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For a black bear your deer rifle with a good bullet is fine.

If there is hard part to shooting bears I find it to be finding a good aiming pint in low light on an inky black bear.

A black bear outfitter I hunted with says that most of the issues he sees are with bullets and arrows that are placed to far back. The vitals when compared to the front shoulder on a black bear are little more forward than they are on a whitetail. Folks used to the behind the shoulder shot on a deer have less margin for error on a bear.