Two new _ Shooting on the Coast of 
members _ British Columbia 
of a fine old An Amusing Experience with a Bear 
family | By SIR CHARLES PIERS, BART. 
The new Stevens .410 double 
| (~ HOOTING up the coast of British arms, he thought his last moment had 
The ne 22 | S Columbia is full of strange inci- come. Nothing happened, so plucking 
. dents and meetings with the in- up courage, he peeped through his 
For 60 years Stevens shotguns and 'teresting people who make their living hands to see the three bears up on their 
rifles have been famous for three |on our Coast waterways. Thus apart hind legs all looking at him with an air 
things—accuracy, strength and price. from excellent wild-fowl shooting, with of puzzled astonishment. He dropped 
ie Sees Forcier tite MMe ice the 'a good chance of deer and possibly his hands from his face, and sitting up 
old standbys of other years—the same | Peat, there is always interesting infor- stared back at them. Whereupon the 
careful workmanship throughout. mation and amusing stories of their old bear, with a warning “whoof” to 
Just take the new hard-hitting .410 | sporting experiences to be got from her cubs, dropped on all fours and, fo)- 
caer pee poe |these people. A trip I took late in the lowed by the cubs, shambled away. To 
compressa ares) tte Be red by the Fall last year, when I stayed at Adams say that the darkie was astonished at 
Stevens slow process that makes and River, on the Vancouver Island, with his luck is putting it mildly, but as he 
keeps them accurate. And this gun some hand-loggers, is illustrative of my said, he guessed that he owed his es- 
for only 930.00] meaning. They were both good men _ cape to his color, as the old bear must 
Only $4.50 for thenewStevensJunior |at their job, and one of them had a_ have mistaken him for some strange 
If you’re thinking of rifles—the new | good thirty-foot power boat, and brother bear. Anyway, whatever it 
Sees ie ost the thought nothing of running down to was, he had no more use for bears. 
Arges pes ae “4 oe Vancouver and back in this fine sea- Bear-hunting uy the Coast is some- 
realrifle,witha barrelrifled | boat. We certainly tackled some quite what of a lottery in which there are 
tolessthana thousandth | rough weather in Johnson Strait in our more blanks than prizes, and the un- 
ra an inch in accuracy! | »yns across to the mainland to shoot, or certainty of the sport is such that up 
nd take another look at ‘ ‘ : 
the price—only $4.50! for supplies, and it was on these trips at the head of the Bella Coola Valley 
All through the Stevens | they waxed communicative and told us a lazy sportsman, who had refused the 
line you’ll find this | their best yarns. One which I partic- offer to hunt with the best hunter in 
strength, this finish, these | ylarly enjoyed, as I knew the place the valley in some of the finest bear 
selene ee ol well, was about another hand-logger, country in British Columbia, actually 




































interesting catalog. a negro, a rarity at that on the Coast, shot a good grizzly without going more 
J. STEVENS ARMS Co, | Who went up to the head of Knight’s than 500 yards from the ranch in which 
Fp ae Inlet after the geese for which the he was staying. But then the Bella 
Wilh ate. ep iesone 'place is famous. It was early in the Coola district itself is good bear coun- 
Arms Corporation |Fall, when the bear are down on the _ try, so perhaps he was not as lucky as 
flats feeding on the berry bushes and he seems. Though on the other hand 
Stevens salmon in the river. The darkie was _ it is on record that another sportsman, 
60th year—largest warned about them but laughingly re- with everything at his command for 
manufacturer of marked that no bears could worry him. his success, hunting in the best grizzly 
shotguns in the world 3 ; 
He had only an old shotgun and a few country, never saw one until his sev- 
<a shells when he landed, and made his enth season. Some friends of mine had 
inch round barrel. |Way into the bushes, bent on stalking much the same experience in want of 
puued fnich — mili- | some geese feeding on the flats. Bears luck, when shooting in Bute Inlet some 
C.B. Caps, .22short, | were the last things he was thinking years ago. Bute Inlet is good bear 
long, or long rifle. : } 
Weight 234 Ibs. For | about, when he ran plump into three country, but the mountains, very steep 
OR el well-grown black bear cubs feeding on and practically overhanging the water, 
ithe berries. The cubs were as startled are difficult to climb and most unplea- 
as he was, and at once began to kick sant to be out on at night in bad and 
‘up such a row that the old she-bear stormy weather. The two hunters had 
came lumbering up from behind, cut- left their boat in a sheltered spot and 
ting off the negro.from his boat. He had been out all day on the bear slides 
was struck with a sudden panic, and without getting a shot. They were late 
dropping his gun, bolted out of the starting back, so were benighted on the 
bushes across the flats, closely pursued worst part of the narrow trail down 
by the three bears. Now these flats the almost precipitous side of the moun- 
are bad going, being pitted with deep tain with the water some hundreds of 
pot holes full of water, and cut up with feet right below them. Finally it got 
narrow ditches hidden in the grass, so so steep that they were obliged to sit 
it was not long before the terrified down in it under the shelter of some 
darkie went head over heels into one bushes. The prospect was none too 
of these pitfalls. The bears were right pleasant, as it was so dark they could 
on top of him, and as he rolled on the not see a yard in front of them, while 
ground protecting his head with his the rain and wind beat down. They 

Model 330 double. bare 
rel, hammerless gun. 
Case-ehardened frame 
with lasting polish— 
high pressure com- 
pressed steel barrel— 
blued. Made in 12-16- 
20 and .410 gauge. 

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