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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cohiba" data-source="post: 3116880" data-attributes="member: 2550">This is what my buddies in Montana and Alaska carry.1. Unless they're specifically hunting a Griz or Kodiak.....they try to avoid them as much as possible.2. When they're in bear country the choice of pistol is a 44 Mag. revolver.   This is a self defense gun...one to try and deter, scare, or delay the bear.  If they're lucky...maybe kill it.3. The little brown or black shouldn't be much of a problem....I stated ...shouldn't be.   All the ones that I have encountered saw me and turned the other way...except one that I would feed by leaving outdated produce from the grocery store.  I would leave it by the river bank...several hundred yards from me while trout fishing.  I never encountered a small bear with babies...that may be a different story.Big bear...Grizzly and Kodiak have a different frame of mind(at least to me) than the smaller bears.  But when the big bears have babies with them.....turn around.....get out of Dodge.....give them plenty of space-Plus what ever space you gave them-give them a few extra hundred yards more.  You can't outrun, win a fight, nor climb a tree faster than big bear.***Ever thought of having a hound or two with you on the trail?  Not to hunt but as added ...hmmm....protection....or a target for the bear to hit before it gets you...giving you time to Get The *uck Out Of There?If you want to hunt big bear....my buddies use 300 H&H, 300 Win Mag, and 375 H&H.  They usually give the meat to tribal groups.Just my 2 cents.</blockquote>

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