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Are you talking about hunting brown/grizzly or self-defense? I ask because, years ago, when I was stationed in Anchorage, AK and did a lot of fishing and Caribou hunting, a friend of mine was the Fish & Game guy responsible for following up on self-defense killings of bears. He told me that in a self-defense mode, he saw more one shot stops with 12 gauge slugs than any other caliber or weapon. That made sense to me because of the size of the slug, velocity, etc. As a result, whenever I was out fishing or back packing, I carried a pump shotgun with rifled slugs in it. When I went caribou hunting, I carried a .300 Win Mag, a bit big for Caribou but I felt comfortable with it in the event I needed to defend against a brownie. In addition, I really liked the .300 WM because of its flat trajectory and long range performance.
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