What would you have done? Bear situation..

[mulehunter]

I wouldnt shoot Head. If not feel Good, Abort! Try sneak or Call them.  I would hate to sleep every day thinking over and over and over that if I made a right choice about if I abort or SHOULD I pull Trigger!    Maybe need 24 Beers to get mind OFF!

Mulehunter  

[grundy53]

Head shots will drop them in their tracks more consistently then any other shot. And if you miss your mark you will most likely miss completely and less likely to wound the animal.

[FC]

Head shots will drop them in their tracks more consistently then any other shot. And if you miss your mark you will most likely miss completely and less likely to wound the animal.

Exactly! From that range I would have domed it without a second thought, not hard to see a hit either! If it looks like a quart of Cream-of-wheat flies out in front on the shot and the bear drops you hit him right where you were aiming.

[Sportfury]

Personally I would have done the same thing as you. If you would have been low and shot it in the butt the bullet could have stop in the gut and then you would have had a wounded bear on your hands. Maybe you would have cut an artery or it would have reached the lungs if you were lucky. Maybe you would have head or spine shot, but if you didn't feel comfortable with it then you did the right thing.

With two bears in your sights in two days I would say that you are already successful. More successful than most hunters and if I were in your situation I would be one happy hunter seeing what you have.