In one other case, a prospector had a single shot .22 and a box of shorts. His dog and a griz got into a tangle, and he kept plugging away at the bear’s head with his .22 and shorts.
The bear roared at him at some point, and he popped it through the roof of the mouth into the brain and killed it.
There was also at least one case where a .22 was used to kill and elephant. It was a shot to the big arteries out of the heart. The animal was quietly shot, then the hunters waited several minutes for it to bleed out and topple over. Not exactly a quick stopper!
“...had a single shot .22 and a box of shorts...”
If all I had was a .22 up against a griz, I’d need a box of shorts too......
at least one change.....
Don’t know now if it is true or not....but remember hearing more than once...that Eskimos hunted polar bears with 22’s in the old days before Uncle Sam bought them all 300 Win Mags by waiting until the bear would rear up and open it’s mouth, and being close enough to kiss, the Eskimo warrior would pop the bruin in the roof of the mouth and go home to momma with a new white parka and bear steak for dinner.