.30--06 factories for big boy bruins??
02-09-2002, 09:51 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gypsum KS USA
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.30--06 factories for big boy bruins??
My parents are looking into sending me on a bruin hunt for my graduation present this spring. Guaranteed 400-600# or better bruin or I don't pay. I've got a ruger mark II m77 in .30-06, and don't have a reloader (yet), what factory loads for my '06 would do the job on big boy bruins like these???? I think it's a baited bear hunt, so they'll be fairly close.
02-09-2002, 11:45 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
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RE: .30--06 factories for big boy bruins??
Hornady Interlock,Trophy Bonded,Partition,Swift A-frame just to name a few....
I would go with a 180 gr bullet.Also don't forget that bullet placement on a big bear can be deceiving because of the hair hanging down from the chest.Aim a little higher than
you would on a deer.
PS:Last year the pending world record black bear was killed(by a car!) right here in Manitoba.It had a live weight of approx. 900lbs.DNR officals estimate that if it had not been killed in the early fall(about 2 months before hibernation),it may have topped 1000lbs when it would have denned up!!!!
I would go with a 180 gr bullet.Also don't forget that bullet placement on a big bear can be deceiving because of the hair hanging down from the chest.Aim a little higher than
you would on a deer.
PS:Last year the pending world record black bear was killed(by a car!) right here in Manitoba.It had a live weight of approx. 900lbs.DNR officals estimate that if it had not been killed in the early fall(about 2 months before hibernation),it may have topped 1000lbs when it would have denned up!!!!
02-09-2002, 04:25 PM
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Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Int\'l. Falls MN USA
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RE: .30--06 factories for big boy bruins??
I've also got a Ruger 77 in .30-06. I've used it with Federal Trophy Bonded Bear Claw 180 gr. factory loads. They have worked spectacularly on all bears I shot with it. Enjoy that hunt and get a big one.
02-09-2002, 05:30 PM
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Location: Kodiak AK USA
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RE: .30--06 factories for big boy bruins??
If you go with a 180 grain Nosler bullet you can take ANY bear, up to and including a Kodiak brownie (even though the .30-06 is the low end of the caliber for brownies).
Good luck and have fun!
Good luck and have fun!
02-09-2002, 09:46 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: McMinnville Oregon USA
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RE: .30--06 factories for big boy bruins??
Proline,
I am fairly ignorant when it comes to bullet types, i just pick one I have seen do well. But why did you add that "NOT DEER" to your post regarding failsafes for bear?? I think I can guess that they overpenetrater, but I am just guessing so fill me in please.
Just my uneducated opinion!
Terry
I am fairly ignorant when it comes to bullet types, i just pick one I have seen do well. But why did you add that "NOT DEER" to your post regarding failsafes for bear?? I think I can guess that they overpenetrater, but I am just guessing so fill me in please.
Just my uneducated opinion!
Terry