I only hunted them one time. Didn't get one. I carried a 348 Winchester, M71.
My brother-in-law (who lives in Alaska) used an Iron-Sighted Winchester M70 30-06 with 220 grain bullets every year and said in 30 years he's never had a shot over 200 yards. That's what he uses on moose, black bears, grizzly's wolves and caribou. He moved there in 1974 and it's the only rifle he owns, and the only one he's ever owned. yet he never seems to have much problem filling the freezer.
When I hunted them I hit them between the herds moving I guess, and we had only 3 days to hunt.
Of the 5 of us on that 3 day hunt, none of us got one and we only saw one herd on the 3rd day out at about 2 miles just about 90 minutes before it got dark. Rifles carried were one 348 Winchester with peep sight, one 30-06 with irons, 0ne 308 with a 2.5X scope, One 270 with a 3X-9X scope and one 7MM Mag with a 3X-9x scope. No shots fired at all.
My brother in law told me that my peep-sighted M71 was 100% ok and I believe him. But you have to find them no matter what you carry. I didn't
