Joe Rogan is astonished by Brian Melvin's historic "770 lbs" black bear hunt: "Holy sh*t"
Joe Rogan was thoroughly impressed with Brian Melvin's 770-pound bear hunt. Melvin, a New Jersey-based bowhunter created a state record with the hunt but has received a lot of backlash for killing an animal.
Rogan, who is also a hunter and a vocal supporter of the practice, discussed Melvin's hunt in a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast that aired on Oct. 23. Speaking to his guest Luke Bryan, Rogan pulled up a few articles detailing the nature of the now-famous hunt and said:
"Look at the size of that bear! This is in New Jersey... 770-pound bear in New Jersey... Look at the size of that thing..."
Rogan, who was visibly astonished by the size of the hunted bear, added:
"That article says [the bear weighed] 880 pounds... But the other article says 770. It's big. Whatever the actual size is, it's big."
After podcast producer Jamie Vernon dug out some more information about the size of the dead bear, Rogan exclaimed:
"Okay, there it goes... 770... Oh, gutted! 770 gutted! Whoa... That's what it is. So they weighed it in at 770 pounds gutted. So they think it was 880... Holy sh**! Holy sh**! That's crazy. For people who don't know, people eat bear and bear's good. It tastes good!"
Check out Joe Rogan's comments below (32:25):
Joe Rogan and Luke Bryan discuss black bear hunting for gallbladder
Speaking further in the aforementioned episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Luke Bryan drew attention to California bears being hunted for their gallbladder.
Over the last decade, dead bodies of black bears have been found with their gallbladder removed. While many believe the practice to be a red flag for the black bear population, Rogan chimed in with his thoughts on the matter:
"In some cultures, they think [black bear's gallbladder] is medicine. So they were killing black bears just for their gallbladder? I think that was overblown. I don't think it's going to affect the population. I'm just guessing, especially in a place like New Jersey, how are you going to affect that population? They're everywhere." [34:09]