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.30-06. What are .257 Bee & .300 Bee?
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Deer are somewhere all the time
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Spring bear, ~450lbs, .25-06 and 100gr TSX ![[Linked Image]](http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/110/67b77656cc444fb18a47e68e86af233d/l.jpg)
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Stands over bait, So would a .25 caliber be ok? Since Steelhead hasn't posted, I'll do it for him and hope he'll forgive me: ![[Linked Image]](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/Shoalcove/Bear/May251.jpg) 250 AI
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.30-06. What are .257 Bee & .300 Bee? That is WEATHER-bee  .
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Mr Smith, that certainly is a nice bear.
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Thanks. I had horrible visions of a 218 Bee necked up.
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From the rifles you listed, I'd pick between the 270 and 30-06.
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.32 (As in, .32 Winchester Special).
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The .257 110 gr accubonds work great on black bear up 500lbs I have seen this first hand. If they are treed buckshot and slugs are hell on them too!
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Anything medium and up would be ideal. They are not made of steel, but I will say that bear muscle is the most dense muscle you can come across this side of the pond. Let your skill dictate the range. Ive used 300 Wby, 45-70, 30-06 all worked well with NPT, Speer Sp and Hornady BTSP respectively.
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From the rifles you listed, I'd pick between the 270 and 30-06. Either one....the bears in New Brunswick are just like the one's across the border in Northern Maine, and years past we killed a lot of them;mostly with the 270 and 30/06. I'd take the 270 myself,just to piss off the guys who hate it.....  Jordan that bear is a toad!
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BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. ~ Ephesians 6:10
Socialism is a philosophy of failure,
the creed of ignorance,
and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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Yeah...the Americans love it too...but they also voted Obama into office..... Just sayin'.....  Damn- I hate it when Ingwe "touche's" us. (Pardon my French....) Didn't notice the black bears died or ate any different between the .243, .270. '06, or .30-30, myself...
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Any of your available calibers would be fine with any number of reasonably constructed bullets. Of your choices listed I would opt whatever one you shoot best that will group a middle to upper weight partion or TSX.
For my bear hunting I use either my .300 WSM or .338 RUM and shoot shoulders as I shoot them well and they deliver when asked with extra to spare.
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Here are my choices, .257 Bee, .270 Win,30-06, 300 win,.300 Bee. I believe most shots would be under 100 yards. Under a hundred go big and slow! .338 fed, 35 Whelen!
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I thought bear hunting was a great excuse to use my .375... It worked.
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I thought bear hunting was a great excuse to use my .375... It worked. Exactly why I got my .338 RUM. Had no real need but had about 20lbs of R25 on hand and a 210 TSX doing around 3350 fps sure do impress bears and elk. May have to shoot a deer with it just to be sure it doesn't bounce off em.
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Of the cal. mentioned by the OP, .30-06 with a good bullet[ie: NP or TSX].
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Black bear are not difficult to kill, at all. As a guide and hunter, I've seen over one hundred fifty black bears killed and they're pretty much a "push over" when hit properly. Truly, a .270 or .30-'06 is plenty enough gun for black bear.
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In that case, the .32 Special is too much gun. Make it a .30 WCF.
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