[familyop]

"Each man should have had a loaded .44 or .454 strapped on in a shoulder holster, I don’t give a damn how uncomfortable it may be. Bear country is bear country."

Agreed! But I'll add a Ruger Blackhawk in .45 Colt with special handloads (wide flatnose bullets 280 grains or heavier at about 1100 fps or faster, within safe reloading practices for the Ruger Blackhawk only). ...in a western side holster, though, of course.

Terminal Ballistics

Gun Notes: The .45 Colt - Dissolving the Myth, Discovering the Legend

Linebaugh Seminar Penetration Tests

Penetration Testing Big Bore Handguns

Heavy Bullets in the .45 Colt

[The Cajun]

in a western side holster, though, of course.

The reason I said shoulder holster was because I would have a heavy blade 14" Bowie on my belt.
Agree about the Blackhawk.45 Colt. Generally when I go in the woods/swamp down here (Louisiana) I take my old lever action Winchester 30-30 or .44 Marlin lever action carbine, Redhawk .44 (7 1/2" barrel) and 14" heavy Bowie.

[oldenuff2no]

Try 320gr corbon 45LC+P. They go out at about 1300FPS.