.223 for bear, deer, elk and moose.

[Miflatlander91]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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Wkr legend status.


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[Grundy53]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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Nice work! Congratulations!

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[mtnwrunner]

Atta boy!

Randy

 

[knale87]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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Eagerly waiting for details and hopefully more pics.

 

[robtattoo]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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This DEFINITELY warrants a thread title change.

 

[clperry]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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And so it begins.


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[Billy Goat]

Took 2 shots, underpowered.


Needed 5 times the energy to be sufficient.

 

[KevinMartinez1]

Took 2 shots, underpowered.


Needed 5 times the energy to be sufficient.

I’d say it’s pretty sufficient if it’s dead


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[Tallest]

A lot folks follow up on anything that doesn't immediately drop. Whether it's two shots from a .223 on a brown bear or two shots from a 30-06 on an elk, it's a humane habit.

 

[Spoonbill]

Took 2 shots, underpowered.


Needed 5 times the energy to be sufficient.

Shoulda used a Barnes and shot a real man’s rifle.

 

[wind gypsy]

This DEFINITELY warrants a thread title change.

Bear is the first creature listed?

Also, @Dbevans, did you shoot it in the face or is that just blood by the eye?

 

[ElPollo]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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Great job. Hope you can provide some details as well as photos of the wound channels.

 

[mt100gr.]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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I hope you're taking all this time to respond because you're writing up all the details and deciding which necropsy photos to use!! And congrats!

 

[Dbevans]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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Went for a snow machine ride after work and found some tracks. Followed the tracks a mile til we saw the bear climbing a hill. Rushed over there got under 200 yards. 1st shot high shoulder to break the shoulder blade and also get the lungs. The bear fell and started rolling down the hill, got up was biting at its shoulder. Started up the hill so I shot it again at maybe 200 yards heart lung got up over the hill so we climbed up and found it dead at the top. The bear is between 8-8.5 feet. Ive seen bears drop and die in there spot with 1 shot and some take 5-10 heart lungs and still run.


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[H280]

@Dbevans did you use the 77 TMK?

 

[PNWGATOR]

Went for a snow machine ride after work and found some tracks. Followed the tracks a mile til we saw the bear climbing a hill. Rushed over there got under 200 yards. 1st shot high shoulder to break the shoulder blade and also get the lungs. The bear fell and started rolling down the hill, got up was biting at its shoulder. Started up the hill so I shot it again at maybe 200 yards heart lung got up over the hill so we climbed up and found it dead at the top. The bear is between 8-8.5 feet. Ive seen bears drop and die in there spot with 1 shot and some take 5-10 heart lungs and still run.


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Heartfelt congratulations…well done.

Sincerely grateful for you undertaking this opportunity and sharing your results.

 

[Luke S]

Dang beat me to it. Congrats.

We do need to hear more. What bullets, wound channel etc.

 

[Sadler]

@Ryan Avery @Dbevans needs to tell the story on the shoot2hunt podcast!

 

[RockAndSage]

Went for a snow machine ride after work and found some tracks. Followed the tracks a mile til we saw the bear climbing a hill. Rushed over there got under 200 yards. 1st shot high shoulder to break the shoulder blade and also get the lungs. The bear fell and started rolling down the hill, got up was biting at its shoulder. Started up the hill so I shot it again at maybe 200 yards heart lung got up over the hill so we climbed up and found it dead at the top. The bear is between 8-8.5 feet. Ive seen bears drop and die in there spot with 1 shot and some take 5-10 heart lungs and still run.


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Yes, what load did you shoot, @Dbevans ?

 

[BLJ]

Yes, what load did you shoot, @Dbevans ?

I’m guessing 62 grain FMJ.
From an AR15.