Bears are not bulletproof, whom ever told you that lied to you. Bears are quite tough, and bullets are not magical so it requires a good hit to a vital area and enough muzzle energy to penetrate deeply enough to hit the vital organs.
What is this? Due to excessive body fat and heavy fur, one must make a good shot and hit the vital organs to kill this wild animal. Overall, a polar bear or grizzly bear is not bulletproof, but it is challenging to make a successful shot due to the heavy hide.
Sure, in some situations, you'll only have time to get one shot off, sometimes zero, but there are also very real possibilities of needing more than five or six rounds in the gun. I've seen several brown bears take between six and 13 rounds of . 375 H&H before finally expiring.
45-70 Government has been used to stop more than a few attacking grizzlies, and lever guns have been a top choice among backcountry guides the world over. There's no doubt that if you put a bullet or two in the right place, the . 45-70 can save your life.
Sure, if it's a big enough bullet at enough velocity and it hits something else vitally important, like the heart.
A lion would almost certainly win in a fight against a gorilla. The reasoning should not be all that surprising. A lion will stalk and ambush a gorilla in the dense vegetation of their natural habitat by waiting until it's dark to have the edge. They have a good chance at ending the fight in seconds.
With the bear's massive body, superior muscle, surprising speed and evolutionary armory, there really isn't any way a gorilla wins the fight. Every attempt it makes would be thwarted by at least one of these factors.
For a bear cartridge anything equal to or more powerful than a . 41 Magnum or . 44 Magnum will be fine. Oldtime black bear hunters say that any load that throws at least a 200-grain or bigger solid bullet at 1000 fps or more will take any bear in the woods.
Firearms are not recommended for stopping an attack.
It's also harder to hit a charging bear with a firearm rather than bear spray, and a firearm can be dangerous to any hiking partners. While firearms have been effective at stopping an attack, they aren't recommended.
Existing law allows any owner or tenant of land or property that is being damaged or destroyed or is in danger of being damaged or destroyed by specific animals, including bears, to request from the Department a permit to kill the animal involved. This ability has existed for Californians since at least 1957.
They certainly can. Bone is tough, especially in a living animal. Further, a bears skull has rather flat planes that are conducive to a bullet glancing off. Some pretty heavy, high powered bullets have indeed done so.
Aiming towards the center-mass of the body cavity is important, I like to shoot about 4 to 5 inches back from the shoulder on a broadside bear. Bears have soft skins and the rib bones are fairly light. The biggest threat to penetration is the front shoulder—stay away from it.
The 9mm can kill bears but is considered underpowered by many. The 9mm has 350 to 450 ft/lbs. of energy, while 1,000 ft/lbs is considered the minimum for a bear hunting gun. Proper 9mm bullets yield sufficient penetration in soft tissue, but it may not stop a bear quickly enough to avoid being mauled.
An unarmed human could not bear a grizzly bear in a fight.
Humans cannot do serious harm to a grizzly bear.
Bears have relatively thin skin and shotgun ammunition can be extremely harmful and even lethal.
The best weapon to survive a bear attack isn't a gun
Fact: Rifles and guns are statistically unlikely to stop a bear attack, but bear spray will. In fact, gun-toting hikers may even increase the odds of serious injury to themselves when attempting to use lethal force on an oncoming bear.
A variety of electronic control devices were shot at two collared brown bears that commonly visited the Yakutat dump. After being shot at with the Tasers, the bears did not react aggressively but instead retreated quickly from the area.
Once you've determined the bear is one you want to harvest, let the bear settle down at the bait site. Regardless of your choice of weapon--bow, rifle, handgun or muzzleloader--the most effective shot will be into the heart/lung area. Consider the bullet or arrow's angle of entry.
Can a Glock stop a bear? 44 Magnum is the minimum for charging bears, many others have opted for a Glock 20 in 10mm Auto and, interestingly enough, passed right by the . 357 S&W Magnum. Several folks have even successfully killed bears with a 9mm.
Can you kill a full grown bear with a 7.62x39 based AK47? Yes, you can. There are poachers in a few of the former Soviet states that use AK-47s for bear (and other critters).
Will the 9mm Penetrate Enough to Kill a Bear? Standard 115 or 124-grain fmj bullets will penetrate to around 18 inches in thick-skinned soft tissue. That's enough penetration if you have a good shot angle. If you have to take a shot on a bad angle, it may take 18 inches to even reach vital organs in the first place.
A hippo would win a fight against a polar bear.
Instead, the hippo needs one or two bites to incapacitate the polar bear. Its massive teeth would penetrate the bear's fur and skin, breaking bones and ripping into organs. In this rare case, speed on land would only matter at the beginning of the fight.
Although a silverback gorilla is very fast, quite strong, and has a longer arm span, it is unlikely that a silverback could defeat the much larger and faster grizzly bear in a fair fight. The one advantage that a Silverback might have is in the enormous strength of its muscles.