Black bear caliber

[Papaclaude]

"Gauthier aid the bear was skinned by a local taxidermist, and butchered.

But he noted his wife has already said he is not spending money on a giant bear mount."

Lol

Not sure I would eat that bear. In my experience, meat quality really goes downhill fast if they aren't gutted and skinned within minutes of being shot. I carry a gambrel and hoist with me and do it right then and there. Never had one that tasted strong or gamey. Even in the late fall, when it's cool out.

 

[medvedqc]

i ve gutted right now but left the skin on a few bears on average of 4 days ... im still alive and the meat is still very good even from the last one: most important is to lower the body temperature ...

 

[rci2950]

I hope to get a bear this fall. This post gives me a bit of motivation.

 

[saskcop]

If all you are doing is shooting bear at about 50 yards, then the .45-70 would be a good solution.

 

[Darkw]

1.5 calibre Bowie knife. ( Minimum 6" blade)

 

[Wild_Thing]

From your list, I would choose the .30-06 as I have a rifle and suitable ammo, so I would not have to purchase anything.
If you have access to all those rifles, I would go either .45-70 for the lever for the heck of it or 8mm Mauser if you prefer a bolt(assuming it is chambering in a bolt rifle).
I have shot a few black bears, mostly with .260 and 7mm-08, none over bait. They are not hard to knock down, if you hit them right.

 

[BigUglyMan]

I'm going to give it a crack this fall with a 348 Winchester. If I can't get close enough I'll break out the 300 H&H.

 

[hoytcanon]

.348, .356, .358, .35 W, .350 RM are all great choices on black bears....

 

[remington jim]

45-70 with a Horn 350 gr-er at 2000 fps will get the job done WELL ! RJ

 

[Gatehouse]

I'm going to give it a crack this fall with a 348 Winchester. If I can't get close enough I'll break out the 300 H&H.

.348...###y....

And I'm not much of a lever action fan.

 

[NL-Hunter]

Wonder what I will bring on Saturday... 7, 06, H&H ?