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Is 350 Legend sufficient for black bear?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 2361782" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>The .350 Legend would not be my first choice of cartridges for black bear hunting, however if that is all you have then that is what you use. I hunt Maine black bear, usually 50-60 yard shots. If I had a choice of straight-walled cartridges for bear hunting it would be either the .450 Bushmaster, the .444, or the 45-70. The last couple of black bear I have shot has been with the 45-70. One was a bang-flop, the one this year "should" have been a bang-flop, but....it decided it was going to run 30-40 yards into the dark, black, tangled jungle of the Maine woods. The bear was not hard to track due to the blood spray on both sides of where it traveled due to the large entry and exit holes. The photo is the exit hole of the bang-flop bear a couple of years ago; 45-70, Barnes 300gr TSX FB. Note the size of the exit hole compared to my hand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 2361782, member: 69192"] The .350 Legend would not be my first choice of cartridges for black bear hunting, however if that is all you have then that is what you use. I hunt Maine black bear, usually 50-60 yard shots. If I had a choice of straight-walled cartridges for bear hunting it would be either the .450 Bushmaster, the .444, or the 45-70. The last couple of black bear I have shot has been with the 45-70. One was a bang-flop, the one this year "should" have been a bang-flop, but....it decided it was going to run 30-40 yards into the dark, black, tangled jungle of the Maine woods. The bear was not hard to track due to the blood spray on both sides of where it traveled due to the large entry and exit holes. The photo is the exit hole of the bang-flop bear a couple of years ago; 45-70, Barnes 300gr TSX FB. Note the size of the exit hole compared to my hand. [/QUOTE]
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