anchor a bear

X-fan said:
Not saying it wont work, but you end up with almost no margin for error on a neck shot.

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The heart/lungs are a huge target by comparison.
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so really a 200 yd boiler room shot on a doe and a 25-45yd neck shot on a bear are damn near the same degree of difficulty. both are damn near 3moa. same margin for error. and i wont really think twice about a doe at 200.

i still like the idea of a instant death neck shot
 
shot a dozen bears, seen over 2 dozen more shot. 6yrds to 270yrds. all the ones shot shoulder/behind shoulder went less then 40yrds, many bang/flop'd. hard to beat center mass.
 
Hmmmmmmm. I have shot bears for over 30 years. NEVER lost a bear EVER. Hail Mary, straight on, Texas lungshot, neck, standing spine, head, shoulders, heart/lung. I have done them all. 416 Rigby minimum. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
12many said:
so really a 200 yd boiler room shot on a doe and a 25-45yd neck shot on a bear are damn near the same degree of difficulty. both are damn near 3moa. same margin for error. and i wont really think twice about a doe at 200.

i still like the idea of a instant death neck shot
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Hitting the neck isn't what you're after, that's easy. You need to hit the spine, which you can't see.

Put a bullet high through neck meat or low through the esophagus/windpipe and you won't have to worry about a tough retrieval, you won't find him.
 
Easiest to smash both shoulders and bust up the plumbing inside. Sure you lose some meat, btu that's the best shot to "anchor" a bear. They don't like having their shoulders busted and their heart and lungs pulped.
 
They wail way too long for me with the lungs(i hate the sound of a dying bear). I ONLY do head shots on bears now. I get in close or don't pull.
 
and just so everyone deosn't think this is a ludicrous concern,
-our bear opens august 16th,
-under growth and tree cover is thick, visibilty on flat ground is 10-25ft max

i take lung shots during ungulate season as tracking is easy and visibilty exponentially better and animals can sit in the cold over night and found the next day.

But during the summer a 50 or 100 yard run can take an hour or 2 to cover as areas with feeders are usually covered in sign making tracking even more difficult. im not concered with work so much,I just dont wanna have the meat spoil from a few hours in the sun.
 
I'm a fan of head shots now and then when the opportunity presents itself proper..


12many said:
and just so everyone deosn't think this is a ludicrous concern,
-our bear opens august 16th,
-under growth and tree cover is thick, visibilty on flat ground is 10-25ft max

i take lung shots during ungulate season as tracking is easy and visibilty exponentially better and animals can sit in the cold over night and found the next day.

But during the summer a 50 or 100 yard run can take an hour or 2 to cover as areas with feeders are usually covered in sign making tracking even more difficult. im not concered with work so much,I just dont wanna have the meat spoil from a few hours in the sun.
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If you are after a "book" bear it is ineligible if it has any damage (ie bullet hole) to the skull. I must have shot somewhere over a dozen bears of my own, and put finishers in a few others. I am all for a high shoulder shot for anchoring a bear. Pretty much a bang-flop with a decent caliber rifle.
 
300 winmag 180g core-lokt at 45 yards sqaure to the heart makes them bang flop. He did a half roll before he hit the ground, never made a peep or knew what happened. My first bear last fall.
 
Kenny_G2 said:
I've lung shot 3 bears with bow and arrow and none went more than 30 yards. 2 went just 10 yards. All were arrowed at less than 20 yards. All 3 cried like babies.
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Sounds like you enjoyed the sound of suffering. i love hunting but man... i don't get why you would even bother to write that. the first rule of a hunters code of ethics should be to make humaine kills and have respect for the prey, not boast about how they squealed while they were dying.
 
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