Short range thumper suggestions.

Why not? said:
Friend of mine refers to my 9.3X57 as a 358 Winchester Magnum. ;)

Ted
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With 'test results' coming back good :), I had planned on introducing my 9.3x62 to the field this coming season on spring Black Bear here on the island. My biggest hurdle is the lack of interest expressed by my lovely lady. Soooooooooooo, at the present anyway,:( it's a no go.
 
pete dobinson said:
I have a browning micro medallion, 20" barrel chambered in 284win. It's topped with a 2-7 leupold scope, it's good from 30 - 300 yards. I don't think you could find a more capable rifle for hunting the coastal forest here on VI.
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My Kimber mountain accent is chambered in 284 win. Great setup and will use it when I’m not in just the thick stuff. Think I just found my local go to gun though.
 
Johnn Peterson said:
With 'test results' coming back good :), I had planned on introducing my 9.3x62 to the field this coming season on spring Black Bear here on the island. My biggest hurdle is the lack of interest expressed by my lovely lady. Soooooooooooo, at the present anyway,:( it's a no go.
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she does not want you to use the 9.3x62 on bear?
 
I just scored that Ruger M77 MKII Stainless in .350RM off the EE this morning!
Reckon that's about as good a short to medium range thumper as any.
 
Sun_and_Steel_77 said:
I just scored that Ruger M77 MKII Stainless in .350RM off the EE this morning!
Reckon that's about as good a short to medium range thumper as any.
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I carry an K77R .350 Rem Mag quite a lot. It is a great rifle. The rifle you bought is not factory original, it has been in the EE twice from different sellers, I am sure that it is an excellent rifle, I remember the original owner had the same vision that I had for a Ruger stainless rifle in .350 Rem Mag with iron sights... I ultimately flip-flopped and left my factory .350 RM as is and built a 6.5 RM on a second .350 RM... I am now in the process of completing my original vision but now in .358/375 Ruger. Have fun with your new thumper, try the 250 Partition with W748.
 
medvedqc said:
she does not want you to use the 9.3x62 on bear?
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:)Hey Phil, our brief discussion prompted me to dig my full wood Zastava;)'.366 Wagner' out of the safe for an admiring pat and wipe down. An interesting feature on it that varies from most other makes on the market today, is the floor plate opening mechanism/method. The release button is on the front right side of the trigger guard and moves from right to left. As such and by design, it appears it would be harder to accidently open. Not a bad idea.
 
Butcherbill said:
That’s a shame, does she not like bear meat or does she not approve of bear hunting?
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It's not the hunting aspect that she's against. She's never had any issue with the hunting of and eating wild game like Grouse, Deer, Antelope and Moose. However, when it comes to the possibility of eating Bear, that's a no go. ;)At the present anyway:p.
 
I understand = I don't eat bear meat either so usually pass on them even though I buy two tags every year for just in case I have to shoot the trophy of a life time or have to defend myself.

A way around it is to have friends that eat bear meat but don't hunt last few I have shot I have given the meat away.
 
Camp Cook said:
I understand = I don't eat bear meat either so usually pass on them even though I buy two tags every year for just in case I have to shoot the trophy of a life time or have to defend myself.

A way around it is to have friends that eat bear meat but don't hunt last few I have shot I have given the meat away.
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Especially here on the island, a Black Bear isn't something I've actively gone after. That being said,:) they don't seem to be in short supply and most appear to be in, ;) nice shape. I just thought for a small change of pace this coming season, a spring Bear sounded 'interesting'. However, if my lady won't have anything to do with Bear meat, it'll have to be put on hold, for the time being.
In addition,:) during my youth in the B.C. central interior, I was on an outing for Moose with Dad and a friend. Returning home, Dads friend invited us in for lunch which included fresh Black Bear roast. I had never had Bear meat previously but I do recall, it tasted VERY good. Dads friends wife was a native lady and she told me what made a BIG difference in cooking a Bear roast, was to keep it on a grill in the roaster to keep it out of its own fat.
 
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bear meat is a very interesting subject: on a bling test for meat we had caribou, sheep, deer, elk, moose, grizzly black bear and im pretty sure muskox and other ones anyway the first one to be gone was the black bear meat ...if you do not know what you eat you do not judge ...
 
medvedqc said:
bear meat is a very interesting subject: on a bling test for meat we had caribou, sheep, deer, elk, moose, grizzly black bear and im pretty sure muskox and other ones anyway the first one to be gone was the black bear meat ...if you do not know what you eat you do not judge ...
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In a ;) continuing effort to overcome the resistance I'm up against Phil, I just used your test statement ;) and 'quote'.
 
1952 Browning 308. 6.5lbs. All original. 7.5 lbs with 1.5-4.5.
Only 42.5” long. Watch EE. Coming soon.
Wicked bush and all around rifle.
Bear meat from my country is incredible.
 
I killed a mature bull elk and a buddy killed a "wilderness berry fed" (as opposed to a "garbage pit" feeder) bear in a large hunt camp. After chilling the tenderloin from the elk & a hind from the bear for a day, we "open coal pit BBQ'd" them both...there was elk left after the meal but the bear meat had been totally consumed...one of the best meals I have ever had!!
 
Johnn Peterson said:
It's not the hunting aspect that she's against. She's never had any issue with the hunting of and eating wild game like Grouse, Deer, Antelope and Moose. However, when it comes to the possibility of eating Bear, that's a no go. ;)At the present anyway:p.
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Well keep wearing her down lol, at least you have a wife that would be ok with hunting bears. I have been interested in bear hunting for a bit but had never had the opportunity to eat any, every one I knew either didn’t hunt them or had tried some at a friends and absolutely hated it. I couldn’t find anyone who even had bear pepperoni or sausage that I could try and I wanted to be sure I liked it before I committed to a fair bit of meat, so two seasons ago I said screw it and bought a tag.

Didn’t see any bears in 2018 and in 2019 I didn’t have any success either, I did see quite a few bears though. In the fall I was deer hunting with a friend who had never hunted/eaten bear before as well, we came across a nice sized meat bear and decided to split it 50/50. He shot it and I knew how to skin it properly, the meat was beautiful looking. I ground most of it and made burgers, sausages and we turned the heart and liver into some of the best pâté I’ve ever had. I kept a bit of backstrap and the ribs while as well, next time I’ll do a ham and some different sausages and pepperoni’s.

One of my non hunting friends said he hated bear meat that he’s had from a friend, we brought bear sausage, pätê and little meatballs over to a potluck at his house and everyone including my buddy devoured the bear. They couldn’t get enough, the only person that didn’t try it was my wife’s aunt but she’s isn’t cool with bear hunting. Like any wild meat, what it was eating, how you handled it while processing and how well you trim the fat off will have a big impact on its taste.

Hopefully your wife will come around to the idea of eating bear, it’s pretty damn good meat and as you know there’s no shortage of bears in BC.
 
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