Black Bear hunting with a single shot?

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Just wanted to ask some of you black bear hunters if you think hunting a black bear from a tree stand with a 30-06 single shot is OK? I hunt alot of deer with this gun and it is dead on and I was going to start bear hunting.
Any input is good.
Thanks
 
Ok, I'll bite.
Are the Black Bear any bigger there where you are than say in Western Canada?
You already have your answer to your own question.
If you can hit a deer from your stand then you surely can miss or hit a Black Bear as easily from the same tree stand using the same gun.
Tight Groups,
Rob
 
I've done alot of reserch on black bear hunting and the bow hunters do it, but I still get some of the older guys tellin' me I'm crazy! so it puts the seed of dought.
Just wanted some back up from real bear hunters.

Oh yeh! FLHTCUI the one we've been spotting is around the 250-300lbs range one of the biggest I've seen but like I said I'm not a bear hunter.
 
One shot

Most of the time you only get one shot any ways, might as well make it count. Bear's can move really fast when they want too. It's very rare you will get more than one shot. If you need a kill shot you'll have more than enough time to reload.
 
i use a ruger #1 in 45-120 for anything really big , like grizzly .

if a bear comes running up on you , you will only get one shot off .

with a bit of practice you can reload most single shots just as fast as a bolt action .
 
I have heard that before, however can you do it?

Have you actually shot, or seen anyone shoot, beside someone else using a bolt action, and executed aimed fired faster than the other shooter. Let's say, five ten-inch balloons at 100 yd?

Not a flame at all. It's just that I hear this often, but have never seen this demonstrated by anyone. The bolt action shooter was always faster.

Ted
 
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The last couple of bears I have taken have been with a Browning B-78 single shot in .30-06. They went down with one shot. No follow ups necessary. I do hold a back up shot between my ring and middle finger if I a second shot was needed. I can't say that I could load the second shot as fast as a bolt action would but it can be done pretty rapidly.
 
Why not? said:
I have heard that before, however can you do it?

Have you actually shot, or seen anyone shoot, beside someone else using a bolt action, and executed aimed fired faster than the other shooter. Let's say, five ten-inch balloons at 100 yd?

Not a flame at all. It's just that I hear this often, but have never seen this demonstrated by anyone. The bolt action shooter was always faster.

Ted
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5 shots ....... i can't hold that many 45-120 rounds in my left hand .

you really only need a fast follow up shot .

2 or 3 shots , and it is just as fast as some of the slower clunky bolt actions out there .
compare it to a well oiled and polished lee enfield .... no comparison ... the enfield will empty it's mag before the 3 shot with the ruger , but the ruger i am using also has a huge amount of recoil that needs to be delt with .
 
I found when I was shooting my Ruger #1 in .416 Rigby, that I could get 3 rounds off fast enough for any practical consideration. Anytime that a powerful rifle is part of the equation, it takes more time to pull down out of recoil and reacquire the target than it does to cycle the action, even with a single shot. Provided that a hinge action rifle doesn't "lock-up" due to high pressure loads, a follow-up shot can be made in short order.
 
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