Black bear hunting in the south!
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Spike
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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!
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!
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Spike
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Do you bear hunt with a shotgun! let me know if you do!
Last edited by arkess; 01-17-2014 at 11:21 AM.
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Spike
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Totally agree with you as bears have a lot of fat and causes some wounds to stop bleeding and lose the blood trail. Hope you get the chance as I love to hunt bears but the wife holds me back because she thinks I don't need another. (What does she know)