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jonesy
Joined: 30 Aug 2003
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Location: williamstown vt
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2003 6:57 am Post subject: |
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ive hunted whitetail for a quite awhile, but never really got into black bear unil recently, im using a browning A bolt 2 in 7 mm mag, shooting federal 175gr trophy bond bear claw... (grouping 3 at 1/4" @ 100yd) is this going to be shell enough to do what it needs to? or is there something else i should try?..here in vermont we cannot bait bears, so what would be a good suggestion for differnt calls, if any..
jonesy in vermont |
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nhcruffler
Joined: 03 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2003 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| Hey, from accross the river Jonesy. I am not a real expert at this but I believe that your 7mm Rem Mag will be more than enough for your black bear. I have been going out with 8mm Mauser, 7.5 French, and 7.62 x 54 Russian. Yes I like to hunt with my C&R rifles, but these aint Grizzlies either. Good luck . |
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bitmasher
Joined: 27 Feb 2002
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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I have not hunted black bear but have been around them and been told repeatedly that a 7mm is sufficient.
I think most predator calls should work, but the critical thing is to setup in an area that shows fresh bear sign so the bear is possibly in range when you start squalling away. If there is no sign, then you could be tooting your horn for quite a while with no results. |
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ladderstand
Joined: 08 Sep 2003
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Location: Bear River, Nova Scotia
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| Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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| The .308, 30-06, 7mm are all excellent for hunting bears. I have seen bears not drop a bit of blood or leave no hair on it's exit - a fat bear especially will close up around the wound right after being hit. Make sure you have a load to do the damage necessary to shorten the time you look for the bear. |
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ADKBEAR
Joined: 16 Sep 2003
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Location: Central NY
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Jonesy
I do alot of Bearhunting the other side of Lake C. from you. Like anything it is more in shot placement and the bigger the gun the more room for error you have. The 7mm is plenty of gun, myself I would be shooting a 180+ gn nosler partition or bonded Bear Claw Bullet.
I hunt them in natural food plots (soft mass; ie cherries, rasberries, service berries,early season, sept/oct. Hard mass; in the adks beechnuts late)since we cannot bait. I have never hunted with calls. |
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jonesy
Joined: 30 Aug 2003
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Location: williamstown vt
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:55 am Post subject: |
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im useing 175gr trophy bonded bear claw from federal. i can not find any higher grn then the 175. it hit a one inch group at 150 yrds. i will post pics if season prevails to be rewarding. thanks for confidence.
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BigE
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 9:47 am Post subject: |
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I shot my first bear with a Savage 7mm Mag. The bear went 50 yards and piled up.
I shot my bear this year w/ a 30-06 and the big guy dropped right in his tracks.
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