[LibWhacker]

Thanks, that's exactly what I was thinking, too.

I do have a question about shot placement though... Would you take a "midsection" shot? I've never hunted bear and so I don't know myself, but I think I would've taken a head shot if he was that close to me.

[Little Ray]

Dunno.
I got this from my Father-in-law, Dr. Garret Brass - he was a technocrat for the Federales and had his own little fleet in of icebreakers... Been to the North Pole 5 times.

What I have READ (if I have any choice, you won't catch me close enough to bear, esp. a polar bear, to actually shoot it...) is that you aim for the shoulders. The object is to shatter the shoulder blade and stop its charge. Apparently a bear will keep coming on a bit before he figures out he's dead.
The guy who wrote this shot 3 Grizzlies in AK, one right after another, when they attacked him. Seems it was the end of the hibernation period and they though he and his wife looked like a easy meal...
He used a big game rifle, though.

[cowdog77]

I do have a question about shot placement though... “
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It was a lousy shot.

[RightWhale]

The bear would be moving and the closer it is the faster the angle changes. Aim for the center of mass, don’t even try to place shots. You’ll be lucky to track the center of mass. Be ready to shoot from the hip because that might be the only shot you have.