for varmints I shoot 55 gr Nosler BT's and for larger game the 85 gr. Barnes TSX. 4831. but we recently tried 8202 xbr
that is a great powder. Same results over a grain diff in charge.
when I shot mine! I used a .300 Win. Mag and shot him right behind the ear. Down he went. Used a Barnes X bullet
4 years later my wife did the same thing![/img]
with a quota of only 1700 statewide , the bear population is expanding faster than we can shoot them. The quots used to be met after Christmas, now its the second week of Dec.! They need to make it state wide 3000 bears per calendar year. More people would buy bear tags and maybe we could thin...