Black bear hunting in the south!
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Buffalo, WY
Posts: 992
But when a bear charges I'd like a 12 gauge slug as back up if my hand grenade didn't work.
#22
Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 23
Hand grenade! ha! I gotta remember that one ha! Oh yes that would be my first shot with a slug, No closer than 50 yds. if I can help it. I want the head and the fur. I've never herd of eating bear meat! Might taste like?? "Bear"
#26
Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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I love roast beef and your making me hungry for some bear, knowing it's not gamey makes it all the better also. If I kill a black bear, I'll have to watch the weight of the bear, I have a good size freezer. Even at 300lbs. dressed, I'd have to give away quite a lot of the meat. First I would have to invite family over for some roast, after they eat tell elm it's black bear. Then I would not have any problem giving some of it a way, is there a musk gland to be aware off when I dress it out?
#27
You get less meat from a bear than you would expect. A lot of fat and heavy bones add to the weight. Don't get me wrong, you'll still have a lot. A 300 pound bear would give you two deer worth of meat.
You have some high expectations of picking up a 300 dressed-weight bear . The average bear will be around 150-200. Also, it's a bitch dragging a 300-400 pound bear.
You have some high expectations of picking up a 300 dressed-weight bear . The average bear will be around 150-200. Also, it's a bitch dragging a 300-400 pound bear.
#28
Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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You get less meat from a bear than you would expect. A lot of fat and heavy bones add to the weight. Don't get me wrong, you'll still have a lot. A 300 pound bear would give you two deer worth of meat.
You have some high expectations of picking up a 300 dressed-weight bear . The average bear will be around 150-200. Also, it's a bitch dragging a 300-400 pound bear.
You have some high expectations of picking up a 300 dressed-weight bear . The average bear will be around 150-200. Also, it's a bitch dragging a 300-400 pound bear.
#29
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Buffalo, WY
Posts: 992
I could not drag a 100ld bear out of a wooded area, No, what I should have said is, I would field dress the bear, the head and it's fur still in one piece. and cut up the bear so I could carry the bear out. Shoot, I'm disabled and I'm 59 years old, not in anyway in good health. Hell my dad is 80 years old, he is in remarkable shape for his age.
If possible.
#30
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
Virginia does an annual bear hunt in the Dismal Swamp and the only legal weapon is shotguns with slugs. Anyone trying to say that a 12 ga shooting a slug won't do a bear in most likely has no experience with hunting with them. I've shot a lot of game with them and I wouldn't hesitate to shoot a bear with a slug. I know for a fact that they work because I've done the Dismal Swamp hunt and I've seen the dead bears at the check station.
I haven't personally taken a bear on that hunt but I have shot several bear on other hunts with a rifle. I don't think the average black bear is any tougher than the average buck deer. Anything that is legal on deer (besides the .22 centerfires) will work on bear. They ain't bullet proof and a .70 caliber hole in the lungs will do the trick.
I haven't personally taken a bear on that hunt but I have shot several bear on other hunts with a rifle. I don't think the average black bear is any tougher than the average buck deer. Anything that is legal on deer (besides the .22 centerfires) will work on bear. They ain't bullet proof and a .70 caliber hole in the lungs will do the trick.