I hound hunt bears and carry a Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 mag with 300gr. JSP handloads asa my side arm and carry a Marlin 1895GS 45-70 with 350gr. Hornady RN bullets to the tree. A black bear can be pretty mean. A few years back I got plowed down and bit by a bear that my hounds had bayed up, the Garmin showed it was treed so I wasn't really paying attention when I was going in, the hounds were raising hell and as I got closer to them, out of the brush comes a black blur. Next thing I knew I was on the ground with a bear on top of me, the dogs surrounded us both, the bear bit me on the back of the leg and hauled ass with the hounds behind him. I got up and ran after them and caught him on the road where I took these photos. He looked like he was going to charge me again so I reached for my pistol and he went about 50 yards into the woods and treed. It was training season and not take season so I had to leave him in the tree. I learned that day that when going in on a tree, be cautious of your surroundings and always be ready.

This is the bear after he bit me, making a run at my hounds." />

This is another picture of him." />

This is the bear after he treed." />

Here is the back side of my leg, good thing I was wearing Carhartts." />