Brooks range grizz vs 308

[jofes]

308 with 168 ttsx, looking at a sheep rifle that's light but also can take grizz under 400 yards, more specifically a brooks grizz, I have a 10 and 13 lbl 308 and a 6 lbl 6.5 creed, I feel like the 30 cal ttsx would be bullet I would choose even if I went up to an 06 or win mag, would you feal okay taking the 308 or would you bump up the powder volume?

 

[kct802]

I would bump up. Not to say the 308 won't do the job. but the minute you are blood trailing, you are gonna have doubt in your mind and wish you had bumped up. That is a massive animal.

 

[204guy]

You'll be fine with a 308, the bears up there aren't that big, they're not coastal browns. I killed one up their with a 260 w/ 120ttsx, no drama, dead bear.

 

[jhm2023]

The 308 with a Barnes will be plenty. Personally I'd choose the 6lb 6.5 with 127gr LRX over a heavier weight 308 for anything in the Brooks. The bears up there aren't particularly large and its not typical to encounter them in thick brush that far north as there isn't much thick brush. This is one of a few taken im the Brooks with a 7mm 140gr ttsx.

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[adventure907]

As the above guys mentioned, the 308 is just fine, but I certainly wouldn't want to be humping around a 10-13 pound rifle on a sheep hunt. I shoot the 165 ttsx in my 300, it is a fantastic bullet.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I use a 308 for pretty much all my backpack type hunts and feel pretty comfortable with it. The 168g barns or 166g hammer are both good matches for the 308 and what you are talking about.

 

[Blockcaver]

I was bowhunting moose and caribou on the North slope of the Brooks Range quite a few years ago. We used a transporter to run us up a river a half a day in a jet boat. It was piloted by a young guy Mike.

When Mike returned to get us he said he’d filled his grizzly tag. Pretty decent boar for the North Slope, probably a 400#er give or take was the estimate. Shot with a Remington 600 .243 (18.5” barrel) using Corelok bullets broadside in the lungs. At that camp the sheep guide and boat pilot both carried .243s.

Good luck on your hunt.

 

[Jbehredt]

I’m taking a .308 to the north slope in August. Asked my guide if he’d be willing to tell me I “needed” to buy a bigger gun. No dice. As mentioned earlier these aren’t 1000lb coastal browns.

 

[longbarrel]

You say you are comfortable and experienced with the .308, and those are very important considerations. If I were nervous and wanting to bump up anything, I would go to a larger caliber, but the case capacity is OK--338 Federal would be my choice. Ken Waters felt the .338-08 and 338-06 were better than the .30 and .35 alternatives for those case sizes, and he knew a lot.

 

[AK Troutbum]

I'd have no problem taking a .308 bear hunting in the Brooks. I've never specifically went after grizzlies with a .308, but that's just because I'm not big into bear hunting and I have other rifles that I prefer if I do go after bears. It's been over 15 years since I've bear hunted in the Brooks range, but I have killed two bears up there (used a .375 H&H), but I didn't own a .308 at the time. I have since bought a .308 and used it down on Kodiak this past year goat hunting, and although it wouldn't be my rifle of choice for Kodiak brown bears, I did kill a decent billy with it. After seeing how well it performed on that goat, using 150gr Barnes TTSX factory ammo, I would definitely feel comfortable taking it into the Brooks to chase grizzlies.

 

[Wapiti1]

I know a nice woman in AK that has shot two honest 10' bears with her trusty Savage 99 in .300 Savage. Both were trying to kill her beloved dogs.

Her load is a 180gr Nosler Part. at something like 2450fps. I'd have to ask her husband how he loads them, but that is close.

Two shots, two bears people pay $30,000 to kill. Then again, she is a wicked shot with that rifle.

Jeremy