Agreed, I have a Sauer 202 Supreme in 375 H&H, with extra barrels in 300 WM and 7 RM. Take it down, fit it in a short case, and head on out.

it is an hard task here in the yukon we can hunt from the barrenground caribou/black bear/sheep to bison.

the mini caliber is the 3-06 for bison and this really the mini so a 300 win mag 338, 375 ir 9.3x62 but why limiting with only one caliber.

I have said many times that if I could only have one, it would be the 375 H+H.

For the lower 48 including elk, black bear etc. I would go with my beloved BDL in 270 Win. If Alaska was in the mix (original post), then I would go with my Rem XCR II in 375 Weatherby. It's all weather (as much as any rifle can be), light (7 1/2 lb with Leupold 2-7x scope), and shoots a 300g A-Frame at 2800 fps so flat enough shooting for all North American game.

medved, I never thought bison were native to the Yukon. Were they introduced to the Yukon from other parts of Canada?

To me the 35 whelen is in the same category as the 9.3x62 but the 9.3x62 was grandfathered in as a legal DG caliber in most of africa because so many were in use for that purpose there.

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Originally posted by 376 steyr:
To me the 35 whelen is in the same category as the 9.3x62 but the 9.3x62 was grandfathered in as a legal DG caliber in most of africa because so many were in use for that purpose there.

True. And if Africa was under consideration, I'd pick the 9.3x62 as well. I've taken both calibers to Africa hunting, but as the OP stated just America & Canada, I'd still take my 35 Whelen. Just because I like it so much.

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Like the others I cannot understand the “one rifle concept if you can afford bear hunts.

Is really only valued in counties that restrict
ownership.

The same with multiple barrel sets.

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Originally posted by kennedy:
Which caliber would you pick for using on anything from pronghorn to brown bears? Well I don't got any rifles no more. My kids claimed them. I was just wanting to know which would be a good all around caliber. A 338 comes to mind but figured I'd ask you what you think. I do reload.

58 grs 4831 with a 175 gr Nosler partition 2780 fps for anything living on the north, or south American continent! I have a Ruger no 1 bull barrel that is a tack driver with that load, and I have never had to fire a second shot on any animal I have shot with that load.
However the 375 H&H is a one rifle for the world as well!

'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' MacD37

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
What's the cost of a brown bear hunt these days?

About $75.00 & that includes, $50.00 for gas & $25.00 for a tag.

Yeah I know Spoiled S.O.B.

Are you guys not bored with this question? Been seeing it on the internet for over 20 years now.

At least we no longer have to read the same rehashed crap in hunting mags anymore.

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Originally posted by tsturm:

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
What's the cost of a brown bear hunt these days?

About $75.00 & that includes, $50.00 for gas & $25.00 for a tag.

Yeah I know Spoiled S.O.B.

Smart A**

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
Are you guys not bored with this question? Been seeing it on the internet for over 20 years now.

100%.

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
Are you guys not bored with this question? Been seeing it on the internet for over 20 years now.

100%.

X2

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Originally posted by tsturm:

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
What's the cost of a brown bear hunt these days?

About $75.00 & that includes, $50.00 for gas & $25.00 for a tag.

Yeah I know Spoiled S.O.B.

same here but in canadian pesos ...

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:
What's the cost of a brown bear hunt these days?

Point being, if you've got the scratch to book a brownie hunt, you've got the scratch to purchase a second rifle.

I was thinking the same thing.

At one time the Rem. 7mm mag was very popular just among deer hunters. Do you think that maybe some of these guys had thoughts of some day going after a brown bear with it?

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Originally posted by 376 steyr:
At one time the Rem. 7mm mag was very popular just among deer hunters. Do you think that maybe some of these guys had thoughts of some day going after a brown bear with it?

I have a relative that hunted and guided in the Yukon.

He thought the 7mag was the ultimate hunting caliber.

He said it beat the heck out of his 30-30 that he started out using for bear back up.

I can make a case for the 30-06 and the 200 gr. accubond or partition, and that will always be my bottom line caliber, no other comes close IMO....

I used the .338 Win, 375, 40 and 50s and and almost everything out there, and they all work, but the old 06 has never let me down..Mostly I go with how much recoil I could manage, thats your best bet..

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Originally posted by 376 steyr:
medved, I never thought bison were native to the Yukon. Were they introduced to the Yukon from other parts of Canada?

they were native then extinct then bring back few decades ago and now are close to be considered pest again ...

https://yukon.ca/en/wood-bison

https://yukon.ca/en/bison-hunt...-a-bison-hunt-permit

https://yukon.ca/en/bison-hunt...ere-can-i-hunt-bison

https://yukon.ca/en/bison-hunt...ely-and-respectfully

Medved, good to hear they are back even as pest.

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Originally posted by 376 steyr:
Medved, good to hear they are back even as pest.

indeed good opportunity and good meat.