I thought bear hunting was stopped in Florida.
At least it was a while back.
Maybe open again ??
A 308 is big enough, but I personally would want something a bit bigger with more stopping power, like in the 338 area, like a 338-06 loaded with barnes 210 or 225 gr bullets would be about perfect.
I hog hunt with a 338 and barnes 210 gr bullets and it will bowl them over like they were hit with a canon ball.
That said a guy over at arfcom named teacher killed a black bear up north with 2 quick shots form a 6.8 SPC, running at about 2600. He used 110 gr barnes bullets.
With a 308, maybe loaded with a heavy bullet like a 180 or 200 gr bonded bullet of some sort, or a mid weight barnes bullet would do it. At times I use 220 gr prohunters for brush hog hunting mostly because they are cheap, but for bear I would want something like a hawks or nosler partition 180, 200,or 220 gr bullet.
About 10 years ago a guy I know and his son were deer hunting in central Florida. The son was up a tree. Killed a deer right at the base of the tree, and stayed there. A black bear came along found the deer. Looked up in the tree and saw meat. Came straight up the tree, and the son pissed in his pants and promptly killed the blackie. Forget what rifle he was using, but I think it was a 30-06.
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