Well, I’m being totally serious this time, and this is not depression, it’s another problem. I have to cancel the bear hunt. Here’s what happened. I went out to scout out a spot, ran into another bear Hunter who gave me advice on a spot. After taking a look around, I went home. When I got home, I learned that something happened, (I can’t say what) that affects my family financially. As a result, I can no longer afford the right type of rifle I was going to buy. I’m stuck with my Winchester 243. That’s not enough to take down a bear, as one of you guys said. I want it to be a clean kill, for safety, and be humane. In a nutshell, due to finances, and things out of my control, I have to cancel the bear hunt. HOWEVER, That won’t stop me from getting experience and going out and being in nature! It’ll give me plenty of time to study bears, and learn where a good spot is. And no, I have plenty of friends, but none of them have the right type of rifle. Most likely, I can try next spring. It all depends on when I get the rifle.