Extinct short faced bear… Geeezus…. What caliber would you use?
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Weighing in at 1 Ton
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.380...I mean..I only follow the pros..some day I,ll get there.. baby steps..
That photo is wild!
Crazy to think they grew that big here in SoCal and guys hunted them with flintlocks.
Crazy to think they grew that big here in SoCal and guys hunted them with flintlocks.
Top speed of 40mph they ran… you could easily keep up from the truck dude… then a .380 to the dome in the right spot… could do it for sure!
Well..Larry did it....nuff said
Yup, it's all about shot placement. so I have been told.
Ummm - the bear has been extinct for 11,000 years. Nobody hunted this bear. It did the hunting.
I was referring to bears in general when I used "they." We have had bigger bears than that hunted and killed not too long ago in our local mountains FYI.
I promise...I'm not small... I'm pretty fat...them bears can be Large ..like really large..
I was referring to the California Grizzly, same bear on our flag. I am not sure about pictures but you can go to the Musuem in Valley Center and check it out.
Here is one from there. Pretty wild.
"The bear was hoisted onto Maxcy’s cattle scales where it weighed 2,200 pounds and was declared to be the largest grizzly bear ever killed in California.The bear was skinned and cut up, with more than one pound of lead found inside its head."
Grizzly Bear – Valley Center History Museum
www.vchistory.org
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Snake Charmer
Happiness is a warm gut pile
Ignoring current history and going out of state and hunting them myself and stalking- minimum - 338 with the big boy bullets. Guiding another hunter who has shot one - 45-70 lever action Marlin with Buffalo bore hard casts and a healthy dose of courage.. All else set aside call the Larry and his .380 and we could end up with a better gene pool....
Since we're on the topic of extinct giants, here's a personal favorite, the giant ground sloth Megatherium. Imagine packing that out!
If I was with someone a .22 would do it. One to my partner's kneecap and I could get the heck outta there while the bear went after him. 