30/30 bear kill.
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30/30 bear kill.
Took a black bear in NH Fri evening with my favorite 30/30 & a handload of 36 grains BLC2 under a 150 gr Rem core lokt.
First bear & first kill with my own handload.
All things considered it was pretty easy. I been trying up there for about 9 years but this year I set out some bait & it worked much better than still hunting or sitting over natural food.
Theres been pretty heavy activity around my camp all summer, one actually clumb my porch & ripped a bird feeder off a rafter tail. Cant say its the same bear because I found track in the dirt road that were bigger than the one I killed.
Anyhoo I hunted with a guy in Maine last year & he was generous enough to offer me a barrel of bait & a barrel with a hole to place the bait in & chain to a tree. I set that out on the first & came home. Went back to camp about lunch time on Friday & found it had been getting hit so I dumped in 2 more buckets of donuts & went back to the cabin, laid around & read for a few hours.
About 4:00 I went & sat in a chair behind a screen of saplings about 50 yards away from the barrel. Was an enjoyable sit, I kinda like setting quiet in the woods, but no sign of any bears. Legal shooting hours ended at 7:47 & at 7:43 a bear came in from the left of the barrel. I shouldered my Marlin, thumbed back the hammer & put the 150 grain Rem into the base of its neck, it dropped on the spot.
Heres the view from where I sat,
I leaned forward to clear the saplings & shoot, this was my view, minus the bear.
Where she fell,
In my driveway a long short drag of 70 or so yards, they are not built for easy transport I found. Theres a 4 foot drop from my driveway into the area leading to the bait site & it took some doing to get her up it.
Emptied & on my truck,
And hanging from my porch,
I'm uncertain what she weighed but think she had me beat by a few pounds.
I'm taking a break from butchering right now as I type this. I found no exit hole but the offside front leg was shattered at the ball joint connecting the upper leg to the shoulder blade. Thought I'd find a bullet in the mess but no such luck. I imagine its in the fat under the hide which is frozen solid in my freezer right now.
Tenderloins are marinating & I gotta go back to work cutting it up.
First bear & first kill with my own handload.
All things considered it was pretty easy. I been trying up there for about 9 years but this year I set out some bait & it worked much better than still hunting or sitting over natural food.
Theres been pretty heavy activity around my camp all summer, one actually clumb my porch & ripped a bird feeder off a rafter tail. Cant say its the same bear because I found track in the dirt road that were bigger than the one I killed.
Anyhoo I hunted with a guy in Maine last year & he was generous enough to offer me a barrel of bait & a barrel with a hole to place the bait in & chain to a tree. I set that out on the first & came home. Went back to camp about lunch time on Friday & found it had been getting hit so I dumped in 2 more buckets of donuts & went back to the cabin, laid around & read for a few hours.
About 4:00 I went & sat in a chair behind a screen of saplings about 50 yards away from the barrel. Was an enjoyable sit, I kinda like setting quiet in the woods, but no sign of any bears. Legal shooting hours ended at 7:47 & at 7:43 a bear came in from the left of the barrel. I shouldered my Marlin, thumbed back the hammer & put the 150 grain Rem into the base of its neck, it dropped on the spot.
Heres the view from where I sat,
I leaned forward to clear the saplings & shoot, this was my view, minus the bear.
Where she fell,
In my driveway a long short drag of 70 or so yards, they are not built for easy transport I found. Theres a 4 foot drop from my driveway into the area leading to the bait site & it took some doing to get her up it.
Emptied & on my truck,
And hanging from my porch,
I'm uncertain what she weighed but think she had me beat by a few pounds.
I'm taking a break from butchering right now as I type this. I found no exit hole but the offside front leg was shattered at the ball joint connecting the upper leg to the shoulder blade. Thought I'd find a bullet in the mess but no such luck. I imagine its in the fat under the hide which is frozen solid in my freezer right now.
Tenderloins are marinating & I gotta go back to work cutting it up.
Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Good shooting, using your owns loads makes for good memories. danny
Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Bravo. BL-c2 user hey, I likes that powder too
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
congrats! nice rug!
I wish we had a bear season here in florida....
we have close to a 400 pounder running
in our hunt club!
I wish we had a bear season here in florida....
we have close to a 400 pounder running
in our hunt club!
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congratulation on a fine bear
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Congratulations, nice to use your own handloads
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
well done. Congrats.
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Very Nice! I too am a fan of the BLC2, that stuff works great.
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Glad you took it with a 30-30.
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Congratulations on a fine bear.
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Congrats on the bear and on the fine wood on your 30-30.
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Congrats. Wow, that was sure lucky... taking a black bear with an old, washed-up, has-been cartridge like the .30-30! Hey, I aspire to be a gun-writer... I gotta get my patter down!
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Great bear! I have a quick question. Could you have taken/made that shot with open sights?
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Thanks!86er wrote:Great bear! I have a quick question. Could you have taken/made that shot with open sights?
No way could I have made the shot with open sights. I went to Maine last year with my kid. The first day I sat with my peep sighted 45/70, the kid had my scoped BLR. Just before dark a bear came in & the boy was day dreaming, we never got a shot. I couldn't see thru the sights & he,,,, well like I said he was day dreaming.
So this year, as much as I'd have liked to use an open sighted gun I opted to sit with a scoped gun. In the end I'm very glad I did. I supose I could have shot AT it but I couldn't have placed my shot & more than likely would have let it walk.
I'v considered a fibre optic front but to my eyes thats as untraditional as a scope so I never got past looking at them & dropping it back in my box of goodies.
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Thanks for the reply leverdude! My clients in Maine are always debating whether to use open sights or a scope. I like to have real situations to refer to to inform them. This is just another good one added to the bank. Thanks again
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Congrats on the fine bear Ken. I am envious
Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Nice shootin and a nice bear too. Congratulations!
I'd like to see some pictures of that rifle. That looks like some extra nice wood on that one. Is it factory?
I'd like to see some pictures of that rifle. That looks like some extra nice wood on that one. Is it factory?
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Thanks!Rusty wrote:Nice shootin and a nice bear too. Congratulations!
I'd like to see some pictures of that rifle. That looks like some extra nice wood on that one. Is it factory?
Its not factory by a long shot. Started out as a 1955 336RC. It was beat & shot out when I got it about 15+ years ago and turned into my first project.
Heres a little more info on it with pics. http://www.marlinowners.com/forums/inde ... 556.0.html
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
The old .30-30 still a winner!
Great bear.
Great bear.
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Re: 30/30 bear kill.
Nice bear and I love that Marlin!
That picture of the bear hanging with the bottle of Mike's on the table is
really making me wish I wasn't in my office right now!!
Nice shooting!
jb
That picture of the bear hanging with the bottle of Mike's on the table is
really making me wish I wasn't in my office right now!!
Nice shooting!
jb
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