[ZULU]

“I guess the part of this that I find to be stupid to the part of being criminal is why people who go out into the bear’s and cat’s back yard and set up house keeping do not take the time to protect themselves and their families.”

You said it at the beginning of your post - “city people”.

All they know about animals is what they learn from Walt Disney. All they know about guns they learn from people like Diane Feinstein and Chuckie Schumer and Winnie Brady.

What kind of dogs do you use? Do you hunt bear?
I have a .54 caliber fintlock, a .577 caliber Enfield Minie Rifle, a ,30-06 M1917 Eddystone and an M1 Garand. I guess I couls use any one of them to take care of most bears. I suppose the authorities wouldn’ approve of the Garand - but it is .30-06, 8 shots to a clip.

[oldenuff2no]

Zulu.
I pack a 12 gage riot gun with sabot slugs in my scabbard and a 45LC special run Ruger Blackhawk on my hip. The 45 is stoked with corbon +P ammo. Although not my weapon of choice against a bear the 45, loaded heavy, has the ability to stop one in it's tracks with a well placed shot. I had the displeasure of getting in a situation where I had to use it a couple years ago.
I no longer hunt bear. I hunt most other big game animals but Having harvested black, Alaskan brown, and grizzly bears both with a rifle and a bow. I have no further interest in pursuing them. I pack in the spring summer and fall, and build rifles in the winter. I use one of three different rifles when I hunt. My primary rifle is a custom 280AI, Ackly Improved, which is a wildcat based on a 30-06 case necked down to .284 which is 7MM. From there I go up to a 35W, 35 Wheelen, which is an 06 case necked up to .35 Caliber. If I'm hunting something really big that hunts back I will be carrying a 375 H&H.