Originally Posted by SU35
I hunt mule deer in the most densely populated area of bear in the State of WA.

Seems every year we have a bear problem, as in bear in camp, at night, especially if there are no berries and there has been a deer kill. (i'm not asking for a lecture on how to avoid them with how I/we handle meat)

I have a G23 40S&W.

What bullet/load would you use for bear?


Go light and hot or big and slow?



I would use the 180 gr FMJ loads just for the penetration

A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.