I was hiking around Groom Creek yesterday with Bow season hunting in full swing.
Beautiful and Rugged area just South of Prescott. Bear Spray would Not have given me the Statistical security of the 180 grain Hardcast pellets that I had in my Ruger wheel gun. The recent Bear attack has Woke this community to the reality of Self Preservation.
Being born and raised on the edge of Smoky Mtns Nat’l Park, I didn’t worry much about black bears, but the times I HAVE been out in the west, I always carried the Ruger...