Black Bear Hunt

[davsel]

I went back this afternoon to pick up the skull from the taxidermist and he gave me the bullet he found "embedded in the hide" while fleshing it out. I was surprised because the bullet wound I found was through and through without even touching a rib. He asked me a couple of times if it looked like mine and that it was near one of the holes. I figured it had to be mine, but when I got it home and weighed it, it came out to 324+ grains. I shot him with a 150 grain .308. I believe he's been carrying that around for a while since there were no visible signs inside or out of him being shot before. Maybe an off-angle shot that went through some meat and then traveled along under the hide to its resting place. Strange

He also said it measured over 8 feet paw to paw after fleshing it out.

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My apologies to the OP for hijacking the thread - just excited about this bear of a lifetime.


ETA: Appears to possibly be a .50 cal muzzle-loading bullet - solid lead - concave base