ORIGINAL: Rob129

Hi everyone,
I am new here. Great forum you have! Anyways I am in the Air Force and just moved to Tacoma, Wash. I am planning on hunting Elk and Deer up here. First time for Elk, not for deer. I have done a little reading and am stuck between a Super Redhawk .44, S&W 629 .44 and a Super Redhawk Alaskan .454 Casull. This would be used in the event that I had to defend myself against Bears or Mountain Lions. I hope the never comes that I would have to use it. But it would be nice to have some added insurance. Does anyone have inputs? Sorry if this has been asked a bizillion times. I tried to do a forum search but did not turn up anything.