It's not about what will kill the bear, it's about the bear being immobilized and dying in the immediate vicinity of where it was first shot (not in the middle of the adjacent alder patch). Big, well constructed bullets accomplish this more consistently than bullets that are not.
True, but only if Rule #1 is followed...first.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
