Pellet rifle v. black bear

[feddoc]

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From kdvr.com:

A black bear was found shot to death last year and Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers are still searching for information on the incident.
A dead 7- or 8-year-old sow was discovered in a Rio Grande River near the Mountain Views at Rivers Edge RV resort south of Creede in Mineral County last fall. Officers determined the animal had been illegally shot and recovered a .22 air rifle pellet from the bear’s chest.

 

[tailchasers]

Hella air rifle!

 

[Tristate]

Impossible! Hell 9mm slugs bounce off their skulls.

 

[diablo]

I watched a guy kill a bear many years ago with a 1 1/8 oz load of 7 1/2s at about 25 yards. Bears aren’t that hard to kill. Pellet gun wouldn’t be my first choice though.

 

[RELH]

Near a RV park. Bear was probably raiding garbage cans and someone in the trailer park plugged him with a pellet rifle to make him leave. Pellet may have passed between two ribs and went deep enough to get a vital organ.
RELH

 

[EVILNR]

When I was a kid I remember one being killed by a local beekeeper,,,,with a .22LR.
Shot Placement.

 

[ReinerDude]

Bear hunting with an air rifle…that’s true sportsmanship there!

 

[RELH]

I bet everyone in that RV park are hiding their pellet rifles.

RELH

 

[JPickett]

Bear hunting with an air rifle…that’s true sportsmanship there!

As long as it wasn’t a long range pellet gun

 

[BrowningRage]

I'm pretty sur the article meant to say "Assault Air Rifle".

 

[Focoelkman]

They are not the old daisy 10
Pump : these pellet guns are like .22s!
But can’t see it killing a 7-8 year old bear ?