Seal Hunting calibre choice ...

Otokiak said:
My friend is a member of this board. Here's a pic of another one of my friends who went with him seal hunting on July 4 ... this is my buddy Brian sitting with the ugjuk and Kevin who shot/caught it took the pic. He apparently used a 6mm rifle.

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

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Wow, excellent thread, I'm very far from the sea, but looking at the size of that seal, I don't own nothing between a .22 mag and a .243. So I would use a .243 or 6.5x55.
Anxious to read what caliber you use. :D
Keep the pic's coming.
 
Ganderite said:
I had no idea rifles were involved in teh commecial hunt. the last time I saw the commercial hunt (1956) it involved walking out on the ice from boats and whacking them over the head with a club. I saw it from the Canso spotting plane.
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Not much clubbing is done anymore (not that there is anything wrong with the method), particularly at the Front. You still do see some clubbing in the Gulf, I understand.
 
Hope one day, i can see it from my eye's
Here are some video that my friend MICHEL, from COTE-NORD have done

Congratulation to this type of hunter !!! BTW, he got 54 this year and, his best year was 125 back in 1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVRSzE0yWNc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLArGwj2kuU&feature=related

For the one that read french, this is what he use:
Ma 6mm Rem, une Remington 700SS qui doit avoir pas loin de 500 loups-marins d 'abattus et j 'ai environ 3000 a 3500 coups de tiré avec.

95gr Bal-Tip
45.5 IMR4831
F215M
Brass Rem
Vel, 3150 pi sec
 
gyates93 said:
The most popular rounds for harp seals in Newfoundland are .223 and .22-250, followed by .222 Rem.

However, many pelt hunters would love to use .22WMR, but are not legally allowed.
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I assume they would like to use that because it is easier on the pelt, especially on the exit. If that is the case, what about the 32-20? It can be loaded up nice and slow (1,200 is where I like to load mine), so only makes a small hole in and out with the 115 grain bullet.

Just saw the photo posted by Otokiak. A 32-20 would be too underpowered for an animal that size unless you used a brain shot. The 32-20 would be better for smaller seals (the young white ones) that you wanted minimal pelt damage on.
 
Please tell us more about seal hunting. from land to land? Land to water? Boat to water?

What kind of distances involved?

I find myself think maybe a SKS would be about right. Cheap ammo. reliable.
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I asked about what calibre my fellow CGNer's would use hunting seals FROM A BOAT? ;) In summer we hunt them strictly from a boat using a rifle and a niqsiq(wood pole with a hook) as you have to shoot them, speed up before they sink and hook'em ... it's challenging and fun. Depending on the type of seal and his balls I suppose on distance ... most I've shot at were 50-100 yards away ... but I've seen ugjuks(bearded0 seals come out of the water at 20 yards away and look right at us in the boat ... that's ballsy to me HAHA ... imagine seeing a seal approx 4 feet out of the water looking at you ... it's exciting and awesome! I'll let you know what calibre I use when I post some pics from a hunt real soon ... ;) Keep your suggestions/comments/views coming as I'm loving hearing what others think or have used for seals. :D

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
 
Seal hunting calibre

Years ago, one of the most popular calibres with the Eskimo of Alaska was the .222 Remington. I would imagine now it is the .223.

Sako had a neat little 7x33mm cartridge, that was known as the "seal" cartridge for hunters.

If you are near Vancouver Island, have a large Salmon on your line, and suddenly find you have a trophy Salmon with great big chomps out of it, the preferred cartridge is a quiet .22 Long Rifle. Fishermen tend to have immediate local open seasons when such fishing experiences occur.
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Win 38-55 said:
Just saw the photo posted by Otokiak. A 32-20 would be too underpowered for an animal that size unless you used a brain shot. The 32-20 would be better for smaller seals (the young white ones) that you wanted minimal pelt damage on.
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You're constantly looking for a head shot on seals, to minimize pelt damage, to ensure a quick kill (so that he doesn't go off and die with no chance of recovery, since they sink - as Ototiak has mentioned), and because (if you're hunting in open water) that's all you are gonna see.

A significant point to make, as well, white coats are NOT harvested! Haven't been since the mid 1980s. Something the animal rights terrorists work hard to make you believe.
 
Fall time when the ice is forming on teh Hudsons Bay they don't sink as they're nice and fat and float ... I tend to go out more then ... ;)

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
 
I hate to break it to you my Northern friend but that seal you are eating is pretty toxic. :(

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@8:19 :(
 
Calum said:
I hate to break it to you my Northern friend but that seal you are eating is pretty toxic. :(


@8:19 :(
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Yeah, you are right my friend, and, in my area, Hydro Quebec have floded million km/square of bush for a dam, they first told the CREE people that they will still be able to eat fish as much as they whant, now that it's done, they say they where WRONG and can only eat 1 meal per week !!!! also, cooking on BBQ can cause cancer if you are NOT marinate your meat !! if man drink too much milk, he can suffer prostate cancer, when that will stop,
it seem that in 2010, we can only eat salad....
Just wonder when we will stop to kill our planet !!! :stirthepot2:
 
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