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Alaska Black Bear Caliber Choice?
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<blockquote data-quote="akmtnhnt" data-source="post: 2609436" data-attributes="member: 120824"><p>Every time someone posts this question, because it's probably asked daily - what caliber for Alaska, I'm going to post this - </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=hunting.firearms[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Key points include - </p><p></p><p>Moose or brown bear hit in the gut with a large caliber magnum rifle such as the popular .338 Winchester® Magnum is wounded and just as likely to escape as if it had been hit with a small caliber rifle such as the .243 Winchester®. <em>The bore size, bullet weight, and velocity are of secondary importance to precise bullet placement in the vital heart-lung area</em>.</p><p></p><p>If you presently own a rifle chambered for the .270 Winchester, 7mm-08, .308 Winchester or .30-06 and can place all of your shots in an 8-inch circle out to 200 yards from a sitting or kneeling position you can be a successful Alaska hunter.</p><p></p><p><strong>Big Magnums Not Needed</strong></p><p></p><p> The rifle you bring hunting should be one with which you are comfortable. Because of the presence of brown and grizzly bears, many hunters have been convinced that a .300, .338, .375, or .416 magnum is needed for personal protection and to take large Alaska game. This is simply not true. The recoil and noise of these large cartridges is unpleasant at best and plainly painful to many shooters. It is very difficult to concentrate on shot placement when your brain and body remembers the unpleasant recoil and noise which occurs when you pull the trigger on one of the big magnums.</p><p></p><p> The two most common complaints of professional Alaska guides are hunters who are not in good physical condition and hunters who cannot accurately shoot their rifles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akmtnhnt, post: 2609436, member: 120824"] Every time someone posts this question, because it's probably asked daily - what caliber for Alaska, I'm going to post this - [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=hunting.firearms[/URL] Key points include - Moose or brown bear hit in the gut with a large caliber magnum rifle such as the popular .338 Winchester® Magnum is wounded and just as likely to escape as if it had been hit with a small caliber rifle such as the .243 Winchester®. [I]The bore size, bullet weight, and velocity are of secondary importance to precise bullet placement in the vital heart-lung area[/I]. If you presently own a rifle chambered for the .270 Winchester, 7mm-08, .308 Winchester or .30-06 and can place all of your shots in an 8-inch circle out to 200 yards from a sitting or kneeling position you can be a successful Alaska hunter. [B]Big Magnums Not Needed[/B] The rifle you bring hunting should be one with which you are comfortable. Because of the presence of brown and grizzly bears, many hunters have been convinced that a .300, .338, .375, or .416 magnum is needed for personal protection and to take large Alaska game. This is simply not true. The recoil and noise of these large cartridges is unpleasant at best and plainly painful to many shooters. It is very difficult to concentrate on shot placement when your brain and body remembers the unpleasant recoil and noise which occurs when you pull the trigger on one of the big magnums. The two most common complaints of professional Alaska guides are hunters who are not in good physical condition and hunters who cannot accurately shoot their rifles. [/QUOTE]
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