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Bear hunting
coyote pup:
I never have hunted bar, and probably never will, but if I ever did it wouldn't be anything less than what Hawk said, a good 55# for black, and I don't think I would bother with less than 70# if we're talking grizzly. You shoot a deer with a less than perfect shot or weight, you can still go home to tell about it, but a danged ol bar - I just don't wanna piss him off. :o
mullet:
Charlie, I was going to get in it Saturday morning and found it flattened and wripped. A 100 yards behind my stand is a cypress tree the size of a telephone pole that looks like a cat scratching post. One of the other guy's had one come under his stand. Said it was the biggest Fl. bear he has ever seen, he said as big as my John Deere Gator.
Hillbilly:
I would want some poundage, at least 55#-60# or more for a bear with a selfbow, and some heavy arrows-at least 600 grains or more, preferably. Like Mike said, they have thick hair plus a thick layer of fat. We were skinning a big old one once and a good handfull of .22 bullets and shotgun pellets fell out when we pulled the hide off, they had just penetrated the skin and got stuck in the fat layer. They don't die real easy with a .30/30-I've seen some shot bears come down a tree and take a few dogs with'em.
coyote pup:
Maybe we should take it from Geronimo. In "His Own Words" he says he has killed several cougar with a bow and one with a spear, but mentions only killing bear with a spear and doesn't say anything about a bow. I wonder what was the method most often used by other indian people.
zeNBowyer:
I've never killed a bar yet but my 2 cents
tough dangerous game calls for heavier bows, 60+ in my book
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