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What calibers-rifles are used for seal hunting? I saw a newfoundlander on the CBC, he seemed to be shooting a .22 mag. or maybe a .22 hornet. You must have to be a hell of a shot to hit a seal in the head from a pitching and rolling boat.
 
12 gauge with copper plated BB shot or the 243 is what we always used. You gotta be one hell of a shot .
 
Whenever I've gone seal hunting, I'd always use either a 12g, .222, or if it was right next to us a .22mag. The only problem is that if you are shooting them in the water, you have to make sure that you can hook them asap after that shot. Otherwise they'll be sinking to the bottom in about 5-10 seconds max. Bye bye seal...
 
.22 mag or 12 guage mostly here ... with our colder waters ... they don't sink so fast like Jeremy in the western part of Nunavut. .223 is also a big choice over here ... cheers,

Otokiak ... :cool:
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. hunting is a life-style up here, not a sport ... so most shooters do become quite accurate!
 
Never done it...a great guide in Labrador I knew well - did...he used .222; the rifle showed the effect of sitting in the bottom of a boat though and carried a lot of rust..Remington 700's can stand a lot of abuse apparently.
 
never shot a seal, but would give a testicle to have F&W open seals in BC for the good of salmon fishing. I would use a .22-250 up to a .243 and if one wasn't available move into a .260 - .280 or even a 25:06
 
open-sights said:
never shot a seal, but would give a testicle to have F&W open seals in BC for the good of salmon fishing. I would use a .22-250 up to a .243 and if one wasn't available move into a .260 - .280 or even a 25:06
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Apparently alot of people are not aware there is no seal season in BC.
 
all I know is there was a seal ''migration'' [or so the guide said] last year around Secretary Island.It used to be so bad, you couldn't land a salmon-and even picking up a rod would bring them sliding off the rocks to swim behind your boat.Years ago when I was a kid there was a $5 bounty[big money then] on a seal's nose-and the seals stayed well clear of any boat-you didn't lose salmon to them
 
My old compass man, big hard working Neuf, told me that .222 was first choice but 22-250 and 223 work just fine.

I really don't understand why, but thats what I was told.

If there were seals in Alberta I would have a reason to go out and buy a little gun. As it is I'm using a 25-06 for yotes the next closest thing. :)
 
what the hell do you do with the seals afterwards? Was wondering do people eat them? Hows the taste? I know with the Harp ones its for the pelts..but the bigger ones..are we talking alot of sealburgers here?
 
of course you eat it...

you can eat it raw or you can eat it boiled. you can have it frozen, chipped and dipped in soya sauce or boiled and dipped in hot mustard or with hot pickles. you cut out and flush the small intestine, braid it into small loops and then boil it. very high in vitamins, too much and you get a serious blood rush :) kinda tastes like duck legs.
i like boiled with hot pickles....
 
I was talking to one of the Newfie fellas at work today, and he said they used to have a couple 25/20's they used. Kinda hard to do that in Manitoba though :p :rolleyes:
 
Otokiak said:
.22 mag or 12 guage mostly here ... with our colder waters ... they don't sink so fast like Jeremy in the western part of Nunavut. .223 is also a big choice over here ... cheers,

Otokiak ... :cool:
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. hunting is a life-style up here, not a sport ... so most shooters do become quite accurate!
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:eek: You mean that you have different temp. waters in Nunavut:confused:
I thought cold is cold:rolleyes:
 
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