with the crappy weather we had all week I went hunting two times out of the 6 day hunt. On tuesday I had a 250 lb bear at 80 yards and ended up winding me. went back out Saturday morning, I decided to leave the bow at home, and I took the muzzleloader. at 7:15am I took this small bear, it was 40 yard shot and the 250 gr. T-EZ Barnes Sabot did the job