A 270 bullet bounced off a boar? Sorry but I have a hard time buying that! If it even hit and blew up, you simply used the wrong bullet! Little old woman in Canada has the 32 world record grizzly she killed with a 22 long RF and you had a 270 bounce off a boar? amazing!
My reccolection of the story was that she shot the bear right in the ear.
Boy this is getting better. Shot a boar in the ear with a 270 and the bullet bounced off?
Friend of mine killed some stuff in Africa recently with a .17 Hornet. mtmuley
I read bear as boar. The lady in Canada that shot the bear shot it just under the ear or so I read. Seems that just under the ear and a bit forward is a soft spot. Oh yea seems she also shot it within petting distance. She properly used what she had and got the job done. She took her shot, not what the animal may have been offering!
Defelected,,yeah I will accept that term easily. If you spend enough time doing anything, then everything possible that can happen will happen. I had a 10mm in a Colt Delta Elite. It is a very powerful handgun. I read that rangers/wildlife biologists in northern Scandanavia carry Glocks in that caliber when doing research on polar bears.
There is no doubt in my mind that a properly placed and chosen bullet from a 223 will kill a bear. Don't believe I'd have the stone's to try it though. Depends on the bullet and shot you choose. But I think that might be a case where I'd throw the rifle on the ground, pull out my 44 mag and shoot my partner in the foot!I think the anatomy video is on page 3 of this one.
Lucky or good?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1417141781870858 I know the frontal shot has come up before. Given the right circumstances, I'd say good shot.www.hunttalk.com
I packed a .223 looking for bears this weekend. Sorry if that ruffled anybody’s feathers. I plan to hunt with that little rifle a lot this spring, again.
Yea deflected. In the book Alaska Bear Tales I recall reading that a 20ga slug will not penetrate a grizzly skull coming at you but a 12 ga slug will crack the skull. The other part is the shot needs to be taken at something like 20 feet or even the 12ga won't crack the skull. I have read a lot of time's warnings about shooting a grizzly in the head coming at you. Hear the bullet bounces off and that deflected description. Reason being the radical slope on the bears forehead. I could buy that easily. lay a 2x4 on the ground and shoot at it with a rifle from enough angle and the bullet will glance off without penetrating. That's why we don't shoot shots like that into the lake!
All snafus with rifle shot animals I’ve experienced, were with plenty of gun and poor shot placement. Could be said for archery as well.
Ya know what. Great job of choosing a proper bullet for what cartridge you were using. Tough bullet that held together, probably opened and destroyed some vitals with a well placed shot. Just proves well placed shot's with proper for cartridge bullet's kill.62 grain ttsx going 3050 broken shoulders and double lungs - he did the classic jump lunge face plant tumble.. 223 proud cut boy..
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