azredhawk44
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I'm a long-time reader of this forum but just registered today... Please, first off, let's stay away from "my S&W 629 shoots a 600gr bullet at 4000fps" and other such postings...
I'm not looking so much for specific cartridge or firearms info, but rather for some solid guidelines for hunting bear in the Arizona White Mountains near the New Mexico border.
I'm a fairly novice hunter (I've gone after javelina, varmints with mixed success) and wanted to go after deer or elk this year, but lost out on the lottery, so I went and bought an over-the-counter bear tag. I'm a decent shot with my .308, and pretty solid with my .44mag, so I don't feel I need any help choosing guns or cartridges.
What I'd love to hear are some success stories based on hunting technique (varmint call, tree stands, spot & stalk, glassing the hillsides) in medium-to-dense forest in eastern arizona, west new mexico, or colorado.
I know this post sounds a little bit crotchety, but it seems at times that if you read any threads in this forum they all decend to "my [insert favorite gun here] is the best gun for [whatever the thread is about]." I enjoy my guns, I'm sure you enjoy your guns, but let's talk about hunting rather than guns.
I'm not looking so much for specific cartridge or firearms info, but rather for some solid guidelines for hunting bear in the Arizona White Mountains near the New Mexico border.
I'm a fairly novice hunter (I've gone after javelina, varmints with mixed success) and wanted to go after deer or elk this year, but lost out on the lottery, so I went and bought an over-the-counter bear tag. I'm a decent shot with my .308, and pretty solid with my .44mag, so I don't feel I need any help choosing guns or cartridges.
What I'd love to hear are some success stories based on hunting technique (varmint call, tree stands, spot & stalk, glassing the hillsides) in medium-to-dense forest in eastern arizona, west new mexico, or colorado.
I know this post sounds a little bit crotchety, but it seems at times that if you read any threads in this forum they all decend to "my [insert favorite gun here] is the best gun for [whatever the thread is about]." I enjoy my guns, I'm sure you enjoy your guns, but let's talk about hunting rather than guns.