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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 10628" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>When it comes to raw stopping power, I vote 416 and larger, bigger works better. </p><p></p><p>Bison compared to Cape Buffalo - No comparison from what I've heard. Hide is thicker on a Cape, they're meaner and so on. Up here, 338 is the minimum size caliber for Bison.</p><p></p><p>Just my opinion and nothing more, but 416 and larger are stopping calibers. My Brother even said yesterday he don't have much faith in 375 and 338's on Grizz anymore, why he built his M70 475 Capstick. </p><p></p><p>Him and Mike saw one up on the base of the mountain the day before yesterday just beore dark, so we went up and glassed for him all day yesterday. Saw his tracks down on the river bar below the mountain, about a 7 to a 7-1/2 footer, or that could just be another one. We never saw him yesterday, and it's nothing but a huge dust storm out there today. </p><p></p><p>I took my 416 WBY, so my Brother took his 300 WSM, Mike had his 300 WM. Hope we see him this week, there's another guy that is hunting him pretty hard and saw him the same day too. Last they say him he dug a hole in a snow slide and disappeared into it. </p><p></p><p>Here's one my brother told me about yesterday - A guide he knows was telling him about a Bear they took on Kodiak. The Bear walked up through a row of alder and headed for a clearing on the other side. As they went through after him the Bear had stopped and layed down waiting for them in the alder. They made it about 30' into the alder when the Bear jumped up facing them at about 15'. The client was to the side and just behind him when he raised and shot the Bear in the head with his 378 WBY killing him dead. Bear measured 9'3" squared. It had the back of one side of his head blown out and part of his shoulder shattered as the bullet passed through it too. The guide was amazed the client hit him so fast, before he could even get his gun up the Bear was flattened in front of them, thankfully! Yeah, he was using an X bullet too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 10628, member: 99"] When it comes to raw stopping power, I vote 416 and larger, bigger works better. Bison compared to Cape Buffalo - No comparison from what I've heard. Hide is thicker on a Cape, they're meaner and so on. Up here, 338 is the minimum size caliber for Bison. Just my opinion and nothing more, but 416 and larger are stopping calibers. My Brother even said yesterday he don't have much faith in 375 and 338's on Grizz anymore, why he built his M70 475 Capstick. Him and Mike saw one up on the base of the mountain the day before yesterday just beore dark, so we went up and glassed for him all day yesterday. Saw his tracks down on the river bar below the mountain, about a 7 to a 7-1/2 footer, or that could just be another one. We never saw him yesterday, and it's nothing but a huge dust storm out there today. I took my 416 WBY, so my Brother took his 300 WSM, Mike had his 300 WM. Hope we see him this week, there's another guy that is hunting him pretty hard and saw him the same day too. Last they say him he dug a hole in a snow slide and disappeared into it. Here's one my brother told me about yesterday - A guide he knows was telling him about a Bear they took on Kodiak. The Bear walked up through a row of alder and headed for a clearing on the other side. As they went through after him the Bear had stopped and layed down waiting for them in the alder. They made it about 30' into the alder when the Bear jumped up facing them at about 15'. The client was to the side and just behind him when he raised and shot the Bear in the head with his 378 WBY killing him dead. Bear measured 9'3" squared. It had the back of one side of his head blown out and part of his shoulder shattered as the bullet passed through it too. The guide was amazed the client hit him so fast, before he could even get his gun up the Bear was flattened in front of them, thankfully! Yeah, he was using an X bullet too. [/QUOTE]
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