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Old January 12, 2017, 08:46 AM   #65
jersurf101
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Join Date: January 27, 2013
Location: Eastern NC
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In my experience .357 magnum and .223 remington are the low end. I have heard all the statements that deer are easy to kill and a .223 is all your need for black bear.

I will say this. A .223 will surely kill a big black bear same as a .22 short will kill a deer. The question is what works for your hunting situation. If you are comfortable with a marginal cartridge that probably will not exit leaving no blood trail then great. I had a .223 shatter on a fair size, not giant 8 points neck ( c spine) and not exit. Here in eastern NC I want to poke two holes and leave a blood trail. My shots are from 7 to 400 yards. I would consider using anything less than a 30 30 or 7.62 by 39 killing not hunting, so I will go with the Russian round as my personal minimum. That is here . Not everywhere. Deer are not armor plated but they can run and without a good blood trail they will run into the pocosin never to be seen again. Just my $.02

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