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Quote from: mountainman on December 09, 2024, 09:45:36 PMQuote from: huntnnw on December 09, 2024, 09:37:23 PMQuote from: CaNINE on December 09, 2024, 06:50:08 PMBears can be tough to anchor and the fur soaks up blood making tracking a little tricky. I like using heavy for caliber fragmenting bullets that do a lot of internal damage and put them through the shoulders to incapacitate movement. you should not be hitting shoulders on a broadside bear lungs and heart are not in the same position as a deer or elk. Unless, as caNINE stated, you want to incapacitate them on the spot. In the thick and steep, a “dead” bear can disappear very quickly!Exactly. I value animal recovery too much. I may lose a little meat with a front shoulder shot but my chances of recovery are greatly increased. A unrecovered bear = 100% meat loss.
Quote from: huntnnw on December 09, 2024, 09:37:23 PMQuote from: CaNINE on December 09, 2024, 06:50:08 PMBears can be tough to anchor and the fur soaks up blood making tracking a little tricky. I like using heavy for caliber fragmenting bullets that do a lot of internal damage and put them through the shoulders to incapacitate movement. you should not be hitting shoulders on a broadside bear lungs and heart are not in the same position as a deer or elk. Unless, as caNINE stated, you want to incapacitate them on the spot. In the thick and steep, a “dead” bear can disappear very quickly!
Quote from: CaNINE on December 09, 2024, 06:50:08 PMBears can be tough to anchor and the fur soaks up blood making tracking a little tricky. I like using heavy for caliber fragmenting bullets that do a lot of internal damage and put them through the shoulders to incapacitate movement. you should not be hitting shoulders on a broadside bear lungs and heart are not in the same position as a deer or elk.
Bears can be tough to anchor and the fur soaks up blood making tracking a little tricky. I like using heavy for caliber fragmenting bullets that do a lot of internal damage and put them through the shoulders to incapacitate movement.