Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Copper ammo and black bear—30-06 or 6.5 creedmoor?

Black bears die pretty easy when you shoot them where you should. I wouldn’t overthink this, just take the rifle you shoot well and enjoy carrying and remember to shoot them in the front half.

This one went about 10 yards after my wife shot it with a plain old Sierra soft point out of her 270. It’s pretty dead in this picture.

I’ve seen them shot or shot them myself with all kinds of stuff from 243Win up through 458Win as well as handguns. I rate them as easier to kill than a rutting whitetail buck.