.280 Black Bear load
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KNOTFERSAIL
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140 gr. A/B on top of a healthy charge of imr 4831.
Cahunter805
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Whatever your gun likes and shoots accurately. 140,160 accubonds,168VLD, 150nbt, 120ttsx all will get the job done easily.
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What type of hunt ? Spot and stalk ? Bait ? Hounds ?
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On a spot and stalk hunt I would stick to the controlled expansion bullets. Black bears aren't particularly hard to kill but most folks shoot to far back . A traditional behind the shoulder shot usually results in a gut shot bear . Their vitals are further forward than most think
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D6native,
I'll have to respectfully disagree with your statement about the vitals on a bear. I would say the opposite. A shot to the shoulder leaves very little margin for error to hit the lungs or heart. If the bear happens to be quartering away when you think it is broadside a shot to the shoulder isn't going to hit vital organs. It happened to me once. All I got out of that deal was a sick feeling in my gut and a piece of shoulder bone. The next year I aimed about 4 inches behind the shoulder of my broadside bear and put the bullet there. Result: double lung shot bear that ran about 70 yards.
There have also been several articles on the subject, all of which recommend aiming more for the middle of the bear. Here is one such article: http://www.bear-hunting.com/2014/5/middle-of-the-middle-redefining-shot-placement
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I'll have to respectfully disagree with your statement about the vitals on a bear. I would say the opposite. A shot to the shoulder leaves very little margin for error to hit the lungs or heart. If the bear happens to be quartering away when you think it is broadside a shot to the shoulder isn't going to hit vital organs. It happened to me once. All I got out of that deal was a sick feeling in my gut and a piece of shoulder bone. The next year I aimed about 4 inches behind the shoulder of my broadside bear and put the bullet there. Result: double lung shot bear that ran about 70 yards.
There have also been several articles on the subject, all of which recommend aiming more for the middle of the bear. Here is one such article: http://www.bear-hunting.com/2014/5/middle-of-the-middle-redefining-shot-placement
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Cahunter805
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Yep! Put your shot a little low and just off the shoulder joint and you are good to go!
