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Whats the longest shot you would take on a brown bear
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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 82739" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>Sniper2,</p><p>I know a very serious brown bear guide who believes that with the proper gear and the right shooter, bears can be taken at several hundred yards. Particularly in the spring when they are feeding on the big flats. BUT, he is also aware that the shooter will have to have one hell of a killing cartridge since a poorly placed shot means his butt has to go into the alders to find the wounded and probably peed-off bear. He is interested in the .50BMG and the .338 Lapua, and maybe someday he will actually take some guys out to kill a bear out past 800 yards.</p><p>I guess I would suggest if he does do it to have two shooters like we do with the deer culling - one primary shooter and a backup ready to let fly immediately. Would it work - no idea. </p><p></p><p>I still like the idea of an invisible brick-wall type bullet for bears, any bear for that matter. Shot placement is everything, but hitting the bruin with total devastation is a nice thing to do from the old weak wobbly knees, heart pounding through your chest point of view. I been there, one or two charges is about enough - I have had more than that with black bears, seen grizzlies charge hard but they were footsnared, saw three big brownies come hard at us during my hunt in '04. Besides the two that came for breakfast I also saw one big old bruiser react to a mouth-blown bear call - we were 150 yards from shore in a Zodiac, that big guy charged us as hard as he could but stopped at the shoreline, then herded his girlfriend into the trees. He was very vocal, very ticked-off. I was so excited I didn't even take any pictures, watched him through my binocs instead. They are ugly creatures, guess I mentioned that already.</p><p></p><p>I will try to get the OK to pop the article into this site SAP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 82739, member: 25"] Sniper2, I know a very serious brown bear guide who believes that with the proper gear and the right shooter, bears can be taken at several hundred yards. Particularly in the spring when they are feeding on the big flats. BUT, he is also aware that the shooter will have to have one hell of a killing cartridge since a poorly placed shot means his butt has to go into the alders to find the wounded and probably peed-off bear. He is interested in the .50BMG and the .338 Lapua, and maybe someday he will actually take some guys out to kill a bear out past 800 yards. I guess I would suggest if he does do it to have two shooters like we do with the deer culling - one primary shooter and a backup ready to let fly immediately. Would it work - no idea. I still like the idea of an invisible brick-wall type bullet for bears, any bear for that matter. Shot placement is everything, but hitting the bruin with total devastation is a nice thing to do from the old weak wobbly knees, heart pounding through your chest point of view. I been there, one or two charges is about enough - I have had more than that with black bears, seen grizzlies charge hard but they were footsnared, saw three big brownies come hard at us during my hunt in '04. Besides the two that came for breakfast I also saw one big old bruiser react to a mouth-blown bear call - we were 150 yards from shore in a Zodiac, that big guy charged us as hard as he could but stopped at the shoreline, then herded his girlfriend into the trees. He was very vocal, very ticked-off. I was so excited I didn't even take any pictures, watched him through my binocs instead. They are ugly creatures, guess I mentioned that already. I will try to get the OK to pop the article into this site SAP. [/QUOTE]
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