Carved Polar Bear Skull Shows Where to Aim when Attacked

By Dean Weingarten

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- I suspect much of the mythology about the difficulty of penetrating bear skulls with bullets is based on the position of a bear’s brain inside of those skulls. The volume of a large bear’s brain is a little more or less than a pint (473 ml). The volume of a large bear’s head is about 2 1/2 gallons (9.46 l) or more. The brain, to many, is unexpectedly low and narrow. It is easy to shoot a bear in the head and miss the brain. It is easy to shoot a bear in the eye and miss the brain. It is easy to shoot a bear between the eyes and miss the brain if you are a little bit above the mark.

There is quite a bit of fur, skin, muscle, and fat surrounding a bear’s skull.

Some detailed pictures of a carved polar bear skull from Nunavut have been posted on facebook. The pictures make it relatively easy to show where a polar bear’s brain lies, and how to aim to hit it.

In this photograph of the skull, taken from above, …Read the Rest

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