Thanks for the oing to the beqar attack thread. Pepper spray just makes a bear long for a marguritta after the snack. Pepper spray and a sleeping bag? Buritto. I think teh .45-70 should at least slow down a Grix if I hit him in the right spot a .454 Taurus raging Bull will also giove him at least soem pause or there is always the 12 bore. I have not had a chance to go fishing in Alaska and hope to get to it should all go well this year. I will go fully armed.
Get yourself one of these.
The Original Bear Medicine - Model 71 Winchester in .348 WCF. It will make Brother Bruin lie down pronto. It's short and handy with a very fast action, so you can grab it in a hurry at 3 a.m.
My dad bought it for my mom to go hunting on Kodiak. He was going to get a custom rifle in .375 H&H, but mom turned up pregnant with moi, so they never went.
Dad will occasionally look at me, and sigh, and ask, "Why couldn't you wait til I got the H&H?" Oh, well, that's the breaks. At least I reload the .375 ammo for him!
Maybe we can all rendezvous in Alaska for some fishing and hunting some day. That'd be damn nice.