Just to enlighten you a chest shot on any animal is not necessarily immediately lethal. I had to finally shoot the bear that was killing my livestock this last winter, I put a 30-06 round right in the center of his chest at about 1:45 am.
I had to track that bear through the snow for approximately 4 miles with a flashlight. Didn’t catch up to him until about maybe 10:30 or 11;00 am, he was still alive, bleeding and real pissed off when I put the second round through his head.
Yes, it happens, especially with frontal shots that miss the heart and only get one lung.
I was a wondering what state lets you hunt bear at night even with a livestock nuisance permit. What a great state you must live in, and if ya had a light most states only allow raccoon hunting at night with a light. Here if ya had that kinda of problem Fish and Game would trap it for ya. Please enlighten me. Wow and to track it at night too. Head down looking for blood track with a light. Wow in all the years I have treed bear, raccoon, and bayed pigs, with dogs never heard such a story you got balls of steel