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<blockquote data-quote="dogz" data-source="post: 2776985" data-attributes="member: 5429"><p>Side note regarding bear fat, I've yet to see any on Rocky Mtn bruins anywhere but near the back end and up on top. The shoulder area is this country just doesn't gather enough to consider.</p><p></p><p>One more thing to consider regarding black bears, they're shoulders aren't much to punch thru. Most anything from a 223 on up will do so. The downside to a hard bullet is that if one errors towards the rear (IE bad hit in behind the lungs) in the soft tissue then IME one is better off using a softer bullet, one that will tear up as much of the guts as possible.</p><p></p><p>One of the best bears I've ever guided a fella to and the fella was one of the most experienced hunters I ever hunted with the fella launched a hard bullet (SAF) at the big boy (out of his 340 Wby) and hit it back in the guts. We searched for two days for the bruin, never found it. To this day I'm convinced that if he'd of been using a softer bullet like the 200 NBT that we'd of found it. But then again that's just a guess...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dogz, post: 2776985, member: 5429"] Side note regarding bear fat, I've yet to see any on Rocky Mtn bruins anywhere but near the back end and up on top. The shoulder area is this country just doesn't gather enough to consider. One more thing to consider regarding black bears, they're shoulders aren't much to punch thru. Most anything from a 223 on up will do so. The downside to a hard bullet is that if one errors towards the rear (IE bad hit in behind the lungs) in the soft tissue then IME one is better off using a softer bullet, one that will tear up as much of the guts as possible. One of the best bears I've ever guided a fella to and the fella was one of the most experienced hunters I ever hunted with the fella launched a hard bullet (SAF) at the big boy (out of his 340 Wby) and hit it back in the guts. We searched for two days for the bruin, never found it. To this day I'm convinced that if he'd of been using a softer bullet like the 200 NBT that we'd of found it. But then again that's just a guess... [/QUOTE]
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