One of the largest grizzly bears ever killed was by a indigenous woman with a .22 riimfire at about 10 ft hit in the noggin . When the bear was attacking her sled dogs.
Fred Bear shot numerous grizzly and brown bears with his long bow.Yes Fred Bear hunted with a guide backing him up with a .375 H&H. Stories exist from some of Fred’s business cronies that several grizzly/brown bears were killed at close quarters by his guide(s) with their 375 H&H’s before Fred was successful in actually KILLING A BEAR with his bow. The videos now seen today.
I have friends who have been successful bow killing both grizzly and brown bears, never at the first booked hunt attempt and they were backed up by GUIDES with .416’ s and .375’s. The honest ones will also tell you they have wounded bears with their bows and had to put their guide in danger to go into the alders to actually kill the bear for them with their .416’s.
My only owned rifle when I started at Montanna State as a struggling college freshman was a custom stocked Sako 22-250. I killed a couple of big mulies up in the Missouri Breaks and a couple Pronghorns around Pony Montana on friends ranches . The guys at Powderhorn Sports Shop in Bozeman set me up with some factory Remington 55 grin Core-Loks to hunt with. It worked wonderful if I had the time to wait and hunt until I had a perfect broadside shot. When elk season arrived I had a 7MM REM Mag.
People have killed Cape Buffalo with a .17 Remington.
A designated grizzly/brown bear hunt is a very serious hunt. The hunts are usually only of 10 days duration,
with weather delays of sometimes 8 of those 10 days. The hunts are around $25K . NO discounts for weather days when you can’t see 20 ft outside your tent or cabin. Unless you are a AK , Yukon resident, indigenous people you will be hunting with a guide . Again your hunt will be booked for about 10 days. In my earlier bear hunting days you could have paid me to hunt a grizzly/brown bear with a .223 and the right bullet but I would be backed by a experienced guide with a .338, 9.3X62, .416, .458, or a 375.
Point is if everything lines out perfectly you can kill the largest brown bear on the planet with a .22 mag
Rimfire.
If you do enough hunting you know that usually nothing is perfect and perfect conditions can become a nightmare when the grizzly you are going to shoot makes a sudden movement, gets your wind and is now heading straight at you instead of your perfect broadside shot. Then your .223 feels like a BB gun.
If you have unlimited time and resources,a friend or guide to back you up if the bear decides to come for you or circle around you through the alders to thick to see him and comes out 8-20 feet from you your position your .223 REM might just work as a grizzly/brown bear gun or it may not. Sure not what my circle of experienced friends, hunting buddies and outfitters use when they are hunting for their own pleasure.
Fred Bear shot numerous grizzly and brown bears with his long bow.Yes Fred Bear hunted with a guide backing him up with a .375 H&H. Stories exist from some of Fred’s business cronies that several grizzly/brown bears were killed at close quarters by his guide(s) with their 375 H&H’s before Fred was successful in actually KILLING A BEAR with his bow. The videos now seen today.
I have friends who have been successful bow killing both grizzly and brown bears, never at the first booked hunt attempt and they were backed up by GUIDES with .416’ s and .375’s. The honest ones will also tell you they have wounded bears with their bows and had to put their guide in danger to go into the alders to actually kill the bear for them with their .416’s.
My only owned rifle when I started at Montanna State as a struggling college freshman was a custom stocked Sako 22-250. I killed a couple of big mulies up in the Missouri Breaks and a couple Pronghorns around Pony Montana on friends ranches . The guys at Powderhorn Sports Shop in Bozeman set me up with some factory Remington 55 grin Core-Loks to hunt with. It worked wonderful if I had the time to wait and hunt until I had a perfect broadside shot. When elk season arrived I had a 7MM REM Mag.
People have killed Cape Buffalo with a .17 Remington.
A designated grizzly/brown bear hunt is a very serious hunt. The hunts are usually only of 10 days duration,
with weather delays of sometimes 8 of those 10 days. The hunts are around $25K . NO discounts for weather days when you can’t see 20 ft outside your tent or cabin. Unless you are a AK , Yukon resident, indigenous people you will be hunting with a guide . Again your hunt will be booked for about 10 days. In my earlier bear hunting days you could have paid me to hunt a grizzly/brown bear with a .223 and the right bullet but I would be backed by a experienced guide with a .338, 9.3X62, .416, .458, or a 375.
Point is if everything lines out perfectly you can kill the largest brown bear on the planet with a .22 mag
Rimfire.
If you do enough hunting you know that usually nothing is perfect and perfect conditions can become a nightmare when the grizzly you are going to shoot makes a sudden movement, gets your wind and is now heading straight at you instead of your perfect broadside shot. Then your .223 feels like a BB gun.
If you have unlimited time and resources,a friend or guide to back you up if the bear decides to come for you or circle around you through the alders to thick to see him and comes out 8-20 feet from you your position your .223 REM might just work as a grizzly/brown bear gun or it may not. Sure not what my circle of experienced friends, hunting buddies and outfitters use when they are hunting for their own pleasure.
