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<blockquote data-quote="sp6x6" data-source="post: 627500" data-attributes="member: 21869"><p>Since you posted ,you shot a 500# + BEAR. You know what a big one is. Out west here a bears that size is almost unheard of,unless it is a grizz. I would not shoot a bear in neck unless it was a short gimme shot, and I had a large and powerful caliber. I was still hunting threw timber one day and happened on a bedded 6x6 bull. 1/4 to me, I thought why shoot threw all that tasty meat. He was looking my direction and I offhanded him in neck,just below jaw. He jumped up and in one step was over the ridge contour. I could not believe I missed a 60 yrd. type shot. I followed and 100 yrd. later drop of blood, I had snow and this continued for 1/2 mile, just a drop now and then. I lost him in some other elk tracks....This took me some time to sort out, I back tracked and he went up hill, straight up the steep stuff. Lot of people say a hard hit animal goes down hill. I have followed at least 3 that went up until they crashed. I caught this bull, behind a alder patch and snap shot, took out part of both shoulders,340 wby,225. There went my tasty meat. I had hit him 4'' under jaw and almost dead center neck, bullet went between juglar and neck bone, I COULD HAVE shoved a piece of rebar threw the hole. I took a monster muley w/similar shot by mistake. I avoid this shot like the plague.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sp6x6, post: 627500, member: 21869"] Since you posted ,you shot a 500# + BEAR. You know what a big one is. Out west here a bears that size is almost unheard of,unless it is a grizz. I would not shoot a bear in neck unless it was a short gimme shot, and I had a large and powerful caliber. I was still hunting threw timber one day and happened on a bedded 6x6 bull. 1/4 to me, I thought why shoot threw all that tasty meat. He was looking my direction and I offhanded him in neck,just below jaw. He jumped up and in one step was over the ridge contour. I could not believe I missed a 60 yrd. type shot. I followed and 100 yrd. later drop of blood, I had snow and this continued for 1/2 mile, just a drop now and then. I lost him in some other elk tracks....This took me some time to sort out, I back tracked and he went up hill, straight up the steep stuff. Lot of people say a hard hit animal goes down hill. I have followed at least 3 that went up until they crashed. I caught this bull, behind a alder patch and snap shot, took out part of both shoulders,340 wby,225. There went my tasty meat. I had hit him 4'' under jaw and almost dead center neck, bullet went between juglar and neck bone, I COULD HAVE shoved a piece of rebar threw the hole. I took a monster muley w/similar shot by mistake. I avoid this shot like the plague. [/QUOTE]
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