![]() In this case, I imagine that you could possibly be facing these situations:ģ. If I've read your initial post correctly, your (potential) use of slugs for bear is for backup of client hunters. 375.but there are lots of idiots in government positions making decisions and rules about things they know nothing about, and the rest of us have to live with it. I am not happy about this, would rather pack my old. Once the leaves are out you can seldom see more than 10 yards in this stuff we have to follow up in. My main concern is we have BIG black bears here and the big boars are as big as grizzlies, so I want to be sure of deep penetration. I will check on those French slugs and the others mentioned see if they are available here. I can't get them in Canada.hence my original question. I will be going for an 870 as that is what I used when I was in the RCMP and it is second nature for me. ![]() I agree completely.I just do not have any say in this, it is a regulation I have to comply with in a specific area. Thanks Guys, sorry for the delay, I was in the Northwest Territories for three weeks. Oh yeah, don't forget to buy a shoot pad, zeroing these things will leave you a tattoo on the shooting shoulder. Sight your new slug gun 2 inches high at 50m. I spent some time working up an accurate slugger (family is from Ohio, no rifle season), the tips and ranges they talk about are pretty darned close to the gospel. The info they have for zeroing and shooting a slug gun is dead on. They are all pretty easy to get and the price isn't too bad. Pick a slug that will get you as close to 2000 fpm as possible and remain supersonic at 50 m. The Remington Accutips look especially promising. Sauvestres or Winchester Platinums are my recommendation. A fully rifled barrel is necessary for modern saboted slugs, not a rifled choke tube and not a smooth bore.įeed it good quality saboted slugs in the 275-300gr range. Add a recoil reducer, quality fiber optic open sites, or a red dot. I suggest you go try out a good Bennelli SBE or a tried and true Remington 870, either one in composite will weather the conditions up north. The Tar Hunt guns and Lightfield Ammo are great, but they are more precise not what I'd call "back up" material. You can easily come up with a good gun/slug combo that will rival any rifle used at the ranges you will be working. It's a lot like the restriction on side arms for PHs in some countries. When the government gets stupid with regulations like this, you do what you can. I don't think it is a question of what you like or want. With the shot gun only 4 went right down & 2 of them were shot in the head!!! I probably hit a sore spot among a few but I have killed about 35 deer with slugs & 8 with a rifle & the ones with the rifle usually went right down no trailing. I don't think you get the shock factor that kills an animal as quickly as a rifle. If placed right they do the job very well if you are off a little tracking becomes the game! For self defense & close encounters the slug may be ok but as far as hunting. I never had much luck with Remington or Federal - although my daughter swears by the Federal in her Browning pump! At 50 yds I can generally get 3 shot groups just touching each other. ,I typically use Winchester or Brenneke slugs in my model 1100. but I have only a smooth bore gun & have never shot any of the expensive sabot loads which many hunters use in Wisconsin. If I want to use a rifle I have to travel 20 miles. Where I live we can only use slugs for Deer hunting. that would routinely be imported by big hunting/shooting stores in Canada. The slug would need to be something from one of the big name ammo companies like Remington, Federal, etc. So what slug would you boys recommend for black bear at close range in heavy, heavy bush? These bears are big and we regularly take bears 400 to 600 pounds.Īlso, we cannot get slugs like those from Tar Hunt due to cross border hastles and regulations by the BATF that prevent many companies from shipping ammunition/bullets etc. I do not know anyone in Canada that I believe really knows what they are talking about with slugs as the use is relatively uncommon. Please do don't ask why.suffice it to say that dealing with government idiots is trying at times, especially when they don't hunt or have any field experience of any kind and are making rules up about things they know nothing about. Some recent regulation changes in an area I guide for black bear in Canada have limited guides to carrying a shotgun for backup. The topic recently posted about using a slug gun in Africa prompted this post.not wanting to hyjack that thread.
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