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Posted: 2/10/2019 10:29:23 PM EDT

Short faced bears could be brought back at any time!

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Posted: 2/10/2019 10:32:52 PM EDT

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Brought back? There are still living short faced bear species today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_bear

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:36:05 PM EDT

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I have a Springfield 1873. It couldn't even defeat indians.

Does that count?

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:36:41 PM EDT

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Yea, naw I'm part of the modern era and use a round for modern men such as myself, the .348 Winchester.

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:38:38 PM EDT

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I'm ready

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:39:55 PM EDT

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I'm ready.

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:42:08 PM EDT

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22lr + shot placement = freezer meat

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:42:55 PM EDT

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45-70 wheelgun ftw.

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:43:25 PM EDT

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#450Marlin. /thread

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:43:35 PM EDT

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What would be a cheap .45-70 entry level rifle to look at?

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:43:44 PM EDT

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Avatar is fitting.

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:46:18 PM EDT

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Ar those 45 calibre darts?

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:48:33 PM EDT

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That would be awesome. I would also like to see wooly mammoth and those HUGE ass moose with the 10 ft antler spread

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:51:04 PM EDT

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I picked up a Marlin lever action for under $500.

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:55:30 PM EDT

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Irish Elk.

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Personally, I'd like to see Smilodon and dire wolves brought back.

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:56:02 PM EDT

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What round for short-faced bears?

Posted: 2/10/2019 10:58:51 PM EDT

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Looking now, thanks.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:00:14 PM EDT

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Rolling block 45/70, Italian reproduction, good shooter. 525 grain cast slug over 70 grains of FFg black powder.

Ought to get the job done. Wouldn't care to take on two bears at once though!

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:04:06 PM EDT

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I picked up a Marlin lever action for under $500.

Looking now, thanks.

I want to get a Shiloh Sharps 1874 Quigley in 45-110

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:06:02 PM EDT

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Id love one too but I wager something like that would be pricey.

~500 for a multiple shot lever action.

~2k+ For a single shot.

Hmmm.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:12:07 PM EDT

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Id love one too but I wager something like that would be pricey.

~500 for a multiple shot lever action.

~2k+ For a single shot.

Hmmm.

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I want to get a Shiloh Sharps 1874 Quigley in 45-110

Id love one too but I wager something like that would be pricey.

~500 for a multiple shot lever action.

~2k+ For a single shot.

Hmmm.

I hear ya.

Its just an expensive want.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:16:56 PM EDT

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Meh, my current rifle is 9-0 against bears....

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:21:22 PM EDT

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You referenced your rifle but didn't post a picture?

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:24:41 PM EDT

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You referenced your rifle but didn't post a picture?

Of the rifle or the bears.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:24:52 PM EDT

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Everybody already knows what I hunt with..but it is 300rum..230 berger at 3220....

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Posted: 2/10/2019 11:26:15 PM EDT

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Already there

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:27:21 PM EDT

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Everybody already knows what I hunt with..but it is 300rum..230 berger at 3220....

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Yeah but we still like seeing pics you stingy meanie pants.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:29:28 PM EDT

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What would be a cheap .45-70 entry level rifle to look at?

I picked up a Marlin lever action for under $500.

In 2016 Walmart was discontinuing the M1895 for $295. With a $50 rebate I got mine for $249. I also bought 100 rounds of ammo for it. Sadly, it’s all still NIB as I’ve never shot it. It sits quietly in my safe waiting for the day that I’ll shoot it.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:29:31 PM EDT

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I've only got a few pics of a couple bears anymore, the ex decided that stuff wasn't for me when we split...

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Posted: 2/10/2019 11:31:03 PM EDT

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Here is a secret for you..always look to the ears when judging bears...big bears have little ears...

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:33:17 PM EDT

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In 2016 Walmart was discontinuing the M1895 for $295. With a $50 rebate I got mine for $249. I also bought 100 rounds of ammo for it. Sadly, it’s all still NIB as I’ve never shot it.

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What would be a cheap .45-70 entry level rifle to look at?

I picked up a Marlin lever action for under $500.

In 2016 Walmart was discontinuing the M1895 for $295. With a $50 rebate I got mine for $249. I also bought 100 rounds of ammo for it. Sadly, it’s all still NIB as I’ve never shot it.

I bought mine from Cabellas years ago. There was a knot in the wood missing its center (about the size of a pinhead) from the factory. Cabellas couldn't sell it as new so I bought it for $300-ish or so.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:34:48 PM EDT

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Yeah but we still like seeing pics you stingy meanie pants.

Here is a secret for you..always look to the ears when judging bears...big bears have little ears...

Nice pics.

Someday a bear will die by my hand.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:38:28 PM EDT

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That's getting into .458 Lott territory...

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:41:15 PM EDT

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.58, I just measured one.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:43:58 PM EDT

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I've had a 45-70 for so long that I don't even remember the last time I shot it. Maybe before I joined ARF.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:44:58 PM EDT

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The polar/ grizzly hybrids showing up in Alaska are convincing enough for a big bore lever gun.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:49:52 PM EDT

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I just want Grizzly season to finally open here.

We can set set up the Short Faced Bear season later.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:49:57 PM EDT

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It will change your thinking on all other hunting...It is a huge adrenaline rush.. By far my favorite is spring hunting on sleds when they first leave the den...We get to legally bait grizzlies in one area..bait station is boring compared to hunting them on sleds but still a rush...

Den for a sow and cubs..they are up in the far left corner of the pic...

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One of the few fall bears we have taken...

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Posted: 2/10/2019 11:51:15 PM EDT

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Brought back? There are still living short faced bear species today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_bear

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Brought back? There are still living short faced bear species today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_bear

Yeah no. 440 pound max with a 250 pound average is tiny. Just because it’s related doesn’t mean much. We are talking about giant beasts four times that big.

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50 bmg

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:54:45 PM EDT

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Short faced bears could be brought back at any time!

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That would be a huge rug.

Posted: 2/10/2019 11:59:07 PM EDT

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Hmmm.. I've had a Marlin .45-70 for a couple of decades,Haven't shot it in 5 years or so though. I need to get the barrel threaded and put the hybrid on it. I'm pretty sure a subsonic .45-70 round would still be plenty for our whitetails.