Thanks for the feedback guys..here are a couple answers to your questions, yes the pack hung around and howled around me the whole time I dealt with the pics and the packout...very exciting to say the least, my 686 S&W .357 was my security blanket...my name hit the press due to the check in process with the Fish and Game...they asked to call the local paper, and I didn't think anything of it at the time (I was dog tired...) next thing I know every media outlet in the country is calling me...but I am not going to hide, not my style not my upbringing.....