Black bear hunting in the south!
I have never hunted any bear, or anything other than targets and a few doves and quail that scare the crap out of me when they finally decide to fly up. I would love to go black bear hunting, I am a shotgun lover and never had much use for a big bore rifle. So but I love to shoot rifled slugs that are made for smooth bore 28" vent rib barrels.
Todays slugs are accurate out to 200 yds. and with a lot of energy at that range. I read where some have taken black at 150 yds. and with a 16ga. rifled slug shot gun. I use 1600 feet per second Winchester slugs. But some slugs will shoot 2200 ft. per second and do not start dropping till well past 100yds. The slugs I use start to drop past 50yds.
Does any of you guys use a shotgun to bear hunt? let me know!