The bear I got was a black bear with white markings on his chest,,took him at around 30 yards or less..Saw quite a few bears and saw a big one about 500 yards from where I got my muley..Whitetail in there too... does all hanging together and bucks in seperate groups....The slug was a plain jane winchester 2.75 inch ..barrel is smoothbore with sights,,good for chickens too..Had too much trouble with my two defenders and traded them on the benelli and it shoots everything great so far,even the 3.5 inch loads with no problems at all..Groups around 6 inch at 100 meters,off the side of my pickup truck,gun might do better..Kicks a bit too,similar to the defender..