Grizzleys in Sheep Country
- Thread starter mackillan
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- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Mac, you're going to get a .375 for Africa anyway, just carry that in bear country. Chances are it will kill a sheep. Thats the nice thing about a .375, it kills everything, and doesn't blow up small stuff.
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- Location
- Northeast Ontario
Good advice,
One of the reasons I bought a 338 WM, very versatile....hunt anything and dont' worry about anything trying to make a snack out of you. (Not that Im worried about Bears)
Hi Boomer Are there many caribou up there?
Get a 375 H&H load a 235gr in the chamber for flatter shooting for mountain sheep and load the magazine with 300gr in case you come across a charging grizzly.
In case you can't stop the bear with the first bullet you still have at least 2 more heavier bullet in your mag (depending on which bolt action you are getting).
In case you can't stop the bear with the first bullet you still have at least 2 more heavier bullet in your mag (depending on which bolt action you are getting).
wow. lots of grizz in toronto?
I work/play/hunt in big bear country, have heaps of pics to prove it. I never feel undergunned with my .270 or 308.
grow some balls and go hunting. most people don;t have the experience or training or testiticlar fortitude to make much of a defence if yogi trys to eat you - so it really matters little what rifle you're packing. carrying a rifle doesn't make you armed if you run or freeze.
back to the original recomendation of taking up knitting....
I have to agree that under normal situation even when hunting for bears you don't need anything larger than 30 caliber bullet, but that based on a well placed bullet?
Do you think you are such a talented hunter so that even under extreme situation (pissed off sow with cubs) charging you and still capable to place a shot at the vital while running for your dear life?
Even wonder why professional fishing guides in the West coast packed with 12ga shotgun while guiding along river banks?
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
There's some if you don't mind travelling. A couple weeks ago there was a youngster walking back and forth watching me while I was shooting at our range. I could of dumped him but to me that isn't hunting.
Big internet hero recing knitting lol. I went with the 7mm mag lol.
That's funny!
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- Location
- Dah Soo,ON
all hail the bear defence threads!
Amphibious, please just tell them you know nothing about hunting in bear country and that you would crap your pants if you saw one, so they'll quite down. What do you think you are some sort of hunter by way of occupation?
Cool and good stuff!
Okay, not trying to argue with you but since you are an outfitter / guide it is not fair to use your own opinion because you are dealing with the creature on a regular basis while other hunters may be they only get to hunt in the grizzly country once a year or even once or twice in their lifetime.
Regardless of what caliber you like to carry and whether you scare about them or not I will still grap my trusty 375 h&h if I'm hunting in the bear country.
Here's another example: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=mcn0Qqm-u7M
I frequently haunt an Alaskan discussion forum. Regarding bears and what caliber, the old locals choose their .30-.30's over a .45-70 There is a discussion over there regarding .30-.30 vs the .45-70 The majority choose and use the .30-.30 These are folks that share there homesteads with big bears and folks that have been there and done that. Charging out of control bears hiding behind every tree and around every corner is highly exagerated. These folks that live off the grid in remote alaska are the first to agree. Amphib has it right about not feeling out of place or worried in big bear country with a .308 Win. Seems the internet has created quite a bit of "Bear Paranoia" throughout the intraweb.
.................Get a gun you like to carry and go kill a sheep. or go the knitting route.
.................Get a gun you like to carry and go kill a sheep. or go the knitting route.
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