◄ A Grizzly bear charged a man and took shotgun blast at point-blank range

@LordOfTheRings: How do you know he used birdshot?

@Ronn: Because the bear was found alive and without any traces of blood.

@Ronn: The bear wouldn't have gotten up literally seconds later if he used slugs or buckshot. At close range, the shot will not have much spread. At point-blank range, even buckshot will act as a slug and create larger wound cavities. It doesn't have time to spread, thus it stays together and acts as one round.