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<blockquote data-quote="loren holland" data-source="post: 1824092" data-attributes="member: 109888"><p>I shot a Maine black bear Sep 11, 2019. I took what I had, 300WM with Viper5-25. It was way too much scope, and stayed on 5 power. I was glad to have something that picked up that much light though. I saw 2 boars, both at last light, by minutes. The lighted reticle was a life saver.</p><p>My god bears can show up out of nowhere. They both just materialized. White tails got nothing compared to how scary quiet this bear was.</p><p>I saw a bunch of calibers in camp. One guy even had a 30-30. So don't stress the caliber. Do pay attention to good glass, be ready to shoot in almost pitch dark, and wait for the quartering away shot... I put a 180 soft point ( MV 2965, spread of less than 15 FPS, and grouping .75) all the way through the boiler room from 24 yds (on the ground) and he still ran ,circling me, before he died 7 yds behind me. My .44 was drawn those last few yds, it was a little unnerving hearing him roar and crash through the brush heading towards me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loren holland, post: 1824092, member: 109888"] I shot a Maine black bear Sep 11, 2019. I took what I had, 300WM with Viper5-25. It was way too much scope, and stayed on 5 power. I was glad to have something that picked up that much light though. I saw 2 boars, both at last light, by minutes. The lighted reticle was a life saver. My god bears can show up out of nowhere. They both just materialized. White tails got nothing compared to how scary quiet this bear was. I saw a bunch of calibers in camp. One guy even had a 30-30. So don’t stress the caliber. Do pay attention to good glass, be ready to shoot in almost pitch dark, and wait for the quartering away shot... I put a 180 soft point ( MV 2965, spread of less than 15 FPS, and grouping .75) all the way through the boiler room from 24 yds (on the ground) and he still ran ,circling me, before he died 7 yds behind me. My .44 was drawn those last few yds, it was a little unnerving hearing him roar and crash through the brush heading towards me. [/QUOTE]
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