Thank you all for the responses. Words can't describe how significant this bear is to me. I am having her made into a rug. I asked the taxidermist to leave the holes in the cape as a testament to my tradgedy and triumph.
Details on the guns are, Federal factory loads with the 200 grain roundnose in the 35 Rem and 250 grain Partitions in the 44. Both bullets exited. The shot from the 35 was a third of the way up right behind the shoulder striking both lungs but not the heart doing sufficient damage. The coup de grace from the revolver was downward through both lungs and left a noticable exit.
Good luck to everyone who is chasing their dream.
Matthew Nash