.223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

[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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[IDHoundsman]

@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.

 

[Mish-pop]

Roe deer is to Europe like Whitetail is to the US and here there is also a special appreciation for non typicals, like this that I hunted last weekend using my Blaser K95 single shot in 5,6x50R. Load used was Hornady's 75gr ELDM pushed by 26,0 gr of Varget for 2,906 fps.
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Shot was taken from 225 yds and the bullet went through the heart. The buck jumped high in the air and left on a death run for 20-25 yds. In the next pictures you can see entry and exit sides in the carcass. View attachment 703391View attachment 703392View attachment 703390

That is a really cool looking buck!

 

[Juan_ID]

So now that the thread has its first brown bear what’s next on the list of firsts?

 

[IDHoundsman]

So now that the thread has its first brown bear what’s next on the list of firsts?

I think someone should take it up a notch to Cape Buffalo, the North American dangerous game pinnacle has now been taken with the 223. I think African dangerous game should naturally be next.

 

[Grundy53]

So now that the thread has its first brown bear what’s next on the list of firsts?

Giraffe
@Ryan Avery

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[Hunter270Win]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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Man… what are all the “.338WM minimum for elk/moose/bears” gonna say now?

 

[Trapperkid]

Man… what are all the “.338WM minimum for elk/moose/bears” gonna say now?

They’ll call it a fluke and really lucky

 

[FCCDerek]

I'd like to see someone take a Bison. Those are some big animals as well and are fairly tough. Nilgai should be on the list as well.

 

[swavescatter]

I'd like to see someone take a Bison. Those are some big animals as well and are fairly tough. Nilgai should be on the list as well.

I have a guide that will sell me a Buffalo from Ted Turner's ranch for a discount. I'll start a GoFundMe for it here and if Rokslide pays I'll use the 223

 

[AlpineCarpetbagger]

They’ll call it a fluke and really lucky

Biased sampling. We aren’t hearing from the dozens, perhaps hundreds, of forum members who were eaten by bears attempting this.

 

[BigNate]

WTF bullet? Out of what?
Come on on man!

 

[Ozarkansas]

Coastal Alaskan Brown bear. 223 2 shots


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[Timjohnson11]

Absolute legend of a bruin.. The bear that fell so that rockslide could live