Sure if you can get the perfect broadside shot super tight forward in the crease, and you pass on any other shot you may get. I don't know the size of Bear your hunting....ours are pretty small and 250 is big and 300 plus is huge. Just not a fan of BT's for hunting, and then heavy for caliber and lower velocity. I take the shot I'm presented when I want the animal so I shoot a quality hold together bullet.
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150 Ballistic tips for bear?
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rharfo
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Flintlock
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I would say go for it. Bear are no harder to kill than whitetail of mule dear. They are thin skin but the fat does cause a light blood trail if you don't get a pass through. Behind the shoulder or if quartering away some you can put in mid body and it will take out lung/lungs and usually the plumbing to the heart. Good luck.
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Let em fly!
STGguy
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If it were me and I had the ability to either load my own which I do or buy them, I'd personally go with 165+ (165, 168, 180 gr ) bonded bullet like Accubonds or any of the others
150 BT s ll work but if you get a quartering shot towards or away from you and you have to punch thru bone and a lot of meat to get to the vitals the lighter Bt s are GREAT on thinner skinned/ boned deer. I use 140s out of my 7-08 and it hammers them.
When I hunted black bear and wild boar with it , I switched to a 154 gr Accubond and it paid off .
I had a 100 yd shot at a 250 lb wild boar quartering towards me. Needless to say when the guide was skinning it , it fell out of the back quarter - traversing thru their thick skin, that armor plate and literally 4' of tough old boar. My 140 gr nos bt s would NOT have done that , and possibly not even made it thru to the vitals depending on several factors.
Just my $0.02 . They will work no doubt on a perfect side lung / heart shot no prob but if you had the ability to bump
Up a bullet weight and use a bonded bullet I've personally seen the difference thru 35+ yr of hunting and lots of autopsies. Lol
150 BT s ll work but if you get a quartering shot towards or away from you and you have to punch thru bone and a lot of meat to get to the vitals the lighter Bt s are GREAT on thinner skinned/ boned deer. I use 140s out of my 7-08 and it hammers them.
When I hunted black bear and wild boar with it , I switched to a 154 gr Accubond and it paid off .
I had a 100 yd shot at a 250 lb wild boar quartering towards me. Needless to say when the guide was skinning it , it fell out of the back quarter - traversing thru their thick skin, that armor plate and literally 4' of tough old boar. My 140 gr nos bt s would NOT have done that , and possibly not even made it thru to the vitals depending on several factors.
Just my $0.02 . They will work no doubt on a perfect side lung / heart shot no prob but if you had the ability to bump
Up a bullet weight and use a bonded bullet I've personally seen the difference thru 35+ yr of hunting and lots of autopsies. Lol
choprzrul
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168gr Speer Gold Dot. Bonded, plenty accurate for hunting, and economical. Used one on whitetail this past fall with great success.
I hunted black bear for many years with a 270 Winchester and 130 grain Hornady Interlocks. Harvested 3 bears with those loads all dead on the spot or within 10-20 yards. Switched to a 300 Weatherby in 1991 and harvested a black bear in 2007 with Barnes 180 grain TSX and the bear dropped on the spot,
Varmint Hunter
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While it is often said that black bears are as easy to kill as whitetails of similar weight, they do have a much heavier structure. I shot a 300lb bear with a 300gr Barnes X bullet at 2,000 ft/sec. The bear flipped onto his back but didn't die immediately. The big Barnes bullet went through his shoulder and was stopped in his spine. There isn't a deer around that could stop that bullet.
The recovered bullet was fully expanded and missing 1 petal. I tried to bend a remaining petal with a pair of pliers and couldn't do it. Bears can be TOUGH.
The Nosler Accubond and B-Tip bullet, of the same weight, almost always shoot to the same point of aim, although it should be verified. I'd practice with your B-Tips and hunt with an Accubond.
Just an idea.
The recovered bullet was fully expanded and missing 1 petal. I tried to bend a remaining petal with a pair of pliers and couldn't do it. Bears can be TOUGH.
The Nosler Accubond and B-Tip bullet, of the same weight, almost always shoot to the same point of aim, although it should be verified. I'd practice with your B-Tips and hunt with an Accubond.
Just an idea.
birddog 68
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Since your daughter will be using this I would opt for the accubond or similar bonded bullet. As others have said the BT will work with a good broadside shot but I would pick a tougher bullet for bear with a somewhat inexperienced hunter. .
We hunt bear in southern NM in the unit where we hunt deer (just to protect fawns and calves). My buddy got 4 in a row. He got one by using a predator call for 20 minutes. Good luck. Most people hunt them with dogs, but that is a different kind of hunt. If it is dry, hanging out at water sources can work pretty well. Depending on what bears are eating, the meat can be really good, or not so good.
rharfo
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So is this correct? The hammer bullet starts to open and the petals break off like a Berger but the remaining bullet holds together…. Whereas a Barnes would open up and not come apart. Thinking of trying the Hammers if they would be good on bear.
My butcher used to put all of the recovered bullets in a pan on the counter. I started using Barnes because every one looked just like the advertisement. I can't confirm myself about petals breaking off, because I've never recovered one, not even on elk, much less bear or oryx. I imagine that at very high velocity, the petals would break off, or perhaps the design has changed since I started using Bergers.
