Thanks for your insight. This year’s trip is planed for Prince of Wales Island. We will be looking for Dear and or black bear. Next years trip may be to the interior for caribou and I don’t know what else. (The plans are too far off) Last year one of my brothers-in-law took a very large black bear around 400 pounds

(I was not there) and this spring my other brother-in-law shot a bigger bear, knocking the bear down twice with a 30-06 with 180 gr. Nosler partitions and still lost the critter!

(Not enough gun! IMHP he’s a very good shot) I understand that the alders and willows are thick on POW island and that may be a consideration. How easy/pricy is it to rebarrel a #1? Any further thoughts?