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Whats the longest shot you would take on a brown bear
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<blockquote data-quote="Saulg" data-source="post: 82855" data-attributes="member: 4719"><p>Treadwell was a certified nut case...the betting pool from Natural Resources was not <strong>IF</strong> he was going to get it by a bear but <strong>WHEN</strong> . </p><p></p><p>What would I use on bears, nothing smaller than a 9.3 X 74 or .375 H&amp;H. Likely the .416 Rigby or the .400 H&amp;H. They all have the power to stop a charge and the range to push out to 300 yds</p><p></p><p>At the fishing/hunting lodge by Hudson's/James Bay we use shotguns loaded with "Bangers", shotshells that shoot an explosive sound round, whose loud noise scares the bears off quite well </p><p></p><p>We can't have handguns for protection or hunting in Canada, so I just got into the habit of carrying my .425 Westley Richards bolt gun whenever, I set foot outside the cabin. We are getting a used .375 Scoville Hawk built on a 1894 Winchester lever gun and that will probably be my walking around gun. Lighter than the .425 and might have a faster second shot, will have to test them. </p><p></p><p>We'll scare off about 15 Polar bears a season from the cabins, they come for the garbage dump, 2 miles upwind of the cabins. Mind you we'll scare off each one about 4 or 5 times until they get the idea that they're not wanted. We burn everything that we can, but their sense of smell is so great that if a can has a speck of something inside they'll rip it apart to get at it. </p><p></p><p>We have electrical sensor wire, that gives a shock to the animal and at the same time sounds an alarm, around the perimeter of the camp, and the camp is <strong>NEVER</strong> left unattended with food in the kitchen...yes, the cook is armed with either a shotgun and a Marlin lever gun in .41 magnum or in .45/70 Gov. </p><p></p><p>Life in the wilds, ain't it grand. </p><p></p><p>We have shore lunches, with the worst of the mornings catch. After cleaning the fish (we leave everything for the gulls) by the waters edge...we will not go back to that fishing site for at least a week, until the minuscule amount of blood on the rocks is washed or licked away, because the site will still be attractive to the bears sense of smell, and you don't want to surprise a Polar bear at their feeding, unless you want to become the dessert, as that then is when they are most protective, maybe even more so than getting between a sow and her cubs. I've done the first but not the second, so I can't tell you exactly which is the stupider to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saulg, post: 82855, member: 4719"] Treadwell was a certified nut case...the betting pool from Natural Resources was not [b]IF[/b] he was going to get it by a bear but [b]WHEN[/b] . What would I use on bears, nothing smaller than a 9.3 X 74 or .375 H&H. Likely the .416 Rigby or the .400 H&H. They all have the power to stop a charge and the range to push out to 300 yds At the fishing/hunting lodge by Hudson's/James Bay we use shotguns loaded with “Bangers”, shotshells that shoot an explosive sound round, whose loud noise scares the bears off quite well We can’t have handguns for protection or hunting in Canada, so I just got into the habit of carrying my .425 Westley Richards bolt gun whenever, I set foot outside the cabin. We are getting a used .375 Scoville Hawk built on a 1894 Winchester lever gun and that will probably be my walking around gun. Lighter than the .425 and might have a faster second shot, will have to test them. We’ll scare off about 15 Polar bears a season from the cabins, they come for the garbage dump, 2 miles upwind of the cabins. Mind you we’ll scare off each one about 4 or 5 times until they get the idea that they’re not wanted. We burn everything that we can, but their sense of smell is so great that if a can has a speck of something inside they’ll rip it apart to get at it. We have electrical sensor wire, that gives a shock to the animal and at the same time sounds an alarm, around the perimeter of the camp, and the camp is [b]NEVER[/b] left unattended with food in the kitchen...yes, the cook is armed with either a shotgun and a Marlin lever gun in .41 magnum or in .45/70 Gov. Life in the wilds, ain’t it grand. We have shore lunches, with the worst of the mornings catch. After cleaning the fish (we leave everything for the gulls) by the waters edge...we will not go back to that fishing site for at least a week, until the minuscule amount of blood on the rocks is washed or licked away, because the site will still be attractive to the bears sense of smell, and you don’t want to surprise a Polar bear at their feeding, unless you want to become the dessert, as that then is when they are most protective, maybe even more so than getting between a sow and her cubs. I’ve done the first but not the second, so I can’t tell you exactly which is the stupider to do. [/QUOTE]
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