ORIGINAL: bigcountry
I agree. A 35 would be fine. But I have been around black bears my whole life. I never worried about one ambushing me while gutting a deer. And never worried about one charging me.
BC, I agree with you, but here it is thick. You might stumble into a MaMa with Cubs,it could get
Nasty! Plus we have FL. Panther and they pick up on a gutted deer real quick.
Most of the hunters take it to the ranger station.
Plus one time I was on stand in a Washington Palm thinking there were no bears in the area,WRONG!
Black bear eat the berries on top of the palm, and that day he wanted some.Luckly I did'nt have to
shoot it.He got tired of trying and climbed back down. I never saw it again,but it ruined that hunting
spot.