Shot placement for black bears.

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dilleytech:
Exactly right, deflated Lungs are something like 1/4 the size of inflated lungs.

Bushcraft:

--- Quote from: pianoman9701 on August 14, 2021, 11:28:40 AM ---It is interesting to see the differences between Deer and elk vitals, and those of a black bear. Whereas the heart of the ungulates is directly above the foreleg, that of the bear is just behind, about the same distance from the bottom of the torso. Remember that with the bear, hair hangs down about 4-6 inches below the bottom of the torso. The lungs toward the front on the black bear and elk start at roughly the same place. But the position of the elk's is much more vertical, as the bears seems more horizontal. As many have pointed out, the more effective bear shot is farther back, about 1/4 to 1/3of the torso from the chest.

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I wish people would stop posting these bone pictures. They are bound to convince people to take shots (especially with a bow) that they ought not to do.

The anatomical alignment of the shoulder bones are not correct. They are too far forward.

If anyone doubts this, simply look at an bulges of the musculature at the top of the scapula under the "hump" of the skin and the pivot point of the shoulder when they walk.

Scruffy:
What we need is a pic like Dilleytech's pic but with the bear sawn in half down the back bone. Then we could see the "skin" side and the inside with them aligned. That will prove where the lungs are and how far back.

Jonathan_S:

--- Quote from: Scruffy on August 31, 2021, 03:33:42 AM ---What we need is a pic like Dilleytech's pic but with the bear sawn in half down the back bone. Then we could see the "skin" side and the inside with them aligned. That will prove where the lungs are and how far back.

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That will prove where the dead lungs are, not where the live lungs are. Cutting the rib cage, even on a live animal results in pneumothorax and collapses the lungs.

trophyhunt:
Didn't read the thread, but I've killed a dozen bears, I aim the same place on all my animals with my 300 win. They all died within yards of being shot, except one, hit back and livered it, found it barley alive the next day and killed it. Behind the shoulder, aim and shoot.

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