Myself and 3 friends bought a bear outfitting service in Saskatchewan. We were told the bears were big , lots of them and there not afraid of you. The fishing was said to be unreal . This was our first year going up to see the area, hunt it and see what we had. We just returned from 2 1/2 weeks in the bush I am happy to say its all true. I had planned on recovering bullets and reporting on there performance unfortunately the only 2 recoverable bullets I failed to recover but I will report anyway.
My bear was a big black , shot with a 45-70 Marlin 1895G . I used 350 gr. Hornady bullets hand loaded with a max charge of H4895 should have been around 1800fps. I hit him 3 times , shot 1 was broadside tight behind the shoulder pass thru at a range of 10yds. after the shot he spun and loped off . Shot 2 (30yds or so) quartering away caught him just behind the ribs and exited ahead of the shoulder. shot 3 pretty much straight away (40 yards ) hit him in the ham and didn't exit I was taking care of the hide and didn't get a chance to dig for it. Both bullets that exited left bullet fragments in the exit holes. bear went about 50 yards total.
My friend Charlie's bear , a big cinnamon was shot with a 300 win mag , a gun I sold him , at a range of 7 yards he used 180 gr Accubonds shot 1 broke its back and didn't exit despite much searching I couldn't recover this bullet. My guess is that it held together over expanded which has been my experience with Accubonds up close. he shot it a 2nd time in the neck that bullet passed thru.
3 other bears where shot on the trip they where all about 300 lbs. 2 were shot with 338 Win Mags. and 250 Partions. One was a little grumpy and got to close for comfort it was shot twice both pass thru's , range was up close and personal. The other was shot on a bait at a range of 15 yards one shot thru the shoulders did the trick . Pass thru. The third bear , Laura's bear , was shot with a 7mm08 not sure what ammo I believe the bullet weight was 150gr I'll try to find out. pass thru broad side bear went 30 yards.
we still have some nice ones up there too.
My bear was a big black , shot with a 45-70 Marlin 1895G . I used 350 gr. Hornady bullets hand loaded with a max charge of H4895 should have been around 1800fps. I hit him 3 times , shot 1 was broadside tight behind the shoulder pass thru at a range of 10yds. after the shot he spun and loped off . Shot 2 (30yds or so) quartering away caught him just behind the ribs and exited ahead of the shoulder. shot 3 pretty much straight away (40 yards ) hit him in the ham and didn't exit I was taking care of the hide and didn't get a chance to dig for it. Both bullets that exited left bullet fragments in the exit holes. bear went about 50 yards total.
My friend Charlie's bear , a big cinnamon was shot with a 300 win mag , a gun I sold him , at a range of 7 yards he used 180 gr Accubonds shot 1 broke its back and didn't exit despite much searching I couldn't recover this bullet. My guess is that it held together over expanded which has been my experience with Accubonds up close. he shot it a 2nd time in the neck that bullet passed thru.
3 other bears where shot on the trip they where all about 300 lbs. 2 were shot with 338 Win Mags. and 250 Partions. One was a little grumpy and got to close for comfort it was shot twice both pass thru's , range was up close and personal. The other was shot on a bait at a range of 15 yards one shot thru the shoulders did the trick . Pass thru. The third bear , Laura's bear , was shot with a 7mm08 not sure what ammo I believe the bullet weight was 150gr I'll try to find out. pass thru broad side bear went 30 yards.
we still have some nice ones up there too.
