Shot placement for black bears.

[billythekidrock]

Here are some images of shot placement. They were taken from the IBEF pdf file that you can find here. http://www.nbef.org/  
It has a lot of great information for both archery and rifle bear hunters.

Overhead view of shot placement angles.


Composite image I created from the individual ones below.


Individual images from the composite image.

Bear


Muscles


Skeleton


Circulatory System


Organs

[billythekidrock]

Here is another one.

[JBar]

This is good info, I actually studied this NBEF stuff really good before I went on my first archery spring bear hunt.

[Michelle_Nelson]

Great info!

[Skinner]

Thanks good info!

[bowsandhose]

 

[bucklucky]

Nice

[ratherhunt]

Awesome Information Thanks

[markts]

Thanks Billy I will just need to find one shoo dat.  :chuckle:Mark

[Sideswipe]

Thanks BTKR!  Best article on this subject I've found to date.  On 6 Jun I logged on to American Hunter.org re: "How To Shoot A Bear".  It was OK but they are in the "bust the shoulder 1st camp".  I'm not a magnum shooter (definately nothing wrong w/that) but get my jollies by close shots w/leverguns in traditional calibers.  I think my best choice is a double lunger.  Now, from these picts, I finally see why waiting until near front leg is fwd makes sense.  Just gotta graduate from cardiac rehab before 1 Aug!!!!! Last bear I got was w/a 450 Marlin which is closer to a short range magnum than a traditional caliber.  Bullet lodged against far shoulder blade & knocked him down but I had to finish him.

[coriantonk]

Thanks for the pics and info.  It gives me something to think about,  August 1st aint that fer away

[littletoes]

Shoulder or Neck for me.....they just don't get up or run after that.

Great Pics guys!

[fishcrazy]

Sideswipe,

I enjoy shooting lever guns as well. I have a Marlin 1895 Cowboy that a want to shoot a bear with so BAD!!! I hand load it and have a really hot load ready. I like to think I will get one this year. It must be a real rush getting one with a lever gun with open sights!!! I think I'm going to do some scouting around Forks this year. Shot my first bear in the Cascades with a scoped .308 but wanna find a better population away from so many people and kill one cowboy style!!


Kris

[GWA Hunter]

Good info. Thanks Billy

[Airnip]

Tried for quite a while to copy the picture in this old post from another forum. It is a target picture of a bear's heart and lungs from facing front. Maybe someone else could have better results getting this shot placement guide here?
http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/index.php/topic,30878.0.html