Have you ever shot a bear with a shot gun.
I have shoot to kill.
Shooting at the legs on purpose is just plain stupide.
Aim to drive your projectile down through the head into the neck and chest.
“Have you ever shot a bear with a shot gun.”
No, but I have shot bear at a distance enough I could get a clear shot and not try to snap off a shot at close range with the bear coming at me.
The odds of killing a bear at that range with a single shot is not good. Spent part of my life in Alaska and learned to give bears a wide berth. And I carried a shotgun with a side arm in the woods for protection. The shotgun blast is not going to kill a bear with any regularity at close range.
But the intent is to stop the bear more with pain and sound in its face. If you shoot a bear’s front end with a shotgun, you will pepper the whole front end and hopefully cause the bear to flee. Taking the legs as part of the blast will slow it down enough that you may be able to flee while it is confused and hurting. But you can’t do that with a side arm or rifle at that range. You’re a meal. In that situation, you aren’t shooting to kill, you’re shooting to escape.
wy69