Originally Posted by bellydeep
Originally Posted by 458Win
But there is no reason that anyone, of any sex, interested and tough enough to actualy hunt bear on Kodiak should not be interested and tough enough to learn to competently handle at least a .270, 308 or 30-06.


This maybe brings up another issue. Does SHE was to hunt brown bear or do YOU want her to hunt brown bear?

I'm having a hard time conjuring up the mental image of a woman who wants to go after brown bear as her first big game animal.


Yep!

I've hunted with my wife for quite a few years. My first son hunted his first moose on his own tag at the age of 10. (I started him shooting a 270 #1-A to get ready for moose hunting, switching from light 100 grain loads, to heftier loads of the same bullet. And he shot heavy charges of H4831 with 140 A-Frames for hunting.) Six years later, I'd take him bear hunting, but my wife probably won't ever be ready. Bears aren't the same as shooting apples.

Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.