Is .45 enough for black bear?

[TraderVic]

Darn spell check anyway !
.....54 cal maxiballs.

 

[RB POWELL]

My opinion: if you are going after bear, and assuming you can hit your target, use more, not less, or probably. Creatures feel pain, and suffer, and hunters that leave long blood trails bring heat to responsible hunters. Shouldn't have to be said.

 

[deermanok]

I don't know about a 45 but my buddy got this one on the Maine turnpike with his 2013 Chevrolet Silverado. (Not sure if the truck is an unmentionable)

 

[user 36911]

I don't know about a 45 but my buddy got this one on the Maine turnpike with his 2013 Chevrolet Silverado. (Not sure if the truck is an unmentionable)

What caliber is that Chevy?

 

[deermanok]

What caliber is that Chevy?

Not sure but must have been a magnum, Lol.

 

[nightwolf1974]

How does it stack up? Reliable killing power within 75 yards?

Only if the .45cal. is something that can't be discussed here.

 

[appalichian hunter]

I would use a bigger cal. at least a 54 - .62 would be a better choice big holes make for short trailing, larger bears have a greater layer of fat, dense hair and thick tough bones. thus the chance of a poor blood trail with a small ca. totally different from a white tail, also a large bear will set tight to the ground think 55 gal. drum with short legs making shot placement tough in the lung heart area. Also depending on the terrain you would be hunting I for one would not want to trail a wounded bear in thick brush with a limited blood trail. Shot with a .45 cal might get interesting. Just saying