Best of luck to you, white eagle. Make sure to take pics. I'm wishing that I had a tag this year. Still building up points
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Best of luck to you, white eagle. Make sure to take pics. I'm wishing that I had a tag this year. Still building up points
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going to Mellen, WI. will see, he has some nice bears on trail camera's
from earlier this summer
Make sure to post pics!!! What ever alloy you use will kill a black bear. They aren't any harder to kill than a deer. I'd be using my 16:1 pewter and pure alloy or 50/50 alloy in a cast HP if I were me because I'd want expansion and energy transfer for a quick recovery and blood trail if needed. I have 10 or 11 points now but looking for a place in a/A1 to go. Im on the MN/IA boarder so I'm on the opposite side of our state's Bear population. Got drawn for bobcat this year. I have a few bog ones on trail camera so it will keep me busy. They magically started showing up a couple years ago and now keep coming by my trail cams.. Plan on trapping instead of calling since my period is during bow and gun deer season. Think I'll give my 300 RUM a brake and use my Remington 7600 35 whelen when I get drawn next time around.
I am getting excellent expansion with 20-1 alloy so there is no need for a h.p.
I have nothing against them, I own quite a few h.p. molds
I am taking a Marlin Guide Gun as a back up rifle (ya never know)
cast with a Accurate Molds (https://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet...bullet=46-420C)
Sledgehammer out of 16-1, this mold I had Tom design and catalog
For the 450-600# bear common here in NC, I use 50/50 coww/soww+ 2%tin for my 435gr 500 Linebaugh @ 1350. Haven't recovered one yet, but the damage is significant.
Any luck yet?
My 20/1 alloy and 400 gr boolit proved to be to soft
at 1800 fps it made a massive entrance hole and a 3/4" exit hole
no h.p needed and would not recommend using one
I would much rather see that expansion inside the animal so I should have
went with a harder alloy which had been recommended but I went with the accuracy
with the set up I was using for this hunt
now in hind sight I also think the 500 gr boolit may have been a better choice
for penetration on tough shoulder shots and bone breaking capabilities
Any photos of the bear?
yes but unfortunately they are on my phone and I can't put them on my puter
but I will ask my son he knows this stuff