ROFLMAO! If it's close, that's about right.

I've encountered bears scores of times (a little north of a hundred times, maybe); several times virtually face-to-face (OK - it seemed like that - 10 - 15 yards). Black bears, grizzly bears, and coastal (brown) bears in all sorts of terrain / circumstances. Less than 300 meters and it makes my heart rate go up every time. There have been some particularly scary occasions - 3 in particular still give me an occasional exciting dream, but mostly encountering bears have been just an interesting event. No animals (or humans) harmed so far.

I'm NOT an expert - have killed (legally) two grizzly bears over the years and do not intend to shoot any more bears. Having said that, neither of those I shot expired immediately. The HUGE one didn't travel after I shot it (once) but was very close to me in close cover - scared me witless. Years later, a (relatively) small one was practically bulletproof and dang near killed me. Covered 300+ meters RAPIDLY - it came for me, even though every shot was a mortal hit. It was hunting my dad (unknown to him) at the time I decided I had to intervene. I didn't have time to be scared until AFTERWARDS. It died at my feet. That story takes about 100 times longer to tell than the actual events...

So - with my *tiny* bit of firsthand data - dropping a bear in its tracks at close range seems to be dicey. I go armed in the wilderness, but I do not have any desire to confront a large animal up close - bear, moose, whatever.

(I'm still grinning about the one shot comment - dang, that's funny!)