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<blockquote data-quote="Akbushape" data-source="post: 281737" data-attributes="member: 14672"><p>Teddy12B, if that bear went down and kicked around a bit I'd bet my life on it that you hit more than hair. Probably hit him in the chest bone and to low for the boiler room. If that's what happened there would be little or no blood trail and the bear would almost certainly survive the wound. </p><p>If your 30-30 was zeroed at 100 yds then the bullet would hit a little lower than your aiming point at forty or fifty yds so something like that could have </p><p>been a little added factor in your low point of impact. </p><p>Anytime I hit an animal and it runs off I follow up on the trail. If you have an idea of where the animal is hit then you have a better idea of how difficult it</p><p>may be to overtake that animal. If you follow them for an hour or so and they are traveling well and there is little or no blood then chances are that animal is going to out distance you and you have a poor chance of overtaking </p><p>it . If, on the other hand there is sign of difficulty traveling and obvious bleeding then there is a very good chance of finding that animal and every effort should be taken to do that. If you know they were hit hard then get </p><p>bull headed about it and search as long as you can find the sign. The longest</p><p>trail I have ever followed was a brown bear I once trailed for about 15 miles</p><p>until I finally lost his trail at the end of the third day. He finally quit bleeding and gradually began to out distance me. But on your bear if he was hit in the </p><p>brisket it is doubtful you would have ever over taken him. To a bear, thats</p><p>just a minor inconvience.</p><p>If it were me though I would bump her up to a 30-06 or equivelant for a thunder stick in case a really big old boar came in to the bait. And your plan to keep shooting as long as he's significantly moving is the thing to do. No use </p><p>making a sieve out of the hide if he's just moving from reflexes, but if they are</p><p>still very much alive then keep shooting regardless of where the first shot hit.</p><p>Maybe you get another go at it this fall. Hope so and hope he's a big one!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Akbushape, post: 281737, member: 14672"] Teddy12B, if that bear went down and kicked around a bit I'd bet my life on it that you hit more than hair. Probably hit him in the chest bone and to low for the boiler room. If that's what happened there would be little or no blood trail and the bear would almost certainly survive the wound. If your 30-30 was zeroed at 100 yds then the bullet would hit a little lower than your aiming point at forty or fifty yds so something like that could have been a little added factor in your low point of impact. Anytime I hit an animal and it runs off I follow up on the trail. If you have an idea of where the animal is hit then you have a better idea of how difficult it may be to overtake that animal. If you follow them for an hour or so and they are traveling well and there is little or no blood then chances are that animal is going to out distance you and you have a poor chance of overtaking it . If, on the other hand there is sign of difficulty traveling and obvious bleeding then there is a very good chance of finding that animal and every effort should be taken to do that. If you know they were hit hard then get bull headed about it and search as long as you can find the sign. The longest trail I have ever followed was a brown bear I once trailed for about 15 miles until I finally lost his trail at the end of the third day. He finally quit bleeding and gradually began to out distance me. But on your bear if he was hit in the brisket it is doubtful you would have ever over taken him. To a bear, thats just a minor inconvience. If it were me though I would bump her up to a 30-06 or equivelant for a thunder stick in case a really big old boar came in to the bait. And your plan to keep shooting as long as he's significantly moving is the thing to do. No use making a sieve out of the hide if he's just moving from reflexes, but if they are still very much alive then keep shooting regardless of where the first shot hit. Maybe you get another go at it this fall. Hope so and hope he's a big one! [/QUOTE]
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