I can’t see why you would need more than a 30-06 for black bear and small deer. Dang any standard deer caliber should work fine. There are no brown bear on POW correct?? So why all the talk of big calibers?? Never been there so maybe I’m missing something, but don’t see why you need a 300 or 338 to kill black bears. Sounds like lots of wet weather and thick stuff. Something stainless/synthetic and shorter barrel ?! Only killed one black bear that weighed 425lbs with a bow so not an expert or anything. I’d take my model 7 243 to be honest. Light, short, and stainless.
Might be onto something.
