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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1507767" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>You are point on with the distances that the Maine outfitters set their sites up at, 40-50 yards. My point about the guides liking the Whelen and the 45-70s was that the guides like them because the do not have to track the animal, or if they do the tracking is minimal. The guides all like a through-and-through wound channel if they can get it. My first bear (150lb) was with a 30-06, 180 grain Barnes TSX, from about fifty yards at a moving bear. The bear was quartering away from me, as I squeezed the trigger it decided to change directions. Instead of a raking shot into the chest cavity, the bullet entered just in front of the left rear hind leg and came out just behind the front right leg/shoulder. It wasn't my <u><em>proudest or greatest shots</em></u>, however it was a through-and-through and pretty easy to track in the dark. I hunt out of ground blinds because I cannot climb tree stands due to a back injury. I will let the outfitter know, and will ask for a site that is a little further from the bait if possible; I swear that a bear can hear you breath!! My last bear was 234 pounds, shot at about 70 yards, bullet hit center chest slightly quartering to the left, and came out just behind the left shoulder, bear humped up and went down, then moaned for about 5 minutes and died; 35 Whelen 225 grain Barnes TSX. There was lung tissue coming out of the exit hole. The year before was a 205lb bear, .358 Winchester 200gr TTSX, 50 yards, shoulder to shoulder broad side, through-and-through, went 20 feet and piled up. So yes the copper bullets do their job. I've yet to use the 45-70, but have the Barnes TSX hollow points for it, problem is that they are really expensive to shoot; $20 for a box of 20 heads! That's it I'm done typing here, great reading everyone's posts and getting their input on hunting experiences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1507767, member: 69192"] You are point on with the distances that the Maine outfitters set their sites up at, 40-50 yards. My point about the guides liking the Whelen and the 45-70s was that the guides like them because the do not have to track the animal, or if they do the tracking is minimal. The guides all like a through-and-through wound channel if they can get it. My first bear (150lb) was with a 30-06, 180 grain Barnes TSX, from about fifty yards at a moving bear. The bear was quartering away from me, as I squeezed the trigger it decided to change directions. Instead of a raking shot into the chest cavity, the bullet entered just in front of the left rear hind leg and came out just behind the front right leg/shoulder. It wasn't my [U][I]proudest or greatest shots[/I][/U], however it was a through-and-through and pretty easy to track in the dark. I hunt out of ground blinds because I cannot climb tree stands due to a back injury. I will let the outfitter know, and will ask for a site that is a little further from the bait if possible; I swear that a bear can hear you breath!! My last bear was 234 pounds, shot at about 70 yards, bullet hit center chest slightly quartering to the left, and came out just behind the left shoulder, bear humped up and went down, then moaned for about 5 minutes and died; 35 Whelen 225 grain Barnes TSX. There was lung tissue coming out of the exit hole. The year before was a 205lb bear, .358 Winchester 200gr TTSX, 50 yards, shoulder to shoulder broad side, through-and-through, went 20 feet and piled up. So yes the copper bullets do their job. I've yet to use the 45-70, but have the Barnes TSX hollow points for it, problem is that they are really expensive to shoot; $20 for a box of 20 heads! That's it I'm done typing here, great reading everyone's posts and getting their input on hunting experiences. [/QUOTE]
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