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.325 wsm Montana wouldn't be too bad a sheep carrry and plenty for big big stuff.


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I recommend researching what kind of terrain and you'll be hunting in to estimate likely shooting distance. The 30-06, as long as you trust it's accuracy and shoot it accurately, will do a great job on traditional sheep, goat, and caribou from long range. And it'll work well enough if you come across a legal moose or need to deal with a bear on those hunts.

Moose is a whole 'nother subject. Some places a short range shot is reliable, other places you can't get close. Sometimes they answer calls and will come within 50 yards or the terrain doesn't allow even long range view. Other times the terrain and vegetation, and if they're not answering calls makes a long distance shot "necessary" to filling the freezer. For example, moose love playing peek-a-bou between 10 foot high thick alders and marshy grassy openings, all on a consistent slope and the closest little hill high enough to see them may be 400 yards away.

The perfect moose gun for one area may be a 45-70 while a sleek bullet at magnum velocity is needed for another. It's hard to say where on that spectrum is right for you until you find a couple good moose hunting spots you'll always want to return to.

Personally, I chose a 375 ruger because of it's great handiness and effect at short range, it's still-impressive long range ability, and it came in an ideal platform for me for $650. As much as I "want" a 30-06, 300, 338, 416, or 458, I can't see me on reaching for anything but that 375 on my way out.

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Unless you just want to get another rifle or are actually planning on hunting Kodiak for bear you don't need any thing more than the 06. Granted if I was hiking around Kodiak all time I'd probably be caring a short light bolt action like a ruger .338 or .375 ruger, maybe a .350 rem mag, or .358 norma mag but other wise I'd load some good 200, 220 swift a frames in the 30-06.

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