What have you taken bear with?

[Ridge_Runner]

6mm, 7mm/08, 280 (2), 7mm STW, 348 win. (3), 375 JDJ, 458 socom
don't remember what I used on the rest of them.

 

[Alaska]

30/06
300 Win Mag
45/70
44 Mag Handgun
30/30 Win (Win 94) my first real deer and black bear rifle.
348 Win
350 Rem Mag ( Rem 600) the best stand bait site gun those 200gr PSP are great on black bear. If the bullet doesn’t kill them the muzzle blast will knock them over !

 

[8MMX57JS]

-8x57js (8mm mauser)-Horn 150,170,195gr interlocks, 180gr NBT, 200gr NAB, 196gr Norma Dual core, 170gr Speer Hot-cor
-30-06- 180gr Serria RN
-308 win-165gr Nosler Ballistic tip
-7x64-175gr Horn Interlock
-338 Win Mag- 250gr Nosler Partition
-6.5x55 Swede-140gr Serria GK Spbt
-9.3x62- 285Gr PPU SP

 

[Blkram]

Some nice bears 8MM

 

[Alaska]

 

[Guy Miner]

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I see that you keep your wall-bear plugged in and ready for instant deployment to deal with intruders. Good call.

Okay, it's a nice rug, I like it. Amazing how much wall or floor space a bear rug can occupy.

Regards, Guy

 

[IdahoCTD]

I've shot them with a 300WSM, 300wm, 358STA, 416 Rem, .458 Lott, and .460 Weatherby. I'm pretty sure there are others, as I use to bait a ton in the 90's and early 2000's, but I can't remember them. Too much death to keep track of it all

I know we had one bait on private property that the landowner wanted to kill as many bears as we could off of. We shot 12 of the 14 bears that came to the bait. We had a bunch of kids shoot their first bear off that bait. One of the 2 that got away was the coolest color bear I've ever seen. It was a strawberry blonde. It's back was a bright red that faded into blonde on its legs. I was ready for him one night but it seems he knew something was up and never showed himself long enough for me to dispatch him/her.

 

[Guy Miner]

Some big boomer bear rifles there Idaho! Awesome.

Guy

 

[IdahoCTD]

A 460 Weatherby with modified Cutting Edge brass bullets going 3400fps turns a bear into a wet noodle. I saw that happen many times.

 

[JD338]

A 460 Weatherby with modified Cutting Edge brass bullets going 3400fps turns a bear into a wet noodle. I saw that happen many times.

Ya just gotta love all that Horse Power getting dumped into a critter.

JD338

 

[Alaska]

I see that you keep your wall-bear plugged in and ready for instant deployment to deal with intruders. Good call.

Okay, it's a nice rug, I like it. Amazing how much wall or floor space a bear rug can occupy.

Regards, Guy

I call it my bear guard !
He went in Safariland record book 1994 he ranked 62nd now who knows ! interior Black bear 20”

 

[Guy Miner]

I call it my bear guard !
He went in Safariland record book 1994 he ranked 62nd now who knows ! interior Black bear 20”

That's a big ol' noggin on a black bear!

Guy

 

[8MMX57JS]

Another bear taken last evening. 180gr Barnes TSX at 2780fps out of the 8x57 did the trick. Dropped on the spot.

 

[Guy Miner]

Excellent!

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Nice one. Dan.

 

[Alaska]

That's a big ol' noggin on a black bear!

Guy

My late taxidermist had to use a Grizzly skull for the Rug. I have seen 3 bigger since 1994 in interior Alaska while hunting but let them walk now it’s over $200 a foot to get rug made ! The biggest black bear I have ever seen actually came out of a NC swamp.

 

[Heavy Barrel]

My brother has always said his wife acts like a bear when she first gets up, so does a wedding ring count for taking a bear?

 

[Alaska]

My brother has always said his wife acts like a bear when she first gets up, so does a wedding ring count for taking a bear?

Depends a good bear will weight over 400 lbs.

 

[Alaska]

45/70 with my beloved 350gr Speer FN handload in Marlin
30/06
308 win
30-30 Win 94

 

[ShadeTree]

Only one I ever took was with a bow. Passed several over bait and we trees some with dogs but the one I took was over water while hunting elk. ( I had a multi season tag) View attachment 17905View attachment 17906View attachment 17908View attachment 17907

Firebird, quite and accomplishment with a bow. Congratulations on a fine bear! The bears you said are treed sometimes, do you have hounds?