My ALASKAN friends…..

[TimSr]

Even the 8mm Lebel would do and it's French

I don't know how well they shoot, but they seem to hoist a white flag better than any other!

Seriously, arguing the superiority of 8mm Mauser to 30-06 is about like arguing which of the Mowry twins is better looking.

Alaska is larger than many medium sized countries. Nothing is typical in all of it.

I hunted black bears in Alaska in '89 and '91 in Prince William Sound, and outside of Ketchikan. My brother's 150 lb bears were typical for those areas. My 300 lb was considered very large for that area. Perhaps before I die I can go back to hunt the area where those 500lb black bears are typical and common. The people we consulted with for our do-it-yourself hunts did not seem to know about those areas at the time.

[Art Eatman]

Suggestion as to today's weaponry for subsistence hunting: Go to the Hunt forum at TheHighRoad.org and check out threads by "caribou". That's Chip from the TV show "Life Below Zero". You can search for the threads that he's started. He also has a long thread in the General forum.

Multitudes of photos.

Oughta be pleasing for the Mini-14 folks as well as the k31 afficianados.

[TimSr]

Because 30-06 and 8mm rifles are just too much of a pain in the butt to carry.