ORIGINAL: game4lunch
You better check your regs. I would be surprised if CO allowed the .357 as a hunting caliber. And if you carry it hunting (regardless of what for) I betit has to be of a legal cal.
I guess the most popular "back-up" weapon in brown/griz country amongst guides is a 12ga with buckshot.
Your talking about a the MOTS(man on the scene) He's the all knowing Colorado Lucky Dog... The soon to be Alaskan Know it all
In other words a F stick