What is this?
10-08-2013, 10:45 AM
#17
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 25
If your hunting bear from a stand your high power rifle will take them down no problem.
If your on the ground and they charge at you from 100 feet or less your rifle isn't gonna do much get yourself a 12 gauge with 1oz. slugs will stop them.
If your on the ground and they charge at you from 100 feet or less your rifle isn't gonna do much get yourself a 12 gauge with 1oz. slugs will stop them.
10-09-2013, 08:12 PM
#19
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 25
Well at close range that rifle won't stop a charging bear unless your lucky enough to get a direct heart shot while your heart is pumping and your body is shaking all over the place. Guides that I have been with always carry a 12Ga. slug gun with in case that happens. A slug gun will break a leg if it hits one on a bear a rifle won't, it will just pass right thru. Like he said he said he is new to hunting and was wondering if he should bring his 45/70 with. I figure he is not going to use it to shoot coyotes. So I figured he will use it on a bear if one should happen to surprize him that's all. I'll take the 12 and leave the rifle at home if it were me.
Last edited by GrandpaDave; 10-09-2013 at 08:19 PM.
10-10-2013, 10:01 AM
#20
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,564
Yea that seemed to be the best print i could find. We walked the perimeter of the soybean field that my dad and i found those tracks in and we didnt see any better tracks. I did see some droppings that looked like black bear but were a lot smaller than any pictures on line. What else could that be? And could a bear be killed in self defense with a 7.62x54r? Or should i carry somthing bigger