Hard cast bullets and jacketed bullets have to be adequate for the task
Obviously but with all things being equal his experience was that first round hits with HP caused the bear to slow down or stop completely to bite at the wound. When the same thing happened and hard cast was used the bear didn’t react to the hit like they did with the hollow points. If time is of the essence and one type of ammo buys me more time then I would venture to say that THAT is the bullet most “adequate for the task”.
Both bullets were “adequate for the task” but the reaction from the bear was the point. 👍
