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<blockquote data-quote="LoneTraveler" data-source="post: 1556740" data-attributes="member: 77249"><p>My friend Tom shot a black bear in Maine with Win. 45-70 300 Gr. HP. Factory Load. He shot this 200 lb. bear in the shoulder, about 3 inches apart. It got away from him. The next morning the guide and I tracked the bear about 2 miles and found it still alive. He had to shoot it again, This time with a Rem. 7mm Mag. I field dressed the bear and when I opened its chest, The heart and lungs were perfect. Just slight blood shot on inside chest wall. Both bullets came apart on the bone in the shoulder and just stopped. </p><p>I told him if He had used Rem 405 Gr. Core-lock the bear would have been laying where he shot it. For a factory load they put big holes in a black bear.</p><p>As a wildlife officer I had to collect a tooth from every bear killed in my work area, For Bear harvest aging. I have inspected a lot of bear, And heard a lot of stories, Good and bad about many cartridges and bullets and seen the bullets performance.</p><p>You want a entry hole and exit hole in Fall Hunt Bear, Their fat will move and plug up hole quick and the blood trail disappears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoneTraveler, post: 1556740, member: 77249"] My friend Tom shot a black bear in Maine with Win. 45-70 300 Gr. HP. Factory Load. He shot this 200 lb. bear in the shoulder, about 3 inches apart. It got away from him. The next morning the guide and I tracked the bear about 2 miles and found it still alive. He had to shoot it again, This time with a Rem. 7mm Mag. I field dressed the bear and when I opened its chest, The heart and lungs were perfect. Just slight blood shot on inside chest wall. Both bullets came apart on the bone in the shoulder and just stopped. I told him if He had used Rem 405 Gr. Core-lock the bear would have been laying where he shot it. For a factory load they put big holes in a black bear. As a wildlife officer I had to collect a tooth from every bear killed in my work area, For Bear harvest aging. I have inspected a lot of bear, And heard a lot of stories, Good and bad about many cartridges and bullets and seen the bullets performance. You want a entry hole and exit hole in Fall Hunt Bear, Their fat will move and plug up hole quick and the blood trail disappears. [/QUOTE]
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