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<blockquote data-quote="angus-5024" data-source="post: 463924" data-attributes="member: 10306"><p>I have shot bears throught the heart lungs and throught the shoulder/spine and prefer the shoulder if the bear is in anykind of rough terrain. I opt for the odd neck shot if there really close too. I made the mistake of shooting my best bear to date in the boiler room, hunting mountainous-thick country. He only went about 35 yards, but it was the crappiest 35 yards drag of my life draggin him out (shot was taken on the road).</p><p> </p><p>I did have a bad experience with my dad and high shoulder shots. He made a great stalk on a real big bear and shot it in the shoulders at about 80 paces with a .284win. at the shot the bear took off like a nitro'd bulldozer. I guess the shot had broken both front shoulders but didnt do enough damage to any vitals and the bear just ploughed through the bush with its face in the dirt and in rear wheel drive. It was about 40min till dark and landed up being a bit of an adventure tracking it. The second shot put it down, but 400 yards into the thick stuff. It amazed me that that bear could go so far on nothing but adrenaline and two legs. Needless to say Dad bough a bigger gun and still uses high shoulder shots.</p><p> </p><p>So I recomend them if your using enough gun to cause enough hydrostatic shock to shock the nervouse system. when in doubt go for the heart lung but be prepared to do some draggin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angus-5024, post: 463924, member: 10306"] I have shot bears throught the heart lungs and throught the shoulder/spine and prefer the shoulder if the bear is in anykind of rough terrain. I opt for the odd neck shot if there really close too. I made the mistake of shooting my best bear to date in the boiler room, hunting mountainous-thick country. He only went about 35 yards, but it was the crappiest 35 yards drag of my life draggin him out (shot was taken on the road). I did have a bad experience with my dad and high shoulder shots. He made a great stalk on a real big bear and shot it in the shoulders at about 80 paces with a .284win. at the shot the bear took off like a nitro'd bulldozer. I guess the shot had broken both front shoulders but didnt do enough damage to any vitals and the bear just ploughed through the bush with its face in the dirt and in rear wheel drive. It was about 40min till dark and landed up being a bit of an adventure tracking it. The second shot put it down, but 400 yards into the thick stuff. It amazed me that that bear could go so far on nothing but adrenaline and two legs. Needless to say Dad bough a bigger gun and still uses high shoulder shots. So I recomend them if your using enough gun to cause enough hydrostatic shock to shock the nervouse system. when in doubt go for the heart lung but be prepared to do some draggin. [/QUOTE]
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