338 Federal for Grizzly?

It will work fine , but it isnt what I would go looking for one with. I would choose a 7mm magnum or larger. If you dont have one of those a 270,280,30-06 or 35 whelen will work well with heavy bullets.
 
Nice mature bear there S-338, and good color phase. Looks like a northern BC or Yukon bear.......yes/no? Also appears to be a boar......yes/no?

Angus, nice bear, good head..........22-23" can't tell from side view boar or sow..........
 
I forget who said it, but the quote was sorta like, "dangerous game is only dangerous at close range..."

Good on ya Ardent, for hunting close range with irons, as the Lord intended 'dangerous game' to be hunted.

As to the other posters, real nice pics, and nice bears.
 
Ardent said:
Mine, the stuff it ran off to die in behind us. I really don't think there's a more exciting follow up than tracking Grizzly 50 yards into dense scrub. Never done coke, but I suspect every twig crack and swish you hear is easily as good.

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Nice bear... I can imagine how "jumpy" your nerves would be tracking through the brush. As for the express sights... wish I could still use them effectively... wait until you get old and decrepit... My declining eyesight forces me to use a scope... sucks, but that is life.

I like to see a portion of the hunter or known object in the photo as you have it, with your hand on the head, for scale... good job.
 
Had my B&C interior grizzly rug hanging on the wall at the Langley WSS for a couple years shot it just north of todbartell.

I relate to tracking a big bear in thick bush not the most fun thing I have ever done even though he only made it 80 of so yards before piling up.

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hoytcanon said:
Nice bear... I can imagine how "jumpy" your nerves would be tracking through the brush. As for the express sights... wish I could still use them effectively... wait until you get old and decrepit... My declining eyesight forces me to use a scope... sucks, but that is life.

I like to see a portion of the hunter or known object in the photo as you have it, with your hand on the head, for scale... good job.
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Like this?




And, Hoyt, you will notice there is glass on the face as well. You can look forward to it. :)

This one was with a 9.3X63, but a 338 Federal with a 250 gr bullet would do well, no doubt.

Ted
 
Thanks Hoyt, figure I'll stick with irons as long as I can. I'm trying to make a stand alone M14 rear sight for sheep hunting, so I can put my favourite long range sights on a sheep gun and continue to swear off glass. As for pics generally try to get a hand on the game well in view or a rifle up front for scale.

As a general note Grizzlies do have "ground growth", they're often startlingly bigger as you sit looking at them, at least for those with a lot of black bear experience prior. They're built a lot more muscularly as well, I've shot nowhere near the black bears you've seen go down but have tagged many mediocre bears and a couple good sized boars, and Grizzlies are built quite differently. The inland bears around here are generally leaner than the black bears and quite impressively heavy boned. Just a hell of a predator, I saw the aftermath of a Grizzly eating a decent sized black bear last year for the first time and it left an impression. Especially when it could have eaten any number of easier things to take down, there's no shortage of bison and moose calves close by. Shame we can't sponsor non-residents on Grizzly hunts as I'd be happy to hunt with you hoyt. My next foray chasing Grizzly will be on the coast after a so called "Brown", will use a .375. Forgive the rambling.

Shawn's got a beauty bear there, where did you hunt? I remember reading your post but have since forgotten, looks like Yukon. Presuming .338 Mag?
 
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