RE: bear hunting
Kansas
For what it's worth, my father-in-law was bearhunting 2 years ago, and he forgot his sidearm. Well he had a sow and her cub come into the bait pile, and the cub started climbing his tree, got to about 5 feet from his stand and turned around. The whole time the sow was staring at him. If the cub would have started squealing, he might have been in trouble. He hasn't gone out without it since.
Budi