Sluggin for Bears

[22x11]

just to get you fired up for next bear season...

30yd shots over bait, Choices

20ga 2 3/4" 5/8 or 3/4oz Rifled Slug
12ga 2 3/4" 1oz Rifled Slug
12ga 2 3/4" 7/8oz Sabot Slug
12ga 3" 1 1/4oz Rifled Slug
10ga 3 1/2" 1 7/8" Rifled Slug

Just for fun but what would you take?

[fratri]

just to get you fired up for next bear season...

30yd shots over bait, Choices

20ga 2 3/4" 5/8 or 3/4oz Rifled Slug
12ga 2 3/4" 1oz Rifled Slug
12ga 2 3/4" 7/8oz Sabot Slug
12ga 3" 1 1/4oz Rifled Slug
10ga 3 1/2" 1 7/8" Rifled Slug

Just for fun but what would you take?

The red one... with 30 yds a 1" slug with make a nice hole and has plenty of knock down power

[pbonura]

Why 30 yards... I would choice a rifle at 30 yards. Never know when a bear shows up at last light. If you have to use a slug I would use a saboted slug at 30 yards. More accurate. All 5 choices will harvest a bear if you hit it.

[Final Flight]

Any of those listed will work, whatever you have confidence in.

[22x11]

30yd is how far the stands are to the bait.
ive got access to lots of rifles 3006 7mm and the like but I like the idea of a challenge.

[oaknut]

A slug at 30 yards wont make it any more of a challenge over a rifle. Even with modern archery equipment thats not at all a stretch. Now maybe a patch and ball flinter?? All those slugs = a dead bear.

[huntinguy]

I hear stories of slugs out to 100 yards.

[Fox]

Any one of those would make a big hole in a bear at 30 yards.
No need for an "accurate" sabot at that range, dumb slugs with a bead sight are generally 2-3in groups at 30 yards, no need to be any better than that.

Oh wait, I meant to say, you cannot kill a bear with a shotgun, you need a 375 H&H as a minimum

[huntinguy]

Any one of those would make a big hole in a bear at 30 yards.
No need for an "accurate" sabot at that range, dumb slugs with a bead sight are generally 2-3in groups at 30 yards, no need to be any better than that.

Oh wait, I meant to say, you cannot kill a bear with a shotgun, you need a 375 H&H as a minimum

Strange. I always heard that .50 bmg was minimum for bear? lol

[Fox]

Strange. I always heard that .50 bmg was minimum for bear? lol

With proper bullet construction you can now go down to the 375 H&H, just make sure you are using a Nosler Partition.