RE: best gun for moose and bear
My personal opinion is that I wouldn't trek into BIG BEAR country with anything lighter than a 300 Mag. I would prefer the 338 or the 300 Ultra Mag. I also agree that, if given a 200 yard shot at a broadside bear, the 30-06 would do the job. However, this may not be the case in Alaska. You may be hunting Moose, and encounter a Huge bear by accident. This happened to a friend of mine some years back. He and his father-in-lawwere hunting Moose, and actually had shot one. It ran into some trees and disappeared. While tracking it, they encountered a HUGE grizzly that had found the Moose and claimed it. He charge them from 20 yards, and after 3 shots from a 375 H&H, he ran another 400 yards, and scared off their horsesbefore dying.He now has the bear mounted at his home. It stands 5'6"to the top of his headon all fours! Anyhow, after hearing his experience, I figured that there is no such thing as overkill if your life may depend on it!