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Whats the longest shot you would take on a brown bear
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<blockquote data-quote="Paladin300" data-source="post: 2812590" data-attributes="member: 115299"><p>There used to be a video from a couple guys in Africa hunting Lions. It was on VHS about 25-30 years ago in the early 90's. It was a private video a friend had from a hunt a buddy of his was on. We watched it at his house maybe 99'? Guy shot a big male just over 300 yards with a 375 H&H 270 gr SP. He got nervous and was afraid they would loose the Lion in the bush so he rushed the shot and hit him a little far back, gut shot. The big male ran off into a thicket. When they got to where he went in the PH had the two hunters stand back at the ready. He sent five armed trackers in to retrieve the big cat. The PH stayed with the hunters. On the video you can hear the gases escaping the lions bowels. All of a sudden the big cat burst out of the thicket into a blaze of gun fire. They shot him 26 times in less than a minute the last time in the ear hole as he tore a leg below the knee from one of the hunters, killed one of the trackers if memory serves me correctly. Cape Buffalo kill more people than any other dangerous game. What they don't tell you is most of those animals are wounded. Shooting any dangerous game beyond 300-400 yards, I would say over 200 for some, is not a good idea and if you do make sure you have a good rest and you shoot true, otherwise you need to be the first one in to retrieve him. A brown ain't no dear!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paladin300, post: 2812590, member: 115299"] There used to be a video from a couple guys in Africa hunting Lions. It was on VHS about 25-30 years ago in the early 90’s. It was a private video a friend had from a hunt a buddy of his was on. We watched it at his house maybe 99’? Guy shot a big male just over 300 yards with a 375 H&H 270 gr SP. He got nervous and was afraid they would loose the Lion in the bush so he rushed the shot and hit him a little far back, gut shot. The big male ran off into a thicket. When they got to where he went in the PH had the two hunters stand back at the ready. He sent five armed trackers in to retrieve the big cat. The PH stayed with the hunters. On the video you can hear the gases escaping the lions bowels. All of a sudden the big cat burst out of the thicket into a blaze of gun fire. They shot him 26 times in less than a minute the last time in the ear hole as he tore a leg below the knee from one of the hunters, killed one of the trackers if memory serves me correctly. Cape Buffalo kill more people than any other dangerous game. What they don’t tell you is most of those animals are wounded. Shooting any dangerous game beyond 300-400 yards, I would say over 200 for some, is not a good idea and if you do make sure you have a good rest and you shoot true, otherwise you need to be the first one in to retrieve him. A brown ain’t no dear! [/QUOTE]
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