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<blockquote data-quote="wwbrown" data-source="post: 1825277" data-attributes="member: 31392"><p>I would not want to use greater than a 3 power for bears on bait in the dense woods. I like my 375 Ruger as I am pretty much assured of two holes in a black no matter the size or angle of shot. This spring I will probably be carrying my 9.3x62 if the barrel blank gets to me in time to spin on one of my commercial Mauser 98's. Bears won't notice any difference between the 375 and the 9.3x62. </p><p></p><p>You will probably be amazed when the first few bears appear at the bait, like others have said how quiet they are bears will just appear. How an animal the size of a bear can move through brush and make almost no sound is amazing? You can almost take a long blink and have a bear 20 feet away from you that was not in vew before blinking. They are lots of fun. The one thing you will usually hear is the death roar, a great aid in finding your bear.</p><p></p><p>I have spent lots of time in headnets in the Canadian Arctic but now much prefer Thermacell units they keep the mosquitoes away. I have used thermacelll while spring bear hunting in swampy land in Manitoba and not been bittern by a mosquito once, I used to not worry about ticks much but after hearing many serious nightmare tales about Lyme disease I would recommend using Permethrin spray on your clothes or mesh bug suits with lots of deet at the ankles to keep the ticks from crawling under. </p><p></p><p>I have only used Thermacell on mosquitoes the company claims it works on other flying insects and ticks. I have no experience on using Thermacell for insects other than mosquitoes others can probably chime in how well it works on bugs other than mosquitoes.</p><p></p><p>wade</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wwbrown, post: 1825277, member: 31392"] I would not want to use greater than a 3 power for bears on bait in the dense woods. I like my 375 Ruger as I am pretty much assured of two holes in a black no matter the size or angle of shot. This spring I will probably be carrying my 9.3x62 if the barrel blank gets to me in time to spin on one of my commercial Mauser 98's. Bears won't notice any difference between the 375 and the 9.3x62. You will probably be amazed when the first few bears appear at the bait, like others have said how quiet they are bears will just appear. How an animal the size of a bear can move through brush and make almost no sound is amazing? You can almost take a long blink and have a bear 20 feet away from you that was not in vew before blinking. They are lots of fun. The one thing you will usually hear is the death roar, a great aid in finding your bear. I have spent lots of time in headnets in the Canadian Arctic but now much prefer Thermacell units they keep the mosquitoes away. I have used thermacelll while spring bear hunting in swampy land in Manitoba and not been bittern by a mosquito once, I used to not worry about ticks much but after hearing many serious nightmare tales about Lyme disease I would recommend using Permethrin spray on your clothes or mesh bug suits with lots of deet at the ankles to keep the ticks from crawling under. I have only used Thermacell on mosquitoes the company claims it works on other flying insects and ticks. I have no experience on using Thermacell for insects other than mosquitoes others can probably chime in how well it works on bugs other than mosquitoes. wade [/QUOTE]
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