For me its the 480 taurus raging bull. Last year the kids and I were hunting on our club. I often will walk the trails during the mid day hours quietly as possible. HAd the kids with me when we cut fresh set of tracks as in just a few minutes before we rounded the corner of the trail. We proceeded down the trail and cut the tracks again. It was a sow and a cub. So I told the kids enough of this we are headed back to the truck. Came back around the turn in the trail 300 yards from the truck and guess what. Same pair of tracks now going the same direction as us and they were over top of our tracks. Thats when the contender went into my daughters hand, son had his 30-30 and I un holstered the 480. Never did see the bear that day but the land owner friend of mine set his trail cam up and took several nice photos of a sow and cub. The Wildlife biologist estimated her weight at just under 600lbs. Squirrel guns be damned!


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