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Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:03:18 No.458474 View View Reply Original Report

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Noob hunter here. Want to, eventually, harvest a bear. Not a Kodiak but, a nice brown/black bear. Looking to purchase rifle for said activity. Any suggestions. I'm considering Remington R25 in 7mm-08. Will this be a suitable firearm for brown/black bear hunting?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:07:03 No.458478 Report

Quoted By: >>458513

Gedda load of this guy, fellas, plan on killin' a bear with a gun..
... A GUN... hahaha
Son, if you ain't going toe-to-toe, mano-e-mano, bare ass naked, dick in hand, coon cap on, and tryin' ta kill that thing with the two hands that The Lord Jesus Almighty Christ gave you, you're doin' it wrong.

Sage

Sage Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:08:15 No.458480 Report

Quoted By: >>458513

Puch it to death you pussy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:08:31 No.458481 Report

Quoted By: >>458630 >>458936

/k/ would be a more appropriate place for your question, as your question seems to center on the rifle itself, as opposed to the activity of hunting itself.

I hope they can be of some help, anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:08:48 No.458482 Report

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So, you don't have an answer to my question?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:09:50 No.458483 Report

Quoted By: >>458485

I'll go there then. Thank you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:11:24 No.458485 Report

Quoted By: >>458488

>>458483
youre welcome, anon. when you decide on a rifle, come back and tell us about your hunt plans!

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:17:13 No.458488 Report

Quoted By: >>458490

>>458485
It'll be awhile until that happens but, thank you for the advice. Take care anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:22:26 No.458490 Report

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>>458488
Any suggestions for brand of rifle?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:23:54 No.458491 Report

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Oops, haha.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:37:49 No.458500 Report

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You skin grizz, pilgrim?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:45:55 No.458510 Report

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Get a Hawken 50 Cal, OP.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:50:08 No.458513 Report

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>>458478
>>458480
here's your answer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 04:52:04 No.458514 Report

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>>458474
/k/ here

Really hot (200+) grain 30-06 will blow the back of the bear's head out. I'm assuming you'll be hunting at range so handloaded 200+ grain 30-06 is a good, cost effective, coice with a lot of options.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 12:00:52 No.458630 Report

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>>458481
Really? Isn't this more of a gear question? Anyway I worked for a guide while going to school (black bear), few guys had the 7mm mag and liked it. Find something your comfortable and go with it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 14:10:27 No.458649 Report

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>>458474
Will that rifle in that caliber do the job you want it to? Yes, absolutely. Would it be what I use? No. If you're hunting in fairly close country I'd go for a 12 gauge slug gun. For open country (200+ m visibility) I like a Tikka T3 in 30-06, loaded with an off the shelf Nosler 200 grain. But that's me, and I only have experience with Canadian black bears.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 15:22:34 No.458665 Report

Quoted By: >>458899

Why would you use a rifle on a bear.

get a shotgun.
purchase slugs
walk innawoods
bears will usually find you given enough time/location. honestly you just get lucky
aim for neck.

Be careful though. I find that a lot of americans view their gunz as all powerful godly smite batons.
Ive watched bears take two slugs and not even take a knee. just kinda looked back at us. then took off.

source: i live in Atlantic Canada

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 15:30:41 No.458667 Report

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>>458474
As others are saying, it will be suitable, but depending on your location and how you are hunting there could be better options. Where do you live? Where do you intend to hunt?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Feb 2015 15:32:40 No.458670 Report

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>>458474
I have a 7mm08. It's a great deer gun but I wouldn't use it for larger game when there are more suitable options. Plus ammo is usually ~$35 for 20 rds. Since you're new to hunting and probably want an all around rifle I'd go with 30-06. It's cheap, common, and gives you the flexibility to hunt just about any large game.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Feb 2015 00:39:17 No.458899 Report

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>>458665

>bears find you.

Only if you aren't careful with your pic-a-nik baskets

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Feb 2015 02:05:04 No.458925 Report

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>>458474
>Black bear
.30-30 plus. 7mm-08 would be great

>Brown bear
.30-06 or 7mm Rem Mag and up. You don't really need to go crazy with it. Also consider before investing in a huge ass caliber specifically for grizzlies, unless you live in an area with plentiful browns and good LEH opportunities, the hunts are really expensive, guided and one of those "once in a lifetime" things. Also, fucking eat it. Wanton waste should apply to grizzlies but unfortunately it's not a legal obligation at least here in BC.

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Anonymous Thu 05 Feb 2015 02:43:36 No.458936 Report

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>>458474
should be good enough. if you want an ar style rifle, a .308win would be a good choice also. many companies make them. something else to look at. windham weaponry came out with one recently.
>>458481
/k/ does guns yes. but this anon will be using his gun to hunt something. so i think it falls into /out/s realm. people on /k/ would see 7mm-08 and say something about fuddshit and get 7.62xnugget. i saved the anon some time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Feb 2015 03:12:42 No.458950 Report

Quoted By: >>458960

/k/ please don't move in, we actually quite like nature here

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Feb 2015 03:33:35 No.458960 Report

Quoted By: >>460487

>>458950

So do hunters. That's why you'll find that any wildlife conservation efforts in North America that are worth a damn, are mainly funded by them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Feb 2015 04:24:54 No.458979 Report

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Get up close and personal and shoot with a bow. If that ain't your thing a 45-70 is usualy a one shot smack down

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Feb 2015 05:16:00 No.459015 Report

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>>458474
I use a browning A-bolt
7mm-08
I use it for deer hunting primarily, I would say though that this round with a ballistic hollow-point would be very effective for brown bear hunting accurate at
50m-300m

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Feb 2015 22:39:03 No.460190 Report

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how to skin and treat the hide guide?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Feb 2015 02:04:59 No.460263 Report

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We would skin like another animal being careful not to knick the hide, then fold the skin up, freeze it, and let a taxidermist take care of the rest.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 08 Feb 2015 14:54:44 No.460487 Report

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>>458960
I like when a club in the US offered a few millions to hunt an old sick rhino outside it's breeding age and people flipped their shit. And that money was going to help fight poaching and protect the wildlife.

In the end peace loving people wanted to kill the hunter and they never donated a single penny to help the conservation agency that was going to profit from the death of an old sick rhino...

Back to OP, I'd recommend anything in a 45-70govt round

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Feb 2015 16:39:46 No.460508 Report

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>>458474
Don't get an R25

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Zed !ZF41dz6F/Y Mon 09 Feb 2015 00:31:30 No.460786 Report

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>>460487
There's something very off-putting about that chicks mouth.

I mean, I'd still pee in her butt, I'm just sayin'. She's got like a Jack Nicholson Joker mouth or some shit.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 09 Feb 2015 01:16:56 No.460818 Report

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>>458474
Mother fucker grin that shit down like Davy Crockett

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Feb 2015 02:28:26 No.460849 Report

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>>458474
>/k/ reporting in

varies depending on which bear and at what range, but you can't go wrong with a .45-70

The 7mm-08 would be fine for black bears, same with a .308. For brown bears you might want to go with something heavier, I'd get a Tikka T3 in 9.3x62mm
http://www.tikka.fi/rifles/tikka-t3/t3-laminated-stainless

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