Burnett would hear of other outfitters bagging a 500-pounder, but the largest bear one of his hunters ever shot weighed about 350 pounds. That all changed on the opening night of this year’s bear season, as two of his hunters took 500-pounders within 15 minutes of each other, while hunting in stands about 6 miles apart.