Killed a bear a few nights ago. Had a open ridge which would had been my furthest shot ranged and dialed to 400. Anything closer would have been 100 give or take and I could have just dialed down.
I was just getting ready to head back to the truck due to the sun setting and it getting dark when he stepped out on the furthest ridge from me just over 400 yards. I was on a steep hillside and saw a 2’ near me, dropped the rifle on the boulder and laid down and tried to get in the gun. That didn’t work so I laid side hill and was able to get a good cheekweld on the gun and steady rest. The bear was stopped facing downhill and toward me. I shot him through the front shoulder into the vitals, heard the whoop and he dropped. Ran the bolt and watch him reaching above him while on his back squirming around, he worked down a few yards to an old road while squirming and i shot into his shoulder again. Whoop another hit, still moving and I didn’t want him to get below the road so I shot one more time in the neck, whoop he stopped moving.
All three shots took place in less than a minute from when i first saw the bear and about 10-20 seconds apart . After skinning him the first shot was 100% fatal, second shot was 6” from it and the last was centered on the neck.
Pretty quick from no bear to dead bear.
