It had some annoying accuracy problems before a hunting trip a bunch of years ago and I couldn't get an appointment with a gunsmith in time to get it re-bedded. Shooting more means keeping it affordable and being able to spend more time at the range.Ī 30-06, which was my first "real" hunting rifle (Winchester Model 70 Classic) and I used it a lot, and shot it a lot at the range, reloaded for it and so on. It's better to shoot more, and not less, to become proficient at shooting. I did shoot a moose last year with a 6.5 Creedmoor. The majority of the animals I’ve killed over the last 35 years have been with a 308. If not a Bowie knife tomahawk or similar secondhand defence weapon is recommended by me. Usually I carry my rifle and I have my small side-by-side 12 gauge on my back. Also and this is just a personal preference most people don’t do this I always carry a second gun for back up when bear hunting. I spent a lot of time practising with my 6.5 Creedmoor this off-season and I am very confident in bear season this year. Find something you’re very comfortable with shooting get really good with it and hunt with that. Honestly a 308 is plenty sufficient for anything on the island unless you want to go a little heavier for elk but like most have said it’s about shot placement. I am planning a missed hunt in August with a group of people I will be taking my 4570 for that hunt because I want something that has enough power to knock it down in one shot without any screwing around, And because there is grizzlies in the area. For deer on the island I always used my 308 as well and Never had any issues or my crossbow. This year I am shooting 6.5 Creedmoor which I don’t think is enough for moose personally but I don’t have the experience to say that 100%. Ive shot them with a crossbow that also works great. I have also shot them with 12 gauge slugs. I killed quite a few with that gun and most of them didn’t go far. I hunted island blackbear for years with a 308. I know a well placed shot with all these calibers will do the trick but any opinions out there? I had one older guy said "Oh you're new to hunting? You don't have a 300 win mag do you? It seems like all the new hunters are using them" as he scoffed at "new hunters" who do this. I stop and talk to other hunters as I pass them, to see how their hunt is going and if they have any good advice. Is the 300 too much? If I only want 1 hunting rifle, and am hunting all sizes of game in BC? It seems like the way to go. I'm looking to upgrade my rifle a bit, looking for a cerakote finish in 30-06, 7mm rm, or 300 win mag. I'm a fairly new hunter, I have a couple seasons under my belt. Shot placement counts for a lot, and only then does "shock value" come into it. Then at that point, you have to admit to yourself you have developed a flinch and spend a lot of time "disciplining" yourself at the range to get rid of it.īut, there are folks who shoot a 300 win mag damn well also. (and they are "big guys", all over 6ft and 200+ pounds) Then they go the 300 mag route, and sure enough, they just don shoot like they did before. They just develop a flinch they never had before if they used the rifles i stated above. The recoil on a win mag "does" make some folks worse at shooting overtime. I do have a 300 Win Mag, that i did buy for elk specifically, but i find some days, i still just take the 270, its lighter and i have had a lot of success with it. Only issue i had was the bullet not going thru and thru at 200+ yard shots on elk, which, if they did take off, blood tracking was really tough then. I am not sure why it became so popular, in my opinion, i think it was the fear of being in Grizz Country to be honest in some places of BC.įor most game, a 30/06 was great caliber for things up to Moose.Īnd, if you wanted an all around gun, for sheep and goat, a 270 Win was great. Yes, for the most part, it is "too much gun" for most game.ĭad last fall took a shot at a MD with a 300 Win Mag, and there wasn't anything left of the shoulders to be honest.
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