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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1526995" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I have several friends who have been hunting grizzly bear for decades, however I have only hunted black bear. These friends always hunted with 300 WinMags. In September 2013 while on one of their Alaskan hunts, one of the hunters spotted a bear a mile away and did a spot-and-stalk on the bear. He came upon he bear, shot it and the bear ran off. He waited an hour and then started to track the bear. The bear charged him from up close out of alders, he fired once and tried to fire a second time, only for his gun to jam. The bear ripped the rifle from his hands and mauled him severely. His other hunting buddies were able to fire over the top of the grizzly for fear of hitting the hunter being attacked, and the grizzly ran off into the brush again. Because of remoteness and weather the hunter was not able to get flown out for a few days. If you would like to read more, Google "John O Mattson, bear attack, Alaska" and read the articles. All three hunters were using a "push feed" rifle in 300 Win Mag. After his first shot, the extractor failed, left the fired round in the chamber and the following round got jammed up against the spent round in the chamber, and....that's when the rifle got pulled from his hands and he was mauled. All three hunters are now hunting with controlled feed rifles in .338 Winchester. All of the men in this story are true hunters, the guide's father had been hunting grizzlies for decades prior to his son taking over the guiding. The group went back to Alaska where the attach took place and found the skeletal remains of a grizzly about 100 yards from where the attach occurred. The mauled hunter recovered the skull and tagged the grizzly to take home. I asked him how he knew that it was the same bear that mauled him, he stated, "Because the teeth marks matched the scars in my head!" True story. I hunt black bear and probably will never have an opportunity to hunt grizzlies. I hunt with either a 35 Whelen or a .358 Winchester with Barnes TSX (225gr) for the Whelen and Barnes TTSX (200gr) for the .358 Winchester and a Glock 20. I would rather rely on caliber than <u><em>"hoping"</em></u> that a bullet is going to work, "<u><em>or ought to work</em></u>" when something can and will kill me or seriously injure me if the right circumstances arise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1526995, member: 69192"] I have several friends who have been hunting grizzly bear for decades, however I have only hunted black bear. These friends always hunted with 300 WinMags. In September 2013 while on one of their Alaskan hunts, one of the hunters spotted a bear a mile away and did a spot-and-stalk on the bear. He came upon he bear, shot it and the bear ran off. He waited an hour and then started to track the bear. The bear charged him from up close out of alders, he fired once and tried to fire a second time, only for his gun to jam. The bear ripped the rifle from his hands and mauled him severely. His other hunting buddies were able to fire over the top of the grizzly for fear of hitting the hunter being attacked, and the grizzly ran off into the brush again. Because of remoteness and weather the hunter was not able to get flown out for a few days. If you would like to read more, Google "John O Mattson, bear attack, Alaska" and read the articles. All three hunters were using a "push feed" rifle in 300 Win Mag. After his first shot, the extractor failed, left the fired round in the chamber and the following round got jammed up against the spent round in the chamber, and....that's when the rifle got pulled from his hands and he was mauled. All three hunters are now hunting with controlled feed rifles in .338 Winchester. All of the men in this story are true hunters, the guide's father had been hunting grizzlies for decades prior to his son taking over the guiding. The group went back to Alaska where the attach took place and found the skeletal remains of a grizzly about 100 yards from where the attach occurred. The mauled hunter recovered the skull and tagged the grizzly to take home. I asked him how he knew that it was the same bear that mauled him, he stated, "Because the teeth marks matched the scars in my head!" True story. I hunt black bear and probably will never have an opportunity to hunt grizzlies. I hunt with either a 35 Whelen or a .358 Winchester with Barnes TSX (225gr) for the Whelen and Barnes TTSX (200gr) for the .358 Winchester and a Glock 20. I would rather rely on caliber than [U][I]"hoping"[/I][/U] that a bullet is going to work, "[U][I]or ought to work[/I][/U]" when something can and will kill me or seriously injure me if the right circumstances arise. [/QUOTE]
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