Years ago I read that Fred Bear, bow hunter, always carried a .44 magnum hidden under his jacket “just in case”.
He once, on camera, shot a huge bear, with a bow and arrow, it turned on him. He grabbed for his hidden revolver when one of the cameramen yelled not to do it as the bear was a real trophy and shooting it would mean it was no longer a bow and arrow trophy. The bear bled out and died before it could get to BEAR.
Fred Bear - Ted Nugent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8lXR1XdUCg