Shot in the bears eyes

[ML48]

I haven't been hunting in years and plan to hunt deer this fall. In Kentucky we now have a large population of Black Bear in the eastern half of the state, about 1000 in total I am told. That is good news to me and the deer numbers above 400,000.
I have no idea as to the best part of a bear to place a deadly shot. I am serious and need to know before I confront a bear bear. I would appreciate any help I can get.

Black bears are normally not a threat and will normally run off when confronted. However there is nothing normal about wild animals.
That being said: a word of caution: Bears are unpredictable, as is any other wild animal. Therefore carry a good CF, revolver or semi-auto as a side arm. If you're ever attacked, you don't have time to reload that smokepole.

 

[bigstick6017555]

I haven't been hunting in years and plan to hunt deer this fall. In Kentucky we now have a large population of Black Bear in the eastern half of the state, about 1000 in total I am told. That is good news to me and the deer numbers above 400,000.
I have no idea as to the best part of a bear to place a deadly shot. I am serious and need to know before I confront a bear bear. I would appreciate any help I can get.

If you go to the Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting section on this site they discuss those things there.

 

[ML48]

If you go to the Traditional Muzzleloader Hunting section on this site they discuss those things there.

I believe general muzzleloading does cover his question also.

 

[Eddie Southgate]

Probably best to leave them alone. If you get into one while fishing, and he/she won't let you avoid them, it would be best to be packing a nice big powerful revolver rather than an eagle claw fishing rod. Just my opinion

So you can shoot yourself if it gets after you .

 

[ML48]

So you can shoot yourself if it gets after you .

I'm going to say this man is already seeing this bear from a distance, because if it's already in striking distance, that griz is going to use the can and gun on him.
However, if he has enough distance between him and that bear, 5 05 6 rounds from a .44 mag with hollow points is going to be a stopper. BTW: If it's a 6 shooter, you always save one in case it does get through the barrage of projectiles. If the bear spray doesn't work, it doesn't do any good to turn it on yourself

 

[4575wcf]

This little .45 Peacemaker hand cannon of mine is a stomper. Five hollow pointed rounds out of this baby, more if a reload can be arranged, and that bear might still get me but he'll be leaking from some pretty big holes in his hide.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Why would Dr. P. A. Matterson, obviously a collector of Kentucky rifle's when they were reasonably available, display the rifle with anything but the hunting/possible bag that came with it? Around 1900 some few of the original owners still survived, and such combinations were probably not all that hard to find. My paternal grandfather told of hunting with a muzzle-loading side by side in his youth, but I was nine yrs old when he died at eighty three, so I never got to ask him about it. A couple hundred years isn't really all that long.

You are quite correct in your question, BUT you cannot make that determination from the image nor the caption in the book. As such it's an assertion.

The caption mentions the date of the rifle, and a fine old bag, and mentions from whose collection they are from. The caption never relates that the two are displayed together.....

LD