Posted on 11/01/2013 6:16:31 AM PDT by marktwain
You might climb a tree I would have help the dog and hopefully killed the bear before it had a chance to harm me or the dog.
“rough grouse?” Never heard of that species. Do they join gangs or something?
TC
I wonder if it’s a regional variation of “Ruffed” grouse?
After reading about the effectiveness of firearms against big brownies, I decided I didn’t really want to hike in Alaska.
We have several Spring bear stands that we bait. My kids have shot over 20 blk bear last 4-5 years, biggest 350 lbs with a 6.8 Stag Ar; 110 grain TTSX's, 28 grains H-322. They run 10-20 yards let out their death bawl. Indian friends down Ft. Yukon killed a sow polar bear a few years back with an old .556 Ar. My nephew killed a grizzly bear this fall with my 308 Scar, 165 A-frames. Rural Alaska, people have used cheap old military guns for many years, so the transition to the newer Ar platforms is quite acceptable to most.
I actually know some of the people on "Life below Zero" & "Yukon Men". You are seeing how they really live, but it's played up for Reality TV for sure. That one guy that has his Eskimo wife shoot everything. He can't be seen with a gun, cause he knocked the crap outta state cop a few years back and isn't allowed to touch a gun; the law is waiting for him to be seen shooting something; then they'll be after him again, regular vendetta, ha ha. Ya know, I dvr them shows and sit back and laugh at all the hocus pocus, but I watch them too.
“One doesnt have the time to change ammo in a situation like this.”
You could use a double. Bird shot in one barrel, buckshot in the other.
Kind of a sparse pattern for the grouse on the second shot, but has good hitting power way out there...
Could be. I did a search and couldn’t locate anything.
I know of some one who use to do that killed a groused on the fly with the buck shot load.
there’s trouble a bruin.
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