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The last year i lived in Juneau, AK I found mself  in a position I didn't want to be in when my Rotty bitch decided to go nose to nose with a 6'5" black bear.  When she took off across the yard after the bear  I grabbed my AR-15 it  being the closest load gun available,  I was sitting on my shooting bench sand bagged in.  I   watched for 10 minutes while she barked and raised hell with the bear,  a friend was there who had a lot of experience with bears was watching it all unfold.  I had the scope on 9x and the cross hairs on the top of the bears head @ 90 yards ( I know this because he was standing next to my 4" steel gong) as he looked down hill at the dog, when the dog entered the scop and the bears ears went back I let one lose. A fed 64 grain BTHP entered the the skull and took the brain on a little trip down the spine totally destroying C1,2, & 3   That bear dropped like you would imagine no fuss no muss.


Would i do it again? ,, Not if I had a choice!!   I do use a 223  for meat hunting deer when I'm making head & neck shots only,


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Keep your hooks sharp and you powder dry.

Wildoats


"The expactations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."

                     Confucius


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