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A .22 caliber in pistol or long rifle would only have the velocity to preform this shot in a very exact set of circumstances. Being in close proximity to the bear and the specific angle at which the shot was taken. The only tissue soft enough is that of the orbital cavity (eye) then on upwards to the brain. Any further distance and or location you would not have the velocity or penetration power to make the shot.

In my opinion it is so unlikely that all the variables would line up, my answer would ultimately have to be no. Although one in a million could defy these odds.

YES.!! it can. if you hit it in the eye and you can run faster than it it will die a week later

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