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The wife's bear was shoulder/lung/spine, and I didn't think that was possible. He was F'd 3 different ways with one shot, but did manage to spin about 3 circles.

Forgot to mention that we did recover a TSX on TJ's 243 bear. Not that it was a necessary shot, but his dad adheres to the "the bear with the most holes wins" philosophy.