I've only shot one bear, a cinnamon colored black, but I don't count as a hunt, the damn thing got to close to me bow hunting elk and mule deer, hit it in the left eye at 20 yards, 125gr Thunderhead buried in the base of skull and neck vertebrae, that said, if I had my '06's in bear country, they'd be loaded with 220gr Partitions at 2550 fps, range wouldn't be a concern, defense shots would be close.
