Bear Bleeding

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Shot my first blackie two weeks ago and I got to thinking,

I tracked it by the dirt and leaves that it stirred up as it ran into the bush.

There wasn't a peck of blood anywhere until I came within 5-7 of it.

It ran about 35 yards into the bush (chest high grass) after I hit it but no blood.

Seems that every deer or moose I've ever shot blood pours from a nick.

Are bears not bleeders unless you put a cannon through their chest? I hit it with a 165 .308 interbond, had an entry and exit hole and made burger out of the lungs.

I've heard that blackies die easy but again, what about the bleeding :?:
 
I have never seen a Blackie die easy, only a few examples but none were quick and easy. My spring blackie was shot through the top of the front shoulder - through the spine and exited the opposite shoulder through the top part of the blade. came to a quick crashing halt, but balled for quite awhile before I was able to get a mercy shot into him. (kinda shook me up, g/f thought I was a softie) no blood from him either except from the mouth after the mercy shot. Sorry if this was a little graphic.
 
Bear hide can soak up a lot of blood.

It usually takes a fairly large exit wound to allow much of a blood trail in the first 75 - 100 yards.
 
ive only shot one blacky that droped right away (1 shot with a .30/06 in the neck broke its spine) but i also find that they dont bleed or die after they shot unless you hit them in the spine thats why i only do neck shots now.
i find that there fat will close over a wound they still bleed internaly but the dont leak that much.
talk to ya all later
Riley
 
I shot one, one time and in the chase I found a lung on the road, no sign of blood anywhere till I found him. I have this thoery about bears, if they're alerted or even slightly aware of your presence they seem harder to drop. I've shot a couple of blackies that were unaware or uncaring while eating up high on a hill. One shot each time and they dropped like a rock. DJ's right I'd say a fat one can close up the hole and you seldom see lots of blood.
 
Took one with a 200 grain ballistic tip out of a 338WM years ago. (Distance 30 feet) Went less than 50 yards, one good beller, and died. Blood trail was visible, but damned thin. Shot through the top of the back, (I was on a high stump) between the shoulders and exited low in the chest. Missed the spine.
 
My hunting partner and I make a point of sprinting straight for the bear as soon as they take off after shooting them. Sometimes you can give em a second shot before they take off.

We call them Honda 50's, they may not run right but they keep runnin. Never seen much of anything for blood except for when they are layin.

Prolly not the safest technique I'm sure, but we've never lost nuthin.
 
trykillthis said:
My hunting partner and I make a point of sprinting straight for the bear as soon as they take off after shooting them. Sometimes you can give em a second shot before they take off.

We call them Honda 50's, they may not run right but they keep runnin. Never seen much of anything for blood except for when they are layin.

Prolly not the safest technique I'm sure, but we've never lost nuthin.
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I do the same thing.

I'd prefer to see/hear where it went than to have to go track it. Especially if it isn't hit well, and is waiting to POUNCE! :D :D
 
If the heart is not pumping the blood isn't pouring and they can run a long ways dead. Even arrow shot bears sometimes have a minimal blood trail due to the Fat and Hair plugging the hole and soaking the blood.

Running at a shot bear sounds like a good idea... in theory... I don't know if I have the parts for that scenario though... :shock:
 
Hide and fat saoking and plugging makes a lot of sense.

This bear had 2" of fat on its back. I couldn't beleive it.

I think my bear techniques (other than stand hunting) are going to see a change.

Running at a shot bear seems like a great idea, but in my case I had my 10 year old son with me who doesn't understand that we just shot a predator and you need to be on the top of your attention ladder. It was more of a rush keeping him safe than tracking. :lol:

Holy #### the wife would be mad if he got eaten up. :wink:
 
open-sights said:
Holy #### the wife would be mad if he got eaten up.
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Yep, some women are just impossible to understand! :)
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Too Funny, I take my 9 year old son out for day trips, where we're looking for bears it's like I have three legs. I don't know why he's scared, he can out run me!!!!!!!!!!
 
The last 2 blackies that I shot only went about 5-10 yards from the first shot. Minde you i shot 4 at the first one an d 2 at the one last year. Going out again tomarrow night for the third bear (first one this year). I have had no problem withfinding them. Both bear were about 175lbs. The one I have seen this years goes around 500-600 lbs. Lats 2 I shot i used my .308 win with 180grain. This year I think I'll use my 10 gauge shot gun with 1 3/4oz slug or my .338 win mag.
But I also found when I got up to the bear the hide had soaked up most of the blood.

William
 
Shot placement and big holes. I set my baits up so the bear gives me a quartering away shot. That way you can get the liver, both lungs, and bust up the shoulder. I prefer 12ga slugs or my .45/70, big hole going in, big hole coming out, less chance for fat to clog the hole. My buddy shot a small blackie with a heavy grain Fail Safe out of a 7mm RemMag from about 70 yards. Two tiny drops of blood were all we found. Not sure where the bear was hit, but I feel the bullet did not expand.
 
I shot a few bears and several havent had much of a blood trail until where they expired.But two i shot just droped in there tracks one was my first decent bear(over350) i shot it with a blr in 308 i hit it in the base of the neck and it dropped like a stone, the second that droped fast was this year with my new 338 bar 200gr sp, it was about 60yards it was standing with its front leg up in the air and the other leg on a stump shot it in the base of the right side of the neck and it exited right behind the opposite shoulder never even twitched!
 
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