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I had the opportunity to harvest a pretty large black bear. 2 shots from 50 yards with my .300WSM/180AB combo that's done so well.
1st round hit a little low, shattered a 6" piece of the sternum and wrecked the entire heart lung cavity. The bullet exited in a big bloody hole. The bear dropped to the shot but stood back up so I shot him again.
The 2nd round hit through the shoulder bone, took out a chunk of spine, and exited through the off shoulder in another big bloody hole. The bear turned off instantly and went back down in a heap.
No bullet fragments, just tremendous trauma and large exit wounds. Either of these would have individually fatal, but there's no bonus for a one shot kill on a bear. Impact speed would have been 2850ish, nearly full MV.
1st round hit a little low, shattered a 6" piece of the sternum and wrecked the entire heart lung cavity. The bullet exited in a big bloody hole. The bear dropped to the shot but stood back up so I shot him again.
The 2nd round hit through the shoulder bone, took out a chunk of spine, and exited through the off shoulder in another big bloody hole. The bear turned off instantly and went back down in a heap.
No bullet fragments, just tremendous trauma and large exit wounds. Either of these would have individually fatal, but there's no bonus for a one shot kill on a bear. Impact speed would have been 2850ish, nearly full MV.
