Question for Phil. Do you keep statistics on how many shots it takes to anchor a brown bear? It would be interesting to know if caliber made any difference. If the hunter was flinching it actually might make it worse to use the big rifle. Years ago I had two businessmen who were customers in the gunshop I worked for. One used a 375 H&H and the other used a 458 Magnum. They were after elephants. They told me that the elephant shot with the 375 died a lot faster than the elephant who was shot seven or eight times with the .458. The owner had a huge black and blue mark on his shoulder.
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger! There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
