Hunting Black Bear

K.J.C. · November 23, 2009, 02:00 PM

Hey, a couple of friends and myself are planning on hunting black bear within the next week or so, and I have a .270 that I was planning on using for this. Is this a good caliber and if so what grain should I be using?

fyimo · November 23, 2009, 02:58 PM

It wil defintely kill a black bear with a well designed 150 grain bullet so not to worry. Just take a good shot and try to double lung it by hitting center chest. My Grandson killed a large 6x6 Bull in Kentucky in September with a 270 Win with a double lung center chest chest shot.

Buzzcook · November 23, 2009, 05:23 PM

Any expanding bullet will do. The same thing you use for whitetail will be fine.

davlandrum · November 23, 2009, 05:27 PM

Or in your case, blacktail or mule deer.

We can't all live in whitetail land....

Water-Man · November 23, 2009, 05:57 PM

Black bears are generally not hard to kill with proper bullet placement. The .270 is enough. I would recommend using a Nosler Partition 150gr. load. It has worked for me.

bowtekhunter · November 23, 2009, 08:15 PM

well K.J.C when me you and hunter33 go in a couple weeks im bringing my 338, i got a 300 mag if you want to gun up? but the 270 shuld do just fine...after all it is the best caliber made in my opinion

Buzzcook · November 23, 2009, 09:55 PM

davlandrum: there are whitetail in Oregon and Washington. Look up the Colombian white tail. Not all of them are East of the rockys.

November 23, 2009, 02:00 PM	#1
K.J.C. Junior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 11	Hunting Black Bear Hey, a couple of friends and myself are planning on hunting black bear within the next week or so, and I have a .270 that I was planning on using for this. Is this a good caliber and if so what grain should I be using?

November 23, 2009, 05:27 PM	#4
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	Or in your case, blacktail or mule deer. We can't all live in whitetail land.... __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart

November 23, 2009, 02:58 PM	#2
fyimo Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2009 Posts: 360	It wil defintely kill a black bear with a well designed 150 grain bullet so not to worry. Just take a good shot and try to double lung it by hitting center chest. My Grandson killed a large 6x6 Bull in Kentucky in September with a 270 Win with a double lung center chest chest shot.

November 23, 2009, 05:23 PM	#3
Buzzcook Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2007 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 6,126	Any expanding bullet will do. The same thing you use for whitetail will be fine.

November 23, 2009, 05:57 PM	#5
Water-Man Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 2,126	Black bears are generally not hard to kill with proper bullet placement. The .270 is enough. I would recommend using a Nosler Partition 150gr. load. It has worked for me.

November 23, 2009, 08:15 PM	#6
bowtekhunter Member Join Date: November 4, 2009 Location: coburg,oregon Posts: 54	well K.J.C when me you and hunter33 go in a couple weeks im bringing my 338, i got a 300 mag if you want to gun up? but the 270 shuld do just fine...after all it is the best caliber made in my opinion

November 23, 2009, 09:55 PM	#7
Buzzcook Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2007 Location: Everett, WA Posts: 6,126	davlandrum: there are whitetail in Oregon and Washington. Look up the Colombian white tail. Not all of them are East of the rockys.