Grizzleys in Sheep Country
- Thread starter mackillan
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And you'll get as many conflicting opinions here. If the only sheep hunting you'll be doing is on guided hunts, don't worry about it. Go hunt sheep and let the outfitter worry about bears. Both are good emergency bear guns.....if you get surprised by bear, chance is you'll never get to use it anyhow!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Now thats some funny .......!
If your making your sheep gun decicion on the difference between .277 & .308 your selling yourself REALY short, and should probably worry more about other things. If you gonna need something for bear defence, get a fat slow moving hunting partner that you can outrun!
I'd say it depends on bullet weight...shoot a 160 out of the 7 and a 165 out of the 30 and there's no diff...but a 140 out of the 7 and a 180 out of the 30 might be a difference.....it all comes down to placement under stress anyway......
Too funny yet so appropriate.
If a rifle's recoil doesn't get him a "Grizzley" [sic] will.
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- Dah Soo,ON
Marry me you magnificent specimen of a man.
You do develop fanboy crushes rather easily.
That makes sense. So many here either want a 260 peewee gun or a 375 John Holmes supermag. Ill stick with the 7mm and 300 because I just dont know lol. A 300 can handle a wider range of bullets so might as well have one of those in my safe to handle 180 grains nicely and Id like a new toy lol..
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- Dah Soo,ON
You do develop fanboy crushes rather easily.
Alright...any man that can take a ribbing like I just gave is good by me
.Just...ENOUGH WITH THE 7MM THREADS PLEASE??!
i've hunted the eastern slopes and if there's a grizzly in the area, there won't be any sheep- sheep are a long shot or a really careful stalk - typically when you start, you'll lose them by the time you get where they were- and you end up with zippo- again, best hunted from horseback-again my 308/180 load can take care of both situations, although i'll admit it's being optomistic to ask it to do in a griz- but you use what you've got- and griz encounters when hunting other things tend to be short, fast, and ugly
Actually, my last ram and two I was involved in two years ago were all shot within sight of a bear. Last year, the bear was coming up the valley to the kill while we were headed down with the meat and horns. We passed a respectable 300 yards apart. Truthfully, with as many bears as there are around, it's hard to find a sheep basin without a bear in it. Other than maybe a couple weeks in the spring, old Ephram isn't much concern to sheep. Wolves and geologists in helicopters, now they are another story.
About 5 - 10 years ago there was a hunter in BC that was hunting with a 270 Win or similar cartridge he was attacked by a grizzly while out hunting.
When asked if he would go hunting again he said "of course I will but I'm going to get a bigger gun"...
My rifle/cartridge combo's for back country hunting are my 300 RUM with 180gr Scirroco's for the longest shots and 200gr A-Frames that only have a 1" lower point of impact @ 100 yards & my 375 RUM with 300gr A-Frames and Gamekings they have exactly the same point of impact @ 200 yards but I use the fantastically accurate Gamekings for longer shots due to how accurate they are.
When asked if he would go hunting again he said "of course I will but I'm going to get a bigger gun"...
My rifle/cartridge combo's for back country hunting are my 300 RUM with 180gr Scirroco's for the longest shots and 200gr A-Frames that only have a 1" lower point of impact @ 100 yards & my 375 RUM with 300gr A-Frames and Gamekings they have exactly the same point of impact @ 200 yards but I use the fantastically accurate Gamekings for longer shots due to how accurate they are.
A man after my own heart!
