Author Topic: Best Rifle for Black Bear (Read 1875 times)

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #60 on:** June 29, 2006, 05:19:37 PM »

Just one good shot with this.

With a bit of luck this also makes a nice pool in ur garden.

good luck

bolo · « **Reply #61 on:** June 29, 2006, 06:03:09 PM »

i dont know how many of you guys hunt..but here in maine it is common for them"bears" to be dropped with 30/30..ie..winchester model 94 or marlin 336c

LePaul · « **Reply #62 on:** June 29, 2006, 07:31:00 PM »

Where in Maine are ya, bolo?

Speed55 · « **Reply #63 on:** June 29, 2006, 08:34:05 PM »

Remember to aim high, as in head or neck!!

You could empty a clip into a bears body and miss it's vitals. At that point when you turn to run, and slip on the yellow tinted mud you just created under your feet, the bloody bear will probably claw the skin off your back, and bite half your head off..... or he might run away too.

why take the chance right...

storch · « **Reply #64 on:** June 29, 2006, 08:35:53 PM »

what is a "clip"

Midnight · « **Reply #65 on:** June 29, 2006, 08:41:21 PM »

OK... Thanks for all the responses guys. Some comical stuff too.

For the animal lovers and anti-shoot the bear guys, calm down some. So far, the bear has only been around three times, all during night-time hours when we (myself, wife and two dogs) have been in the house.

I guess the bear likes the suet feeder on the back porch (small size about 5" square intened for the birds) We've been taking the bird feeders in at night to discourage the bear from coming back.

Any case, the bear was at the house the other morning at 6:30 AM when we let the dogs out and my wife goes out to put the feeders on their hangers again. The bear was on the ground at the base of the back deck, and we didn't know it until the dogs went crazy running down the deck stairs after it.

Fortunately, the bear saw fit to run instead of tangle with the dogs (one 6yo black lab @65 lbs and one 5yo black lab mut @63 lbs - small for labs anyway)

As far as I'm concerned, the bear can hang out all it wants and do what it wants as long as it doesn't threaten life and limb of anyone. Because it doesn't come around during the day and runs off as soon as the dogs are in the yard, animal control hasn't done anything with it yet.

I have no intention of firing unless I have to in an emergency situation. However, if I have to, I want to make sure I shoot with something that will be effective even in a panic situation (where I may not have the best aim I might usually have) - I can also shoot almost any direction from my back yard without risk of hitting anything but trees. I've got 7.5 acres, and after that its all woods for at least another 2000 yards.

Golfer · « **Reply #66 on:** June 29, 2006, 09:38:47 PM »

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Originally posted by storch
what is a "clip"

M-1 Garand Clip:

Not to be confused with a magazine which is a usually metal box that holds the rounds like on an M-16

loser · « **Reply #67 on:** June 29, 2006, 09:49:56 PM »

Midnight..... you have a GD security bear.

Really though, try changing the suet to plain seeds? The birds might ***** but still...

personally i'd make friends with the damned thing...i mean...free bear...not everyone gets that chance

Bluedog · « **Reply #68 on:** June 29, 2006, 10:19:17 PM »

And you guys reckon Aussie wildlife is dangerous 'cause of a few creepy crawlies.

At least we dont have bloody great carnivores eyeing off our womenfolk

You need one of these. It's only a .22 and probably wont work real well on black bear, but damn it'll look cool mounted on the porch rail.

http://www.machineguns.co.nz/Products.shtml
http://www.machineguns.co.nz/movies/Gatling.mpg

AWMac · « **Reply #69 on:** June 29, 2006, 10:21:53 PM »

Didn't know Black Bears liked rifles... but knew they had the "Right to Bear Arms"..

*runs fer the door.....duckin*

Mac

OOZ662 · « **Reply #70 on:** June 29, 2006, 11:12:05 PM »

How many times does that joke have to be posted in one thread? Jeeze...

bolo · « **Reply #71 on:** June 29, 2006, 11:25:35 PM »

i'm from bridgton lepaul..tho i grew up in sebago lake..right now in the process of buying a house in porter

Neubob · « **Reply #72 on:** June 30, 2006, 12:39:00 AM »

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Originally posted by AWMac
Didn't know Black Bears liked rifles... but knew they had the "Right to Bear Arms"..

*runs fer the door.....duckin*

Mac

Shame on you.

Angus · « **Reply #73 on:** June 30, 2006, 04:58:27 AM »

BTW, in Greenland they use 30 - 30. Isn't that just the old 30 cal?
Oh, that's for the polar bear, which is much bigger than black bear.
The penetration power is required for angles where you do NOT have a good shot.

Morpheus · « **Reply #74 on:** June 30, 2006, 09:12:54 AM »

lol what's with all the assult rifle sugestions?

The thing is not a brown bear, its a big fat black dog with thicker skin.