Bear hunting and bullet placement.

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generalZodd Joined Mar 2017 Posts 148 EE 0% (0) IA, USA	Posted: 4/26/2017 11:01:52 PM EDT please i will appreciate your real life experiences. what rifle/weapon? ammo how how many yards? and lastly the bullet placement.

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Posted: 4/27/2017 1:06:18 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By generalZodd:
please i will appreciate your real life experiences.

what rifle/weapon?         Sako Model 75
ammo                                       250 gr. Nosler Partition .375 H&H
how how many yards?                60 (+,-)
and lastly the bullet placement.   Shoulder into lung, heart

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generalZodd Joined Mar 2017 Posts 158 EE 0% (0) IA, USA	Posted: 4/27/2017 10:38:40 AM EDT [#2] Thanks a lot for that...shoulder/lung shots it is.

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Posted: 4/27/2017 10:54:46 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By generalZodd:
please i will appreciate your real life experiences.

what rifle/weapon?
ammo
how how many yards?
and lastly the bullet placement.

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Well I have yet to go, but this fall I will be hitting hard in multiple locations in WV with and without dogs. With dogs I will be packing a 1972 Winchester model 94 30-30 (this is the most common rifle guys use here when hunting with the use of dogs) and during a few solo bear hunts I will be taking my Mathews Halon 32 (hogg father single pin, maxim red arrows with Rage Trypan broadheads, ect.).

BoxofRox Yee Yee Joined Jul 2011 Posts 15596 EE 100% (37) OR, USA	Posted: 4/27/2017 11:00:23 AM EDT [#4] 18" 6.5 Grendel 123gr SST 130yds and less than 10yds High shoulder, where the joint is. Where I hunt bears, we don't want them to run. So we try to immobilize them first shot, then follow up if required. The 130yd bear was 300lbs, the close bear was maybe 150lbs. Obviously nothing wrong with a lungs/heart shot though.
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Posted: 4/27/2017 11:17:25 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By generalZodd:
please i will appreciate your real life experiences.

what rifle/weapon? Remington 700 in 308
ammo - Amax 168 (Very little expansion of bullet, no blood at location where shot)
how how many yards? 113 yards
and lastly the bullet placement. Placement was upward shot hitting at the middle of ribs a bit too high. Exit was 4" below spine on opposite side. Got both lungs. Ran 40 yards strait at us down hill and rolled up to take a nap.

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Posted: 4/29/2017 12:22:15 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By BoxofRox:
18" 6.5 Grendel
123gr SST
130yds and less than 10yds
High shoulder, where the joint is.

Where I hunt bears, we don't want them to run. So we try to immobilize them first shot, then follow up if required. The 130yd bear was 300lbs, the close bear was maybe 150lbs. Obviously nothing wrong with a lungs/heart shot though.

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130trds impressive.

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Posted: 5/30/2017 5:07:51 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By generalZodd:
please i will appreciate your real life experiences.

what rifle/weapon? 1st 444 marlin second 300 wsm savage model 16
ammo hornady superformance for the 444/ federal 180 grain for the 300 wsm
how how many yards? 60 yards and 40 yards
and lastly the bullet placement.

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First a double lung shot, didn't go anywhere but rolled down the mountain a little ways and I used a finishing shot(not needed). Second high shoulder shot, dropped on the spot but after about 20 seconds jumped up and made it 40 yards(bullet broke both shoulders don't know how it made it anywhere when hit he dropped like he was hit by the hammer of thor)

ewell44 Member Joined Jan 2017 Posts 539 EE 0% (0) WI, USA	Posted: 5/30/2017 5:11:43 PM EDT [#8] 7mm-08, .308 or .270 and larger. Keep the caliber respectable. They don't normally bleed a lot when hit.

Humpdeez Joined Apr 2017 Posts 100 EE 0% (0) NC, USA	Posted: 5/30/2017 5:14:53 PM EDT [#9] Planning on going black bear hunting this season or next and acquiring a .338 Federal for the occasion even though I'd be comfortable with my .270. Going for a double lung shot.

EVR Hallvard den Hellige, my Patron Saint. Joined Jan 2012 Posts 4448 EE 100% (1) ID, USA	Posted: 5/30/2017 9:37:45 PM EDT [#10] I've killed a bunch of black bear and I am convinced that the reason some think they are so hard to kill is that the shot placement on bear is more difficult to one unfamiliar to the physiology than it is for deer hunters, for example, who can moire easily place a bullet in the kill zone.
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Posted: 12/24/2017 4:58:32 AM EDT

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Hmm, I have shot 9 grizzly, been along for another 30 or so..most of them all front shoulder shots, hanging back toward the crease just slightly, a few have been head on, bear running at me..center of chest, just below neck..One was a bear running straight away down hill bullet went in just left of the spine right behind the shoulder.....Most take one shot to kill, some will take 1-2 more just because, rifle on my 9 bears, 300 rum , handloads 200 barnes X at 3150....

K_Mac Member Joined Nov 2014 Posts 222 EE 100% (34) VA, USA	Posted: 12/29/2017 10:33:43 PM EDT [Last Edit: K_Mac] [#12] Marlin 336 in 35 Remington or Ruger 77 in 44 Mag 35 Remington, Remington Core Lokt 200 Grain. 44 Mag various jacketed hollow joints 20-40 yards, treed Head

m47181 Joined Jul 2014 Posts 269 EE 100% (4) FL, USA	Posted: 3/13/2018 9:25:23 PM EDT [#13] Iv only shot one black bear and I used a 30-06 Winchester levergun

AdLucem Retired LEO - Police Executive - Practicing Atty Joined Oct 2001 Posts 2888 EE 100% (6) NY, USA	Posted: 3/10/2019 4:00:08 PM EDT [Last Edit: AdLucem] [#14] 148 yards 308 180 grain bear claw... shoulder hit... good bear btw
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bikerman9967 Member Joined Apr 2013 Posts 15760 EE 100% (1) CT, USA	Posted: 3/19/2019 12:42:54 PM EDT [#15] 4 inch 44 mag , 12 or so feet , frontal skull shot. 3 inch 44 mag , 8 feet or less, frontal skull shot. both dropped in a second. shot a few more at other ranges with 300 win , but nothing drops them like a skull shot.
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AdLucem Retired LEO - Police Executive - Practicing Atty Joined Oct 2001 Posts 2912 EE 100% (6) NY, USA	Posted: 3/19/2019 1:56:37 PM EDT [#16] Quote History Originally Posted By bikerman9967: 4 inch 44 mag , 12 or so feet , frontal skull shot. 3 inch 44 mag , 8 feet or less, frontal skull shot. both dropped in a second. shot a few more at other ranges with 300 win , but nothing drops them like a skull shot. View Quote treed with dogs?
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bikerman9967 Member Joined Apr 2013 Posts 15763 EE 100% (1) CT, USA	Posted: 3/20/2019 11:02:15 AM EDT [#17] Quote History Originally Posted By Robertesq1: treed with dogs? View Quote one was in a tree , one was not with the handgun kills
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AdLucem Retired LEO - Police Executive - Practicing Atty Joined Oct 2001 Posts 2915 EE 100% (6) NY, USA	Posted: 3/21/2019 10:21:05 AM EDT [#18] Quote History Originally Posted By bikerman9967: one was in a tree , one was not with the handgun kills View Quote Been charged once by a sow brownie with two 1.5 y/o cubs... not a pleasant experience.
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bikerman9967 Member Joined Apr 2013 Posts 15766 EE 100% (1) CT, USA	Posted: 3/22/2019 8:15:46 AM EDT [#19] Quote History Originally Posted By Robertesq1: Been charged once by a sow brownie with two 1.5 y/o cubs... not a pleasant experience. View Quote So have I. My hunting partner has about 2-3 dozen very close bear experiences. It’s the part of bear hunting we always respect .
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sp3worker Chief Wahoo Joined Jun 2006 Posts 3706 EE 100% (352) IN, USA	Posted: 3/30/2019 8:40:20 AM EDT [#20] what rifle/weapon- Savage 11 .308 topped with a Leupold VX-R 2-7x33 Ammo- Hornady Superformance GMX 165gr how many yards- about 40 and lastly the bullet placement- neck, dropped right there

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