's-matter, don'tcha think a half ounce of #12 dust would dispatch old Ursus - or even a very young one- quite handily?
Shooting through brush is one of the realities of hunting. Not something a guy plans for, but it happens!
Sho' enough does. A few years ago I was hunting snowshoes with a 45 Colt rifle which the little buggers thought couldn't get them if they hid behind frozen alder trunks. They never had a chance to learn that a Hornady XTP would not only get through, but would become a spray of multiple missiles that no rabbit could survive. As a bonus, the cloud of fur that attached to every surrounding branch made spotting the corpse easy.
(Would a redneck Berger be one loaded backwards? )
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
As a bonus, the cloud of fur that attached to every surrounding branch made spotting the corpse easy. 
