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<blockquote data-quote="Capt RB" data-source="post: 1260303" data-attributes="member: 85987"><p>How's this build going to fare if you have to go into the alders after him? I hunt tight cover almost exclusively. Having a 24" or longer bolt gun in tight cover is for me a gigantic pain in the arse. I do carry a couple of shorter bolt guns both 22". My goto is a 760 obviously not an option for your build, If however you choose a back up this in a 18" 35 whelan would be lightning in your hands. To give you an idea how fast animals can cover distance. I shot my buck at 30' this year. He was getting ready to run. I hit him in the chest right above the the white to brown color change he was above me on a 30+% grade. the bullet exited smashing his offside femur and opened 8" of his gut. The second shot was as fast as I can run my pump gun and that is quite fast was a neck shot as it past me to the left at 4'. Had that been a big bear instead of a small deer the bear would have been past me by the length of a big bear.</p><p> Do you think your build would afford you a any margin of error? Do you have a plan for a worst case?</p><p> These are the questions I ask myself. I ran a pack of hounds on black bears for awhile. Obviously not the same level of danger or must have power needed. I can say with confidence though that big bears act entirely different than smaller younger ones. In over 100 kills I witnessed the bigger bears always took longer to expire even with perfect shots from below into the chest cavity. A much higher percentage shot than one on the ground in tight quarters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capt RB, post: 1260303, member: 85987"] How's this build going to fare if you have to go into the alders after him? I hunt tight cover almost exclusively. Having a 24" or longer bolt gun in tight cover is for me a gigantic pain in the arse. I do carry a couple of shorter bolt guns both 22". My goto is a 760 obviously not an option for your build, If however you choose a back up this in a 18" 35 whelan would be lightning in your hands. To give you an idea how fast animals can cover distance. I shot my buck at 30' this year. He was getting ready to run. I hit him in the chest right above the the white to brown color change he was above me on a 30+% grade. the bullet exited smashing his offside femur and opened 8" of his gut. The second shot was as fast as I can run my pump gun and that is quite fast was a neck shot as it past me to the left at 4'. Had that been a big bear instead of a small deer the bear would have been past me by the length of a big bear. Do you think your build would afford you a any margin of error? Do you have a plan for a worst case? These are the questions I ask myself. I ran a pack of hounds on black bears for awhile. Obviously not the same level of danger or must have power needed. I can say with confidence though that big bears act entirely different than smaller younger ones. In over 100 kills I witnessed the bigger bears always took longer to expire even with perfect shots from below into the chest cavity. A much higher percentage shot than one on the ground in tight quarters. [/QUOTE]
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