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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1004035" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>For black bear that are run with dogs, which they do here in the mountains of TN & NC, most dog owners want you to shoot a bear in the HEAD. The old leaver action 30-30 Winchester or 35 Remington is really popular because they are light and easy to carry and pack enough punch for any black bear. The reason they want you to head shoot a bear is to kill it out right so it does not hurt or kill one of the dogs. A wounded bear can really cost you money in dead and hurt dogs. A friend of mine had his dogs on a bear and as is the problem of hunting on public land the bear ran by some fellow that was not with the hunting party and he shot at the bear as it was running and hit it in the guts. It slowed up the bear and the dogs caught up and the bear killed one dog and hurt some others. The bear then crawled into a rock ledge like little cave. The dogs were all around and trying to go in a then backing out barking. My friend went up thinking that the bear was dead and was gathering up the dogs when all of a sudden here comes the bear charging out of the cave. Just on reaction my friend draws his Glock 40 cal. that is his everyday carry pistol as fast as Matt Dillon and shoots hitting the bear in the left eye with a 180 gr Hornady XTP that blew out the back of it's head from abut 5 feet that drops the bear in it's tracks dead. If he had not been so lucky as to hit that bear like that it would have really messed him up if not killed him. It's weight was almost 500 pounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1004035, member: 10178"] For black bear that are run with dogs, which they do here in the mountains of TN & NC, most dog owners want you to shoot a bear in the HEAD. The old leaver action 30-30 Winchester or 35 Remington is really popular because they are light and easy to carry and pack enough punch for any black bear. The reason they want you to head shoot a bear is to kill it out right so it does not hurt or kill one of the dogs. A wounded bear can really cost you money in dead and hurt dogs. A friend of mine had his dogs on a bear and as is the problem of hunting on public land the bear ran by some fellow that was not with the hunting party and he shot at the bear as it was running and hit it in the guts. It slowed up the bear and the dogs caught up and the bear killed one dog and hurt some others. The bear then crawled into a rock ledge like little cave. The dogs were all around and trying to go in a then backing out barking. My friend went up thinking that the bear was dead and was gathering up the dogs when all of a sudden here comes the bear charging out of the cave. Just on reaction my friend draws his Glock 40 cal. that is his everyday carry pistol as fast as Matt Dillon and shoots hitting the bear in the left eye with a 180 gr Hornady XTP that blew out the back of it's head from abut 5 feet that drops the bear in it's tracks dead. If he had not been so lucky as to hit that bear like that it would have really messed him up if not killed him. It's weight was almost 500 pounds. [/QUOTE]
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