Well guys, I am out prospecting for a couple weeks now with my son in Northern BC, I'm still on the road for another week so can't post any pic's till I get home unfortunately.
I knew I would be working in this area so applied and won a limited entry draw for spring grizzly figured if I had to shoot one in defense I may as well get to keep it.
We spent last night in Terrace with our good friend Gibbs 505 and he has seen the pics so can confirm that we did get a grizzly.
Late on the eveing of Sunday June 1 we were out prospecting on a very steep mountain hill side when we spotted way down below us a fairly big bear we at first thought that it was a big chocolate colour phaze Black but after watching it for a while saw that it was a grizzly.
The wind was perfect for a stock so we decided to get a closer look...
When we were about what we thought to be 125 to 150 yards I decided that that was a close as we were going to go towards it but it was an awesome looking bear so I decided I would take a shot.
I was packing the true King of the 375's my Rem 700 LSS 375RUM with 300gr Nosler Partitions loaded to 2750fps my son had the same rifle but chambered in 300RUM with 200gr Swift A-Frames.
The bears butt was facing directly towards me so I waited for it to turn and when it gave me a quartering shot thru the right lung and into the left shoulder I fired.
My son was watching thru the scope and told me my shot was perfect the bear was knocked almost off it's feet as it spun biting the spot that the bullet impacted.
It then took off into thick bush that you couldn't see more than 20 yards at the best.
It was getting late so after we went about 20 yards into the bush after the bear we decided to back out and come back in the morning.
12 hours later loaded with range finder and my Marlin 1895GS loaded with 525gr Beartooth WLNGC's and my son carrying his Dlask 8.5" Rem 870 with Brenneke slugs we went in after the bear.
Amazingly after only 75 yards my son spotted the bear laying on it's back.
which was a total relief for us.
When we walked up to it we were amazed at how big it was I had never in my life seen a grizzly this big so I dug out my range finder and saw that the shot was actually much further than we thought it hads been it was about 230 to 250 yards not the 150 max that we thought.
I guess the bear was so big that we underestimated the distance.
After skinning the bear and getting it buried in some snow I phone my buddy on a sat phone and got him to bring in 10lbs of salt which turned out to be not enough.
There is a guide outfitter that has been working this area for over 35 years and when he saw the bear he told us he has never seen one so big and stated that it is in the top 5 bears ever shot in BC and will be in the top 90 in the Boone & Crockett...
Anyway I have to run will get back to the story when I find a internet link again.
I knew I would be working in this area so applied and won a limited entry draw for spring grizzly figured if I had to shoot one in defense I may as well get to keep it.
We spent last night in Terrace with our good friend Gibbs 505 and he has seen the pics so can confirm that we did get a grizzly.
Late on the eveing of Sunday June 1 we were out prospecting on a very steep mountain hill side when we spotted way down below us a fairly big bear we at first thought that it was a big chocolate colour phaze Black but after watching it for a while saw that it was a grizzly.
The wind was perfect for a stock so we decided to get a closer look...
When we were about what we thought to be 125 to 150 yards I decided that that was a close as we were going to go towards it but it was an awesome looking bear so I decided I would take a shot.
I was packing the true King of the 375's my Rem 700 LSS 375RUM with 300gr Nosler Partitions loaded to 2750fps my son had the same rifle but chambered in 300RUM with 200gr Swift A-Frames.
The bears butt was facing directly towards me so I waited for it to turn and when it gave me a quartering shot thru the right lung and into the left shoulder I fired.
My son was watching thru the scope and told me my shot was perfect the bear was knocked almost off it's feet as it spun biting the spot that the bullet impacted.
It then took off into thick bush that you couldn't see more than 20 yards at the best.
It was getting late so after we went about 20 yards into the bush after the bear we decided to back out and come back in the morning.
12 hours later loaded with range finder and my Marlin 1895GS loaded with 525gr Beartooth WLNGC's and my son carrying his Dlask 8.5" Rem 870 with Brenneke slugs we went in after the bear.
Amazingly after only 75 yards my son spotted the bear laying on it's back.
which was a total relief for us.
When we walked up to it we were amazed at how big it was I had never in my life seen a grizzly this big so I dug out my range finder and saw that the shot was actually much further than we thought it hads been it was about 230 to 250 yards not the 150 max that we thought.
I guess the bear was so big that we underestimated the distance.
After skinning the bear and getting it buried in some snow I phone my buddy on a sat phone and got him to bring in 10lbs of salt which turned out to be not enough.
There is a guide outfitter that has been working this area for over 35 years and when he saw the bear he told us he has never seen one so big and stated that it is in the top 5 bears ever shot in BC and will be in the top 90 in the Boone & Crockett...
Anyway I have to run will get back to the story when I find a internet link again.
