Shot placement on BEAR .. Just my opinion ..

[BOWHUNTER45]

Bowhunter45- Man I am so with you on the shoulder! Being a fellow bushwacker I will ALWAYS wait for them to quarter towards me and pound then through the near shoulder. Pancakes them every time. This lesson I learned the hard way. I'm done tracking wounded bears through mountain alder.....or blackberries!

  yeah buddy !!!

[demontang]

Ive only wacked one but it supprised me that a 225gr bullet through the heart and lungs didnt even drop the thing at 70 yds I me how can an animal not have a heart or lungs and run full bore like nothing?

[one-eyed Ross]

Wow.  They must be breeding some wonderkind type bears now that have bred with zombies or something...used to be that a 30-30 could drop a black bear...now you need a 300 winmag or bigger and bust them up...

[johnnyaustin44]

I'm thinking its like a truck, you drain the oil (blood) it can go for a little while bit you destroy the front axle (shoulder blades ), its not gonna move.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Lungs, heart,spine or brain or its gone end of story..chances of breaking both shoulders is almost impossible. I have broke many of bears shoulders to watch keep going..when u hit the lungs or heart its done as with any animal

   I have to and they have not been easy shots ...200yrds or more threw brush and I have never not seen one not take off hit threw the lungs and heart without braking bone ,,NO DOUBT they will die but not on the spot 

[BOWHUNTER45]

Here is one I busted at about 200 + ... it was below me on a huge cedar stump ... I busted him threw the shoulder facing away from me down hill and he went to where..thank god because if he rolled off that stump it is a straight drop off heading down the mountain ...I actually quatered the whole bear out on top of this stump it was like my kitchen table 

[turnloose]

7mm mag anywhere.

[Elk whack master]

My 45-70 with buffalo bore hot loads will roll any bear i see here at the close up ranges you get on the west side. I ll be calling them so it will be close!

[Annette]

I guess I'm an anomoly then.  I have taken 8 bears so far, 5 with a bow and 3 with a rifle.  7 were shot right behind the shoulder, complete pass through on all 7.  One was shot between the eyes.  Not one bear ran over 60 yards.  All 8 were shot within 15 yards.  I think the biggest problem, same with elk, is guys are not hitting where they think they are hitting at longer distances.      If you deflate both lungs they are NOT going to go far, it's just a fact of life.

couldn't have said it better...Thanks !

[D-Rock425]

I've shot 4 bears in the last 3 years.  3 of the bears were shot right behind the shoulder and they have all gone less then 50 yards.  I shoot a 7mm-08 so I try not to shoot them in the shoulder.  If I shot a bigger gun I might think more about pining them to the ground but for now I will stick with what I know works.

[BOWHUNTER45]

I've shot 4 bears in the last 3 years.  3 of the bears were shot right behind the shoulder and they have all gone less then 50 yards.  I shoot a 7mm-08 so I try not to shoot them in the shoulder.  If I shot a bigger gun I might think more about pining them to the ground but for now I will stick with what I know works.

  Hey I am loading some 7mm-08 just has we speak ... my boy uses it and it does the same thing    I am loading 139 GR hornadays BTSP & 139 SST just bought the SST so I will see what the diffence is between the two ..as far as groups go ....

[BOWHUNTER45]

I guess I'm an anomoly then.  I have taken 8 bears so far, 5 with a bow and 3 with a rifle.  7 were shot right behind the shoulder, complete pass through on all 7.  One was shot between the eyes.  Not one bear ran over 60 yards.  All 8 were shot within 15 yards.  I think the biggest problem, same with elk, is guys are not hitting where they think they are hitting at longer distances.      If you deflate both lungs they are NOT going to go far, it's just a fact of life.

couldn't have said it better...Thanks !

hahaha just move over about 3 inches TO THE RIGHT and then give me your report ...( WITH A RILE)

[Jellymon]

I talk to alot of guys who tell me stories about how they shot bears and tracked them for hundreds of yards with big magnums and I can only shake my head... I have used a .270 forever and never lost a bear and I also hunt areas that are so thick most people would sheet their pants thinking about going in after one ..and most of the shots are over 200yrds...I always shoot for dead center top half of the shoulder and the results are always the same Dead bear .. This is just my opinion and mostly for the guys who never killed a bear and want solid advise ....hope it helps 

  and just remember a bear shot threw the lungs will always go a long ways !!   TO CLARIFY ONE THING ( THIS IS MY OPINION ON SHOT PLACEMENT WITH A RIFLE ) 

Always is kind of a big word for this. Every bear we have shot behind the shoulder has either dropped in its tracks, or went less than 50yds.

[D-Rock425]

I almost got myself some of those hornady est loads yesterday.   I'm thinking I should have got a box or to.  Maybe next time.

[Kain]

Takes a brave man to ignore Jim Shockey    But it worked out.

HUNT MASTERS EPISODE 1 PROMO - BLACK BEAR