A bear that tipped the scales at 559 pounds was shot near Babbitt. Gaulke, of Cloquet, told Outdoor News she saw the bear on opening day but after shooting hours. On day two the bear came in 10 minutes before shooting hours ended. “I thought, well you either shoot now or you don’t shoot,” she told Outdoor News. … He was over this log and the front half of his body was hanging off of (about) a 10-foot drop,” Gaulke told Outdoor News.