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<blockquote data-quote="straitshooter57" data-source="post: 1793850" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Having hunted Alaska Bear/Moose and in Africa, I have a different approach. </p><p></p><p>I don't disagree with anyone who believes in "anchoring" an animal. However, there are some animals that are too tough or too dangerous to take that simple approach. Or, there may be circumstances where the "bush" is so thick that you can't risk the chance of the animal running off -- especially the Alaska Grizzly Bear because their thick coats don't leave a blood trail.</p><p></p><p>So, IMHO, the best approach is, if possible, to wait until the animal is quartering away from you. Then you aim for the heart/lung area so that the bullet exits the heart/lungs and takes out the far shoulder. (For example, on a grizzly bear, a lung shot is 100% non-survivable and a heart shot is only 80% non-survivable.)</p><p></p><p>This technique does two things. First, it creates a non-survivable heart/lung shot and second, it also "anchors" the animal with the remaining bullet energy into the shoulder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="straitshooter57, post: 1793850, member: 24816"] Having hunted Alaska Bear/Moose and in Africa, I have a different approach. I don't disagree with anyone who believes in "anchoring" an animal. However, there are some animals that are too tough or too dangerous to take that simple approach. Or, there may be circumstances where the "bush" is so thick that you can't risk the chance of the animal running off -- especially the Alaska Grizzly Bear because their thick coats don't leave a blood trail. So, IMHO, the best approach is, if possible, to wait until the animal is quartering away from you. Then you aim for the heart/lung area so that the bullet exits the heart/lungs and takes out the far shoulder. (For example, on a grizzly bear, a lung shot is 100% non-survivable and a heart shot is only 80% non-survivable.) This technique does two things. First, it creates a non-survivable heart/lung shot and second, it also "anchors" the animal with the remaining bullet energy into the shoulder. [/QUOTE]
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