Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Copper ammo and black bear—30-06 or 6.5 creedmoor?

I don't know diddly about hunting bear except they are big game. They look to be as thick or thicker than hogs. To me anything 6.5 I consider a deer or medium game rifle or good for medium game. From what I've read on forums the advantage of a Creedmoor is distance. They shoot High BC heavy for caliber bullets at relatively high down range velocity. What I read here is that most bear are killed at shorter distances. So for bear I can't see any advantage with a 6.5 Creedmoor over an 06. Inside 300 yards an 06 is going to trump a 6.5 Creedmoor in energy and any other parameter probably including velocity. I think marketing has blown the capabilities of the 6.5s and more especially the Creedmoor way out of proportion. They have their strong point's but so do many other cartridges. Take the 06 bear hunting.