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Berger 210 VLD on Black Bear - Field Report
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 213550" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>James,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your interesting hunting stories. I've heard more than one account of Alaskan moose being struck in the palm or antler with a bullet and being temporarily knocked out, only to get back up and take off like a freight train. I shot a 1 1/4 curl Dall ram up here about 10 years ago and there was an old bullet hole through and through one of its horns from a prior hunter. Didn't blow the horn off, just augered a hole through the horn about the diameter of a 270 - 280. I always wondered how that ram reacted to that hit. He couldn't have stuck around too long cuz he was still alive and healthy when I bumped into him more than one year later.</p><p></p><p>The shot to the jaw did roll this bear several times downslope but she rolled out of view after about the 2nd barrel roll and I never did see her again after that until tracking her to her death bed. From the sign I saw it looked like she regained her footing after maybe three or four rolls, after which she headed into the alders for cover. I don't think the shot in the jaw knocked the bear out or even knocked it silly, but I'm sure she had one heck of a tooth ache in the molar area. Gives me tooth pain just thinking about it. The bullet continued into the lower neck and must have damaged a jugular vein because the bear was fairly weak from blood loss 1 1/2 hours later.</p><p></p><p>Even through my custom molded-in-place ear plugs I could hear what sounded like the cracking of bone. I thought I was hearing a front leg bone being struck since the bear was quartering toward me. Didn't realize I'd hit her in the jaw until after I finished her off in the alders. At that point I remembered my near miss with the moose and I pretty much knew my rifle scope had to have been knocked out of zero, since I had a really, really good rest and bead on the bear when the gun discharged. Sure enough, that later was proven to be the case. </p><p></p><p>Paul</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 213550, member: 4191"] James, Thanks for your interesting hunting stories. I've heard more than one account of Alaskan moose being struck in the palm or antler with a bullet and being temporarily knocked out, only to get back up and take off like a freight train. I shot a 1 1/4 curl Dall ram up here about 10 years ago and there was an old bullet hole through and through one of its horns from a prior hunter. Didn't blow the horn off, just augered a hole through the horn about the diameter of a 270 - 280. I always wondered how that ram reacted to that hit. He couldn't have stuck around too long cuz he was still alive and healthy when I bumped into him more than one year later. The shot to the jaw did roll this bear several times downslope but she rolled out of view after about the 2nd barrel roll and I never did see her again after that until tracking her to her death bed. From the sign I saw it looked like she regained her footing after maybe three or four rolls, after which she headed into the alders for cover. I don't think the shot in the jaw knocked the bear out or even knocked it silly, but I'm sure she had one heck of a tooth ache in the molar area. Gives me tooth pain just thinking about it. The bullet continued into the lower neck and must have damaged a jugular vein because the bear was fairly weak from blood loss 1 1/2 hours later. Even through my custom molded-in-place ear plugs I could hear what sounded like the cracking of bone. I thought I was hearing a front leg bone being struck since the bear was quartering toward me. Didn't realize I'd hit her in the jaw until after I finished her off in the alders. At that point I remembered my near miss with the moose and I pretty much knew my rifle scope had to have been knocked out of zero, since I had a really, really good rest and bead on the bear when the gun discharged. Sure enough, that later was proven to be the case. Paul [/QUOTE]
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