Actual Grizzly Shooting
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BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- New Scotland
Where did you find a bear on crutches? The local vet?
The origional start of this thread was about the use of a rifle'in a crunch' situation. This is not hunting and shooting a bear that is relatively undisturbed. I agree that almost any cartridge over a .22 centerfire could fill the bill. Most would consider the .27 win a sensible start!
However, stopping a bear intending to turn you into a source of protein is a very different situation. Here you are not just shooting a bear but you are trying to stop it in it's tracks! A very different situation!
However, stopping a bear intending to turn you into a source of protein is a very different situation. Here you are not just shooting a bear but you are trying to stop it in it's tracks! A very different situation!
I have told this one before. I worked with fellow ,whose father had shot the biggest grizzly to come out that area. The father was watching a moose "lick" when the hair on the back of his neck stood up. He turned to see a grizzly coming at him. He shot it in the neck with his 243.
"a 180 from a 300 Win Mag will not kill a grizzly"....at least that's what I overheard one of the counter guys telling a customer at Wholesale Sports on Saturday. I almost puked. Then I went to another gunshop and a counter guy there couldn't tell a customer what diameter bullets he needed to reload his 223 Remington...."they gotta be .223"...it IS called a .223...right"....another guy said the 243 Winchester uses .243" bullets while the 6mm Remington uses .244" bullets...."because it used to be called the 244 Remington"....where do these guys come from?..and how did they get behind the counter..?
saskhunter
CGN Regular
- Location
- Sask to B.C.
downwindtracker2 said:
I guess this proves you can kill just about any animal with any rifle but I am not sure hunting moose with a 243 is very smart either
its kind of bringing a knife to a gun fight??saskhunter said:I guess this proves you can kill just about any animal with any rifle but I am not sure hunting moose with a 243 is very smart either
.243 kills moose just fine. and bears. and deer, and........
.243? Haven't been close to a pissed off grizzly have you? It's quite an exciting event. Recoil is invisible at the time. Try one in the bush at dusk sometime from sniffing distance. You can have a whole rack of .243s, I will just keep ahold of my .50 thanks. Unaware grizzlies with a guide beside you is not the same experience as finding one by accident or being found by one by accident.
what does PG have to do with it?
90% of people when faced with a random, new, stressful encounter such as a bear attack are going to freeze, #### thier pants and cry for mommy.
unless you're one of the 10% it wont matter wether you have a .243 or a .585.
hate to see people bash the little .243. good killer. watched a 12yr old girl bang/flop a nice 6' bear with a .243 this spring, seen quite a few deer killed with it, and know of quite a few moose that fell to it.
90% of people when faced with a random, new, stressful encounter such as a bear attack are going to freeze, #### thier pants and cry for mommy.
unless you're one of the 10% it wont matter wether you have a .243 or a .585.
hate to see people bash the little .243. good killer. watched a 12yr old girl bang/flop a nice 6' bear with a .243 this spring, seen quite a few deer killed with it, and know of quite a few moose that fell to it.
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- St. Joe's Island, Ont
I'm kinda wobbling both ways on this.
I've owned a 243 (7400 Rem Jammer) and it killed a couple nice bucks for me but 50% of the time the bullet never exited, I didn't like that. With that in mind I don't think I'd ever use it on even a Black bear let alone Griz.
I've owned a 243 (7400 Rem Jammer) and it killed a couple nice bucks for me but 50% of the time the bullet never exited, I didn't like that. With that in mind I don't think I'd ever use it on even a Black bear let alone Griz.
