buck shot

[sivart33]

don't have any slugs laying around, but have buck shot like no other for yotes. (normally using num 4 buck)

i have 3.5 inch 12 gauge mag 00BK shot laying around, good placement take down a bear, only reason i am asking is since i am calling a ton for yotes and cats and i swear everywhere i have found stands have beer crap everywhere.  just don't feel like buying slugs, so should i just let the bear pass, or that much kinetic energy in the 00BK to penetrate the skin/fat/ribs of a bear. if not ill just let the bear pass if i ever get a chance to call one in.

[JackOfAllTrades]

I don't like buckshot on Deer past 20yds let alone a Bear.    I don't care how you look at it, it's .32cal at 1200fps out the muzzle if you're lucky. Sure, there's more than one shot flying, but that's like hunting Bear with a .380 and just rapid firing.

Would you hunt Bear even at close range with less than a .357mag?

-Steve

[bobcat]

I wouldn't use it on a bear unless I was being attacked. Just buy a box of 5 slugs. That ought to be enough to cover you for any chance bear encounters.

[sivart33]

ya planning on it soon, but that is when i go back to town, the store is about 30 min out ( away from ym hunting area) so dont feel like driving out there till the weekend.

[backyard bucks]

shoot away!
we used 00 and 000 for bears when we use to be able to bait. you hit that bear behind the shoulder and he isn't going anywhere. back then it was 15 .33 call pellets out of the 3" shells (that is double 00) the 3 and 1/2 shells i think are packing 18 or more..
you hit that animal with at least 15 pellets of that cal he is going down.. at 20 yards out of a full choke your pattern will be the 10- to 13 inch circle  that is alot of energy being delivered to one area.
non of the bears we took went anywhere but down..
that is my  

[bobcat]

Well in that case go ahead and use it but let the bear get to about 25 FEET before you take a shot.  

[sivart33]

yes i have a very very tight choke, its shooting my num 4 buckshot in about a 12 in circle all 41 pellets.

[Curly]

Is it a good idea to be shooting 00 Buck out of a full choke .....  

[backyard bucks]

let me clarify myself.. i wouldn't use #4 buck..
but 00 i wouldn't question it at all.. i have seen it and have video of them dropping.
out of a full choke is fine.. the shot is buffered and like any other shot shell.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Well in that case go ahead and use it but let the bear get to about 25 FEET before you take a shot.

shoot away!
we used 00 and 000 for bears when we use to be able to bait.

As Backyardbucks has round-aboutly-stated, 'close range when we used to be able to bait' bears.
Yes, inside 20yds or so that will be deadly. 40yds would be stretching things a bit. Possible, but taking a chance on injuring and pissin off a bruin.

I wouldn't use it on a bear unless I was being attacked.

Yup.

-Steve

[Kain]

I would suggest you go pattern the gun to find out how it is patterning at each yardage.  I patterned mine and actually got a tighter pattern with the mod choke than a full choke.     If you get a good pattern I would say anything around 30-40 yards is dead with good shot placement.

[carpsniperg2]

i agree i would not try to shoot a bear with 00buck or 4 buck if you were going to get attacked then spray away. at close range it would have enough killing power but i would not strat with oobuck

[billythekidrock]

I don't like buckshot on Deer past 20yds let alone a Bear.    I don't care how you look at it, it's .32cal at 1200fps out the muzzle if you're lucky. Sure, there's more than one shot flying, but that's like hunting Bear with a .380 and just rapid firing.



-Steve

 

[FC]

Sadly enough the buckshot actually has better ballistic per pellet than a .380, 30-40 yards I would shoot a bear up to 250lbs or so, with slugs I would go 75 yards.

[Machias]

I use 00 buck for yotes all winter, knockes em dead out to about 60-70 yards, that said I would NOT trust it on bear.  I think everything would have to be close and PERFECT and since it rarely is in the field I would not use it unless I was in a self defense situation.