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Let me start off by saying thanks, thanks to everyone in this forum that posts their experiences and knowledge so people like myself can read it and make stuff like this possible.
Now to the story. We first spotted this bear about 1000yds away, we watched him for a bit and saw he was wandering uphill. So we took our time getting over to where we think he might pop up to the top of the ridge, stopping a few times to glass other areas. Finally we make our way to the top of his ridge and spot him about 250yds away. I hand my Grendel to my cousin(he had the tag) and we start sneaking towards it. We get to 130yds and set up. He's facing away from us so we wait until he turns enough to access a shoulder. After a minute he gives us a good angle and one shot was fired.
Shot was 130yds, he dropped like a rock and laid still for 30 seconds. Then his back legs started scooting the rest of him away so he took another bullet and that did it. My cousin had the tag so he made the kill.
This is the entrance side, it went through and broke the left shoulder before entering the rib cage, there was no exit or recovered bullet.
This bear weighed 275lbs all gutted out and was 6'1" nose to tail.
My cousin said he found 2 bullet holes when they skinned him, one through the shoulder and one in the spine above the shoulder. We're not 100% sure which one was first.
Ammo was 123gr SST, factory load going 2533 at the muzzle from this rifle.
Now to the story. We first spotted this bear about 1000yds away, we watched him for a bit and saw he was wandering uphill. So we took our time getting over to where we think he might pop up to the top of the ridge, stopping a few times to glass other areas. Finally we make our way to the top of his ridge and spot him about 250yds away. I hand my Grendel to my cousin(he had the tag) and we start sneaking towards it. We get to 130yds and set up. He's facing away from us so we wait until he turns enough to access a shoulder. After a minute he gives us a good angle and one shot was fired.
Shot was 130yds, he dropped like a rock and laid still for 30 seconds. Then his back legs started scooting the rest of him away so he took another bullet and that did it. My cousin had the tag so he made the kill.
This is the entrance side, it went through and broke the left shoulder before entering the rib cage, there was no exit or recovered bullet.
This bear weighed 275lbs all gutted out and was 6'1" nose to tail.
My cousin said he found 2 bullet holes when they skinned him, one through the shoulder and one in the spine above the shoulder. We're not 100% sure which one was first.
Ammo was 123gr SST, factory load going 2533 at the muzzle from this rifle.
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