Calibre suggestions for Bison
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having been up close and personal with some european bison
i would say the bigger the better
i reckon a 30-06 with 180grain
would probaly be as small as i would like for the job but would feel more at ease with a bit more knockdown from a .375
they are quite big animals but not sure how tough they are in the rib cage area
what does your chosen outfitter recommend?
having been up close and personal with some european bison
i would say the bigger the better
i reckon a 30-06 with 180grain
would probaly be as small as i would like for the job but would feel more at ease with a bit more knockdown from a .375
they are quite big animals but not sure how tough they are in the rib cage area
what does your chosen outfitter recommend?
countrysports5
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It's not always the size of an animal which suggests what calibre you use and i do wish folk would get away from that concept (because our beloved PC plods use the same daft principle that de facto - a larger calibre is always more dangerous than a smaller calibre).
Best example is our Japanese Sika which although smaller than our red deer are much, much tougher and can carry shot. By contrast, despite the massive size of European Moose - they are only 'tough' by virtue of their body weight and .308, .270 are quite capable of knocking them down without going to magnum calibres which some folk might assume .
Best example is our Japanese Sika which although smaller than our red deer are much, much tougher and can carry shot. By contrast, despite the massive size of European Moose - they are only 'tough' by virtue of their body weight and .308, .270 are quite capable of knocking them down without going to magnum calibres which some folk might assume .
like i said earlier
personally i think the bigger the better with these as they are quite capable of breaking through 6 + inch saplings with out any ill effect even sfter they hav been shot
just hope you are not stood in the way
a lot of the time it is bullet placement that counts, but having a bigger thump surely must help when penatrating such a big shell with all the bone and muscle to contend with
i would think if after dangerous game then surely a sensible calibre would suffice for that knockdown effect
i know a .243 is capable of killing a Lion, but would you take that as a weapon of choice on such a hunt???
while in poland boar stalking, earlier this year
i took a morning off from hunting to visit the area where the Bison hung out
i was lucky, and so was the dog i think.. :nilly:
we also got up close and personal, about 30 yards
size of the hoof
they were pretty big beasts
even my hunting guide stay behind me,he said they were like steam trains and did not think twice about breaking through the thick cover all
i had to do was run faster than him
i even managed to get up close and personal to this little beauty about 15-20 yards
personally i think the bigger the better with these as they are quite capable of breaking through 6 + inch saplings with out any ill effect even sfter they hav been shot
just hope you are not stood in the way
a lot of the time it is bullet placement that counts, but having a bigger thump surely must help when penatrating such a big shell with all the bone and muscle to contend with
i would think if after dangerous game then surely a sensible calibre would suffice for that knockdown effect
i know a .243 is capable of killing a Lion, but would you take that as a weapon of choice on such a hunt???
while in poland boar stalking, earlier this year
i took a morning off from hunting to visit the area where the Bison hung out
i was lucky, and so was the dog i think.. :nilly:
we also got up close and personal, about 30 yards
size of the hoof
they were pretty big beasts
even my hunting guide stay behind me,he said they were like steam trains and did not think twice about breaking through the thick cover all
i had to do was run faster than him
i even managed to get up close and personal to this little beauty about 15-20 yards
Jagare
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.308 is a good calibre for moose. I've shot one or two. If i was hunting Bison i think i would be looking at something in the 9.3 range. Bison look a bit of a tougher animal than the Moose.
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bambislayer
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A pal of mine has had to shoot Muskox in Norway [they come out of the permitted zone, down into villages] he uses a 30-06. Bufalo are similar size and build so I would go with 30-06.
Trust me - Musk Ox are much smaller than Bison (285 v 700kg), and a Big Bison Bull always makes you think in terms of needing a bigger rifle!
A few years back, I hunted for Wood Bison in the snows of Northern Alberta - I took a .375hh and did not feel under-gunned!
Rgds
Ian
A few years back, I hunted for Wood Bison in the snows of Northern Alberta - I took a .375hh and did not feel under-gunned!
Rgds
Ian
auquhollie
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I shoot vermin on a Bison farm up here in Scotland and trust me these things are ooper huge . I think i would be going for a landrover mounted GPMG . Seriouse though like has been said dont go in under gunned, your life might just depend on it.
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Bavarianbrit
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Bison calibre
Hi,
When I worked in Detroit Michigan a member of my gun club there bought a canned hunt in a north Michigan farm for shooting a bison, the farmer sold one such hunt!! per year to help with the animals food bill.
So this D**K buys a big african calibre rifle for this one hunt!! and takes a bead on one and shoots and then two bison fall over dead, having shot through the first and onto the second one.
The farmer was pursuing him through the courts for the second bison last that I heard but that was all in 1985.
Regards
Bavarianbrit
Hi,
When I worked in Detroit Michigan a member of my gun club there bought a canned hunt in a north Michigan farm for shooting a bison, the farmer sold one such hunt!! per year to help with the animals food bill.
So this D**K buys a big african calibre rifle for this one hunt!! and takes a bead on one and shoots and then two bison fall over dead, having shot through the first and onto the second one.
The farmer was pursuing him through the courts for the second bison last that I heard but that was all in 1985.
Regards
Bavarianbrit
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