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Colorado man kills 400 lb black bear with 9 rounds of 40 cal

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August 20, 2022, 10:41 PM
MikeinNC
Colorado man kills 400 lb black bear with 9 rounds of 40 cal
^^^Did you eat any? My History teacher said she loved it.
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August 20, 2022, 11:01 PM
AKSuperDually
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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
^^^Did you eat any? My History teacher said she loved it.
/drift

Ate every bit of it. That's why I shot it. In Alaska, we shoot spring bears before they're on fish. The sausage was the best. Made great tacos.


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August 21, 2022, 01:12 AM
mod29
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Originally posted by Aeteocles:
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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
Shoot, I'm thinking of a 12 gauge with double odd buck.


Double aught buck is going to get you nine-ish pellets, each one weighing about 50 grains. A .22lr is about 40 grains and a 9mm is 115ish grains.

That's not what you want.

You want 1 oz slugs. You need the mass all behind a single projectile to penetrate and hit vitals on a bear.


No doubt slugs make better medicine than 00-buck on something tough like bear.
But at close range, buckshot is going to pack a serious punch and might discourage further advancement. But who knows! From everything I've read on the subject, bears are pretty much unstoppable killing machines Cool