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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
AR15/10 Rifles
300 BO, 6.5 G, or 6 ARC?
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<blockquote data-quote="Viking264" data-source="post: 2734419" data-attributes="member: 97833"><p>There's a massive difference between the mentality of black bears vs brown bears, so keep that in mind. Black bears are generally non-confrontational unless they happen to be a sow with cubs (this has been my experience throughout the past 14 years of living amongst them). Even the largest males will do little more than give you a faux-charge by taking a couple of steps towards you, but they're not the aggressive bears that you read about in hunting novels and the like. Don't get me wrong, a faux charge is enough to get your heart going. We're not going out and trying to actively engage them; it's entirely a case that we catch them in the act, always at night, so there's no charging involved.</p><p></p><p>To answer your question, bears are a persistent threat to livestock here, particularly in the dead of winter when there's little "natural food" in abundance and layers of ice on the ground can insulate a bear (or anything else) against being lit up by a standard electrified fence. Bears do not hibernate; they enter torpor, and even in the worst winter conditions they're active. This being the case, they're around all year long. I believe that a 110 or 120 Barnes coming out of a 300 BO at supersonic MV would do the job, however I am thinking hard about the Grendel loaded with a 120 TSX or something similar.</p><p></p><p>The majority of the predators around are coyotes and smaller critters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Viking264, post: 2734419, member: 97833"] There's a massive difference between the mentality of black bears vs brown bears, so keep that in mind. Black bears are generally non-confrontational unless they happen to be a sow with cubs (this has been my experience throughout the past 14 years of living amongst them). Even the largest males will do little more than give you a faux-charge by taking a couple of steps towards you, but they're not the aggressive bears that you read about in hunting novels and the like. Don't get me wrong, a faux charge is enough to get your heart going. We're not going out and trying to actively engage them; it's entirely a case that we catch them in the act, always at night, so there's no charging involved. To answer your question, bears are a persistent threat to livestock here, particularly in the dead of winter when there's little "natural food" in abundance and layers of ice on the ground can insulate a bear (or anything else) against being lit up by a standard electrified fence. Bears do not hibernate; they enter torpor, and even in the worst winter conditions they're active. This being the case, they're around all year long. I believe that a 110 or 120 Barnes coming out of a 300 BO at supersonic MV would do the job, however I am thinking hard about the Grendel loaded with a 120 TSX or something similar. The majority of the predators around are coyotes and smaller critters. [/QUOTE]
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