Just back from a spot & stalk bear hunt in BC. Used a V-C in 375R V-C (2800 fps with a 300 gr Hornady SPBT). Both my son & myself took 7 foot bears.

Details:
Outfitter..... Primitive Outfitting
Location..... British Columbia, Canada
Firearm.......Verney-Carron AZUR double rifle in 375R V-C.
Game hunted......Black Bear
Dates...... June1-7 2014
Hunt Type......Spot & Stalk

This hunt involved checking for feeding bears along grassy areas, logging roads, rail road tracks, clear cuts from logging, pastures. When a suitable male bear was identified we stalked to a reasonable range. Most of the bears were seen in the last few hours of the day

My son took his bear at about 75 yards, extremely nice 7 foot bear (nose to tail). One shot & the bear never moved

My bear was also 7 foot at approx 125 yards

Very interesting & exciting hunt, we saw lots of bears & would recommend this hunt. Best part was sharing some time with my son.
Jeff Lander at Primitive Outfitters is highly recommended

Great hunt!

Congrats Guys way to go on Father and Son Double with a Double!!!!

cheers

Nick

Great bears Ken! Double/Double!


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Nicely done Ken and Carl!

Looks Great Ken.

Hope to see you in Denmark one day

Congratulations on some nice bears and to do it with doubles! Awesome.

I bet it was a thrilling hunt and to share it with your son....priceless...to borrow a line from a commercial. Those are really good bears too!!!

Good stuff Ken. Glad you guys had a fun trip and took 2 really nice bears.

Great hunt Ken! Nice rifles and bears!

Congrats Ken. Looks and sounds like you had fun.

Hi Ken.

What caliber is .375R?..Rum...H&H rimmed..?.

300grain @ 2800 ft/sec is pretty darn good.

The 375R V-C is based on shortened 450, necked to 375.
The factory load is 100gr Norma MRP with a 300gr bullet. I have used the same load with both Hornady & CEB bullets. Northfork bullets require a slightly lower charge of powder.
With CEB solids it was shooting thru elephants on side shots.
Taking it again for elephants this August

This was a fun hunt, very doable with a double rifle. The outfitter takes a number of bears with a hunters using bows. One of the hunters in camp with us took a 7 foot bear at 15 yards with a bow. Five hunters in camp took 9 bears, 4 of them were at the 7 foot mark with the balance being between 6-7 feet. We saw 5 to 15 bears every time we went out.

Good hunt Ken !!!!

Mike

Mike, I'm sure the outfitter could arrange a Bear hunt for you...stalking in a dry river bed with 2 guides behind you with lighters at the ready. If not, you could always go back and see this guy :-)

Ken

Nice bears, well done.

Good hunt, and interesting caliber!
What is the pressure when loaded to 300@2800?

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Originally posted by Norsk:
Good hunt, and interesting caliber!
What is the pressure when loaded to 300@2800?

3900 bars piezzo
If you want PM your email & I will forward you the specifications

Nice!!

Congrats on a great hunt. Nice to see the "two pipe" being used.

Thanks for sharing.

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Mike, I'm sure the outfitter could arrange a Bear hunt for you...stalking in a dry river bed with 2 guides behind you with lighters at the ready. If not, you could always go back and see this guy :-)

I am going to keep a log of all your cyber buying and settle the score in the Alaskan bush

Mike

Looks like yall had a blast (no pun)!! Congrats and thanks for sharing!!