Originally Posted by crazyphil

Many moons ago a rancher friend had a problem with an old bear mauling
his cows and killed one. He asked me to eliminate the problem. I took a
friend along because he had a "bear hound" old Mabel. We staked out
the dead carcass. At the first crack of light, I saw the bear scooping up
maggots from the carcass. Opened my car door, ever so gently, and got
out with my Winchester model 70 with Weaver K4. The bear stood
upright, sniffed the air and took off. I caught up with him with a 180-Gr.
Winchester silver tip. (1 shot) Chased him over a ridge. Caught up with
him because he was paralyzed in the lower half. My one shot got him
right under his tail. One more neck shot finished him off. We gutted
him and drug him back to the car. Old Mabel was still asleep in the
back seat. So much for dogs as an early warning system.