I've hunted and shot both black and brown bears, and after 25 years of hunting in the Alaskan bush, i was only charged one time. It was a big brown, and it charged from about 80 yards down hill at me. I followed the bear with my rifle with the intention of NOT takeing the shot untill the bear was at least under 25 yards from me. At about 30 yards the bear broke off the charge and slowly moved off.

I'm not much into the "spray and pray" theory!!! I intended to make the first and only shot count!!!

I'd have no problem killing that bear with anything from a 30-06/7mm mag on up, AS LONG as i had good quality heavy bullets loaded in it.

I'm a big Nosler Partion fan, and that's what i had in my rifle the day the bear charged me.

Drilling Man