Which would you choose........
10-11-2009 | 07:35 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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all these guns mentioned above will kill, shot placement is everything
10-11-2009 | 09:04 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Saskatchewan Canada
Anything in NA 1 rifle, 338wm would be my choice.
10-11-2009 | 11:29 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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If hunting in bear country, I'd have my .338 WM (I'm sorry Browning X-bolt).
If bird hunting/fishing (in bear country), I'd have my .357 sidearm for sure.
If bird hunting/fishing (in bear country), I'd have my .357 sidearm for sure.
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10-11-2009 | 05:13 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: NE Alabama
What i ment was everything in NA.
10-11-2009 | 05:53 PM
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Spike
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If you are asking from antelope to brown bears, then change my response to 338.
In this case, the lesser animal doesn't even factor in. You must have enough caliber for the largest.
Ironically, the 338 will blow through an antelope with surprisingly little destruction, but it certainly wouldn't be among my first five picks for antelope.
In this case, the lesser animal doesn't even factor in. You must have enough caliber for the largest.
Ironically, the 338 will blow through an antelope with surprisingly little destruction, but it certainly wouldn't be among my first five picks for antelope.
10-12-2009 | 03:13 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Pa
For hunting around the big bears a 338 Remington Ultra Mag for hunting around areas where Id only encounter a black bear Id say a 300 WSM or 300 Remington Ultra Mag
10-12-2009 | 04:02 PM
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Typical Buck
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From: Carbon County Pa.
A 30-06 will take care of every thing in North America.
10-12-2009 | 05:15 PM
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Fork Horn
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From: Upstate New York
300 win mag
10-12-2009 | 07:40 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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What i ment was everything in NA.
If you can afford to go on a brown, polar, or grizzly bear or bison hunt then you can afford another rifle so this question is actually purely hypothetical.
IMO a Grizzly bear, Brown bear, Polar bear, and Bison warrant a .338 or larger.
Everything else will be taken care of very nicely with something smaller.