Okay, that means a guy can hunt bison there with his 30 M1 carbine. Great!
Reminds me of a couple of guys up here who hunted moose with a 25-20 because it was legal.
Ted
Anyone ever successfully hunt a Bison? What caliber did you use?
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Okay, that means a guy can hunt bison there with his 30 M1 carbine. Great!
Reminds me of a couple of guys up here who hunted moose with a 25-20 because it was legal.
Ted
Okay, that means a guy can hunt bison there with his 30 M1 carbine. Great!
Reminds me of a couple of guys up here who hunted moose with a 25-20 because it was legal.
Ted
Sure, that should work. This is CGN; all you need to do is sprinkle around a few catchphrases like "more than adequate" and "if you do your part...", and then insert a couple charts and calculations of SD, ES, BC and a few other sets of initials, and you're golden.
Not that there's anything wrong with that...
Top it off with a story about how your great-grandfather shot bigger animals with even smaller cartridges back in the day, and pretty soon you'll be wondering why you even need a centerfire at all; a properly-placed pellet out of an air rifle should be all that's required.
Okay, that means a guy can hunt bison there with his 30 M1 carbine. Great!
Reminds me of a couple of guys up here who hunted moose with a 25-20 because it was legal.
Ted
I really hope no one has actually attempted that, or something like 7.62x39.
I never understood those that strive for just the minimum..
I've seen one killed with a 30-30. Was shot pretty close though, and four times. - dan
Awesome! From all accounts it doesn't sound like it takes much to drop them when using a big gun.
Such a contrast to cape Buffalo which seem to soak up a magazine full worth of lead.
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Barry, I remember that 200gr and 30 caliber always used to be the rule, but in the most recent regulations it only says 30 caliber. On the Tlicho site the recommend, rather sensibly, 200gr bullets. But neither the Wildlife Act or Wildlife Act Regulations mention anything about caliber. The Wildlife Big Game Hunting Regulations https://www.justice.gov.nt.ca/en/files/legislation/wildlife/wildlife.r1.pdf under s 5(2) states "No person shall use ammunition of less than 30 calibre to hunt wood bison".
Okay, that means a guy can hunt bison there with his 30 M1 carbine. Great!
Reminds me of a couple of guys up here who hunted moose with a 25-20 because it was legal.
Ted
Exactly ! CALIBER restrictions are BS ! it has to be a bullet weight and or foot lbs of energy . JMO RJ
I feel like it's more complicated than that, which might be why government isn't interested in figuring it out, honestly I think there are many loadings on the edges that are capable of cleanly taking game, however are considered not capable. Example, I've shot straight through a squirrel and the 18" pine tree behind him with a 350 gr .45-70 at about 1050fps. You can't say that's not game worthy. Cheers, Skokie.
Yup Some bullets and loads have GREAT penetration ! BULLET construction is a Big Factor too ! BUT gotta average it so it’s not to complicated . JMO RJ
Kinda FUNNY
how the Government seems to think it’s so important for a caliber Etc restriction for BISON but not for Moose Elk Bears ! JMO RJ
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The shot placement is always double lung, don't know about Cape buffalo shots, would think that not being able to breathe has to put a damper on things. I have heard that our wood bison are larger and heavier than Cape buffalo. Can anyone confirm or deny?
Mature Cape buffalo bulls can weigh up to 2000 pounds.
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Cape-buffalo
Mature Woods Bison bulls weight is over 2000 pounds.
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=woodbison.main#:~:text=Wood%20bison%20are%20the%20larger,generally%20weighing%20around%201%2C200%20pounds.
Marg’s bison weighed around 2400. We put just under 1100 pounds of boneless meat in the freezer from that one bull.
Ted
Something is amiss here, it used to be 2800 joules of energy for Polar bear and Bison, ...... that created problems, especially with Polar Bear, and nobody knew what that meant! So when we rewrote the Act, I was on the SWAAG committee that did the rewriting, and when that portion came up, we went with .30 cal, 200 grain minimum, as that ammo should be available in the communities and accessible.
I'll check tomorrow for my copy or try to call on Monday and find out what's up.
