338 lapua for Yukon bison?

bearmaz said:
A TRG42 weighs 10lbs.....what is your friend's bipod, scope and base made out of to add 13 lbs? Check your scale.
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TRG-42 weighs in at 11.75 pounds in .338 Lapua. Add in a mag full of ammo, a two pound scope, bipod and base my buddies weighs about 16lbs. Twice the average huntimg rifle and much longer/awkward as well.
 
It would be funny if the Guide got the OP to within 100 yds. of a bison after a long, hard stalk.
He would probably be too pooped to make a proper shot on the beast if he only had time
for a snap shot.

I would rather use my Model 94 in .375 Win. and with the savings in weight, I could pack more jerky
and energy bars.(Plus a mickey for afterwards!)
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For $3,500 for a buffalo gun, why not get a Shilo Sharps chambered in 45-70 and shooting 500 grain bullets? Then your uncle would have something extremely nice with a lot of character, and that does not blow his shoulder half way round his back every time he pulls the trigger. A 500 grain bullet will go right through a bison and keep on truckin'. The Sharps is heavy, but I'm almost 60 years old and I like hauling a 10 pound rifle around all day hunting. A 50 pound pack I do not enjoy, but 10 pounds is nothing. The thing I don't like about real light rifles is that they kick like a deep-tiller shank coming off a boulder. Your uncle can shoot 20 or 40 rounds through a rifle with some mass to it, for fun, and go home happy rather than with an ice pack on his shoulder. 20 or 40 rounds with a lightweight 338 Lapua is not my idea of fun at the range, even if it is good for that one or two buffalo he might drop.
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
It would be funny if the Guide got the OP to within 100 yds. of a bison after a long, hard stalk.
He would probably be too pooped to make a proper shot on the beast if he only had time
for a snap shot.

I would rather use my Model 94 in .375 Win. and with the savings in weight, I could pack more jerky
and energy bars.(Plus a mickey for afterwards!)
:stirthepot2:
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Unless you can somehow sqeeze 2800 ft/lbs out of your .375 win (that would be 220 grain FP's at 2400 fps), you wouldn't be legal to hunt Bison with it up here with it. Otherwise your idea sounds pretty good to me!
 
c-fbmi said:
Surely this is a joke, right? Hunting bison in the Yukon ain't a drive up and shoot 'em proposition. These are some of the spookiest animals we have now, they hear an engine at 1/2 mile and they're GONE!!! Stalking on foot is the only way to get into reasonable shooting range consistently. You're hunting in the snow sometimes 2 feet deep and possibly in -40 deg C. You want to pack that heavy ridiculous POS to say you killed a bison with it, that's your business.
Of coarse the cartridge is capable, that's obvious, so is anything from the 30-06 up loaded with good penetrating bullets. Hell, I've killed 2 with a bow!!
If you intend to hunt the Yukon bison as a non resident then you MUST use an outfitter, he'll have a fit if you show up in camp with THAT rifle and expect him to take you bison hunting with it. I just don't understand what goes on in some peoples minds, pay big bucks to go on a non resident, guided bison hunt and then SUPER HANDICAP themselves with the likes of this POS.............HHHMMMMMMM..............
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good thing he doesn't have to get up close with the range of the 338 Lapua.

I have yet to hear about someone who is a paid guide having a "fit" with his paying customer over his rifle choice provided it is a legal one, you seem to forget who is the one being paid for services here.
 
Sevensixtwo said:
I guess who cares about weight when hunting a 2000 lbs animal? Your gonna need combustion engine or lots of dog power to carry your kill might as we'll let it carry the gun.
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Brian46 said:
good thing he doesn't have to get up close with the range of the 338 Lapua.

I have yet to hear about someone who is a paid guide having a "fit" with his paying customer over his rifle choice provided it is a legal one, you seem to forget who is the one being paid for services here.
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This thread is almsot a year old and the OP was a troll. Why bring it back to the top and why keep on arguing?
 
cam1936 said:
I didn't say you dug it up. The OP is abviously trolling. I asked why you were playing along.
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playing along? sorry for not reading the date of a post before giving my opinion like you just have by calling someone a troll, I didn't know there were time police on this forum.
 
Win 38-55 said:
For $3,500 for a buffalo gun, why not get a Shilo Sharps chambered in 45-70 and shooting 500 grain bullets? Then your uncle would have something extremely nice with a lot of character, and that does not blow his shoulder half way round his back every time he pulls the trigger. A 500 grain bullet will go right through a bison and keep on truckin'. The Sharps is heavy, but I'm almost 60 years old and I like hauling a 10 pound rifle around all day hunting. A 50 pound pack I do not enjoy, but 10 pounds is nothing. The thing I don't like about real light rifles is that they kick like a deep-tiller shank coming off a boulder. Your uncle can shoot 20 or 40 rounds through a rifle with some mass to it, for fun, and go home happy rather than with an ice pack on his shoulder. 20 or 40 rounds with a lightweight 338 Lapua is not my idea of fun at the range, even if it is good for that one or two buffalo he might drop.
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I took one last year with a Sharps 45-90 405gr. It just fell over without taking a step. A complete pass through at 280 yds.
 
We hiked some bison trails last summer, the sensation was not unlike that associated with African buffalo in the thick stuff. As it turned out we didn't see a one, but we did cross some sign that hadn't dried out.





If anyone is going to hunt bison in the Yukon though, I believe Doug can make a suitable cartridge suggestion . . .


 
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