going bear hunting
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tug Hill NY
Posts: 420
A bear is a much stockier critter than a deer. Most guides prefer big and fat. Actually;over bait, 12 gauge slugs are recommended by many. You really want to be able to crush bone (most notably the shoulders, preferably both) for an instant anchor. They tend to bleed very little as the fat chokes off the wounds very quickly.
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Spike
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 76
Personaly if you hit him behind the sholder a .243 is big enough and black bear arent to dence. Go with the heaviest bullit avaliable and somthing that is bonded. With a 30-06 I know they wont go anywhere if hit right. Got some pics of bear @ www.publiclandforthepoorman.com
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