Don't leave home without one no matter if I'm hunting or not. I mean they are meant for personal protection. We do have Black Bears and recently "supposedly" a few mountain Lion & Grey Wolf have been spotted but the F&G don't want to admit they do exist here. I believe it is because they don't have the resources or the manpower to take on another species. All three of these carnivores will attack man for one reason or another and I am not going to be a statistic. Just look at the west coast and Alaska, you hear about people being attacked constantly! I think most attacks were prevoked by stupid people but there are the few that weren't! I feel safe with the 44 Ruger SBH strapped to the hip
