What's your favote cartridge for elk? What's your favorite cartridge for moose? What's your favorite cartridge for black bear? What's your favorite cartridge for brown bear? Would you have any problem killing any of the previously mentioned animals with a .300 Win Mag?
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What's your favote cartridge for elk? What's your favorite cartridge for moose? What's your favorite cartridge for black bear? W
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All of the above can be ethically killer with a .300 Win Mag in the right hands. My favorites are as follows:
Elk .340 Weatherby Magnum
Moose .340 Weatherby Magnum or 30-06 Springfield
Brown Bear .340 Weatherby Magnum
Black Bear .308 Win or .270 Win.
Anytime hunting around Brown Bears the .340 comes out, anything else in North Americacan be taken with the 30-06.
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I have successfully hunted all the animals mentioned with a 300 Win Mag. If I ever hunted Alaskan Brown Bear again would probably use my 338 Win Mag. I used to own a 340 Weatherby, but found little better performance than the 338 Win Mag at the ranges these calibers are usually used. The Weatherby recoil, in my mind, was not worth the performance on the occasional long range shot. I have lost count of the Weatherby kisses I have seen hunters enjoy from shots at bad angles with that caliber.
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Hunting elk in the timber where shots are under 300 yards and Ol' Silvertip lurks, my personal favorite is .35 Whelen shooting 225 gr bullets. Hunting the Rockies where shots may exceed 3 FSU kickoff returns, I feel better with 7mm Weatherby or .300 Weatherby cartridges or equivalent. As crm30-06 stated, not much difference between a .30-06 and the 300 Win or 7mm Rem mags. No argument with a .338 Win Mag, assuming you can shoot it. I got rid of mine.
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