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Game Camera Pictures from MN North Woods - Black Bears
8/27/2010 2:09:50 AM
My sister's boyfriend grew up in the iron range area in MN, great black bear country. They do bear hunting and they offered to bait for me this year. Of course I had to take them up on it and luckily I won the lottery, hopefully my brother gets drawn next year. Anyways I was up there last week when we started baiting and here are some of the pics we got.
So now I have to decide if I shoot him with a 308 Win using a 180 gr Nosler Partition or a 12 gauge slug from a rifled barrel. I will be shooting from a stand close to the bait sight so 50 yards would be the longest shot I could imagine having to take. I have 600 grain Brenneke Black Magic Magnums and 385 grain Rem Core Lokt Ultras which have 1000 ft/lbs more energy at 50 yards than the Brennekes. I wish I had realized this when I bought the Brennekes, they looked good because they are 600 grains and have a black bear on the box but oh well, I'll use them for something.
So now I have to decide if I shoot him with a 308 Win using a 180 gr Nosler Partition or a 12 gauge slug from a rifled barrel. I will be shooting from a stand close to the bait sight so 50 yards would be the longest shot I could imagine having to take. I have 600 grain Brenneke Black Magic Magnums and 385 grain Rem Core Lokt Ultras which have 1000 ft/lbs more energy at 50 yards than the Brennekes. I wish I had realized this when I bought the Brennekes, they looked good because they are 600 grains and have a black bear on the box but oh well, I'll use them for something.
8/29/2010 12:57:56 AM
don't worry so much about the round. both of the rounds you have listed will stop the bear in its tracks if you hit the vitals.
when choosing I would look more at the gun and hunting conditions then the round(not to say that the round isn't important).
I have a mossy M590A1, but my mini-SASS in 6.8SPC is a bit handier for me while sitting in my stand all ghillied up.
when choosing I would look more at the gun and hunting conditions then the round(not to say that the round isn't important).
I have a mossy M590A1, but my mini-SASS in 6.8SPC is a bit handier for me while sitting in my stand all ghillied up.
