bear season starts next week and we hunt by doing drives through some REALLY nasty mountain laurel and rhododendron...hands and knees crawling type deals...

my only center fire suited for bear is my mauser in 3006 with a 3-9x40..its heavy and long and i really dont wanna be beating up a scope in that stuff...i could make a quick shot easily with it..but rather have the speed and compact size of my shotgun..its lighter, smaller, and faster handling...much more suited for driving and point blank range shooting when a bear takes out after i kick it in the butt...

im thinking of carrying my mossberg 590 12ga...

i can shot slugs out to 50yds pretty much point of aim with the bead...

but was wondering what you guys recommend for it for accuracy and stopping power...PA bears can run 100-800lbs...i need stopping power...and want accuracy so when i throw up the bead i know where that slugs going...

thoughts?? comments? anything? bad choice to take the 590?? 95% of my deer have been killed at 30 or so yards...id almost feel comfortable SITTING on drives with the 590 so long as i got an accurate load...