There's a guy arguing on another forum that he shot a bear out of a tree with a 175 grain corelock from his 7 magnum through the brain.

The bear fell out of the tree and ran 1/4 mile and needed three more shots to finish it.

I think Elmer Kieth claimed he broke a deers back with a 30-06.

The deer still ran a mile too!

Well before the internet there was the camp fire. "O.K. so there I was again.just one step out of danger....."In the 50's we had the MANLY mags.you remember them,Arorsy,True Man,ad nauseum.Well,fun fiction as it was, the sad truth is that today some folks believe that shit.

Oh + will share this. When My grandfather heard the song about Davy Crockett( my hero) killing a bear when he was only 3.the old man grinned in salisious glee + said "He meant that the BEAR was only 3.Old newsDestruction of the beliefs of children I consider a sin.

There is a lot of head around a bears skull that can be hit and still miss the brain.

Saw it personally a 220gr 308 passed between the eye socket and the cranially cavity missing the brain.

A almost straight up angle.

Bear dropped like a rock bounced when it hit the ground took of running. Several shots and half a mile later dead bear.

Stuff happens after you pull the trigger

Frank, I'm with you, mostly. But let us not forget the curious case of Mr. Phineas Gage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Gage