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<blockquote data-quote="gyrfalcon" data-source="post: 2341595" data-attributes="member: 120244"><p>Yep………encountered a few of those here in Alberta. Both were absolutely terrified of bears of any sort and decided that a .458 Win, should be there deer rifle of choice. Steeped in misinformation and beset by fear, they be better of to avoid any bear country. Nervous fearful people with loaded guns and vivid imaginations are dangerous to other hunters in the woods.</p><p>I have nothing against people who like big bores and who like to play with them for the pure fun of it. I did it for a while with the 45/70 in a Ruger1 and a .375 H&H in a lovely Browning FN. and a custom 35 Whelen in a rebareled 700 classic all for moose/elk. However I don't claim that they are necessary or kill faster then our smaller bores with well chosen bullets. A special study in Yellowstone park comparing the .375H&H and 30-06 in elk killing ability during large scale culls, actually gave the 06 a slight edge. Check it out.</p><p>The bottom line is that accurate bullet placement is still the key to killing your game. Massive recoil is not conducive to accurate shooting. today's superb crop of high tech hunting bullets and improved powders, allows us to use smaller bores then in the days of Elmer Keith's big bores in much lighter rifles for the same effect<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gyrfalcon, post: 2341595, member: 120244"] Yep………encountered a few of those here in Alberta. Both were absolutely terrified of bears of any sort and decided that a .458 Win, should be there deer rifle of choice. Steeped in misinformation and beset by fear, they be better of to avoid any bear country. Nervous fearful people with loaded guns and vivid imaginations are dangerous to other hunters in the woods. I have nothing against people who like big bores and who like to play with them for the pure fun of it. I did it for a while with the 45/70 in a Ruger1 and a .375 H&H in a lovely Browning FN. and a custom 35 Whelen in a rebareled 700 classic all for moose/elk. However I don’t claim that they are necessary or kill faster then our smaller bores with well chosen bullets. A special study in Yellowstone park comparing the .375H&H and 30-06 in elk killing ability during large scale culls, actually gave the 06 a slight edge. Check it out. The bottom line is that accurate bullet placement is still the key to killing your game. Massive recoil is not conducive to accurate shooting. today’s superb crop of high tech hunting bullets and improved powders, allows us to use smaller bores then in the days of Elmer Keith’s big bores in much lighter rifles for the same effect😁😁 [/QUOTE]
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