.243 Bear Down

BCBear · 05-30-2011, 11:43 AM

Here's a bear that measured 5' 10" nose to tail. He has a brown layer of fur under the black guard hairs, found that kind of odd. 30 yrd run after being hit with a .243 Hornady 100 grain.

iamyourhuckleberry · 05-30-2011, 04:24 PM

Congrats! Is there more of a story?

Dalebow · 05-30-2011, 07:56 PM

super bear I shot mine with a 308, love those short actions in the woods
Congrats

car · 05-31-2011, 05:41 PM

Congrats nice bear!

ihookem1 · 06-05-2011, 04:14 PM

With a .243 too. Seems we are going smaller on hunting guns over the years. I know of many who used a .243 and they work well it seems.

Palladin8 · 06-10-2011, 06:42 AM

Very nice bear. My nephew shot one last year that was 5'8" that looked similar to your bear. It made a very nice rug as i'm sure yours would as well.

ihookem, I would say that with the bullet technology of today being what it is with bonded and mono metal bullets this could be a contributing factor.