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[asdf2231]

When the grizzlies are sleeping, I carry a Glock 20 in 10mm.  It holds 15 rounds.  It is good stuff for cats and two legged predators.  Black bears do not scare me and  I would agree with your choices for them.  Although elk hunting one time, I almost stepped on a black bear that was busy tearing apart a stump for ants.  It was windy in the forest and he must have been deaf because bears never allow people to get that close.  All I had accessible was my bow and a knife.  He was a little guy that wheeled around and stood on his hind legs at dancing distance.  I dropped my bow and drew the knife.  My 44 was in my daypack so not accessible.   We stood facing each other for a few seconds then he dropped to all fours and ran in the other direction and then for some unknown reason swapped ends and ran back toward me and passed a few feet away from my side.  I think he was scared shitless (as was I) and he did not know what I was...I was head-to-toe camo so I must have looked like some goofy green bear to him.  I now carry my 500 and bear spray on my side and have it available. 

Not sure where you are going, but backcountry meth labs are more and more a concern of mine as are the pot growers.  I have considered carrying my AR or AK so that I have lots of firepower against those vermin.  But the downside is that 5.56 and 7.62x39 rounds are too light for stopping grizzlies.

I have to admit after thinking it through I'm a little happier with the notion of the boat tailed FMJ 7.62x39 round then I was with a 150 or even a 170 grain .30-30 soft point.  Plus the AK is actually a little lighter and about 4 inches shorter then the Winchester.

I'm going to be tramping the Wynoochee River in Washington state. It's BLM land and the areas that I have scoped out for camping are in areas that are dotted with clear cut plots that the logging companies have worked over. I know that Northern CA and portions of OR are really bad for all the Hillbilly Mafia drug labs, but I don't know much about WA. I'll check in with the district BLM office to see about any special warnings or hazards.

I've hiked Yellowstone a few times and the one encounter with a Grizzly, I just backed away slow and quiet and left him to his lunch. I stumbled into the dang thing about 15 feet of distance on the edge of a treeline where he was munching on a Mulie or an Elk carcass. He looked up and snorted and went back to eating.  My whole family damn near got trampled by a small buffalo herd on one of the scenic trails though.

[Bondai]

Let's hope you never have to use it.....

[Taxman]

When the grizzlies are sleeping, I carry a Glock 20 in 10mm.  It holds 15 rounds.  It is good stuff for cats and two legged predators.  Black bears do not scare me and  I would agree with your choices for them.  Although elk hunting one time, I almost stepped on a black bear that was busy tearing apart a stump for ants.  It was windy in the forest and he must have been deaf because bears never allow people to get that close.  All I had accessible was my bow and a knife.  He was a little guy that wheeled around and stood on his hind legs at dancing distance.  I dropped my bow and drew the knife.  My 44 was in my daypack so not accessible.   We stood facing each other for a few seconds then he dropped to all fours and ran in the other direction and then for some unknown reason swapped ends and ran back toward me and passed a few feet away from my side.  I think he was scared shitless (as was I) and he did not know what I was...I was head-to-toe camo so I must have looked like some goofy green bear to him.  I now carry my 500 and bear spray on my side and have it available. 

Not sure where you are going, but backcountry meth labs are more and more a concern of mine as are the pot growers.  I have considered carrying my AR or AK so that I have lots of firepower against those vermin.  But the downside is that 5.56 and 7.62x39 rounds are too light for stopping grizzlies.

I have to admit after thinking it through I'm a little happier with the notion of the boat tailed FMJ 7.62x39 round then I was with a 150 or even a 170 grain .30-30 soft point.  Plus the AK is actually a little lighter and about 4 inches shorter then the Winchester.

I'm going to be tramping the Wynoochee River in Washington state. It's BLM land and the areas that I have scoped out for camping are in areas that are dotted with clear cut plots that the logging companies have worked over. I know that Northern CA and portions of OR are really bad for all the Hillbilly Mafia drug labs, but I don't know much about WA. I'll check in with the district BLM office to see about any special warnings or hazards.

I've hiked Yellowstone a few times and the one encounter with a Grizzly, I just backed away slow and quiet and left him to his lunch. I stumbled into the dang thing about 15 feet of distance on the edge of a treeline where he was munching on a Mulie or an Elk carcass. He looked up and snorted and went back to eating.  My whole family damn near got trampled by a small buffalo herd on one of the scenic trails though.

 A buddy of mine killed a moose late one evening.  The next day, I agreed to help him pack it out.  We took some  horses up to where he shot the moose.  He had shot the moose on the side of a fairly steep mountain.  We decided to leave the horses  down where there was some vegetation for them to munch on and also some trees to tie them off while we skinned and quartered the moose.  He was poking around tying up the horses so I headed up the hill sans 375 H&H to get started on the moose.  I got to an area where it looked like a bulldozer had come in and moved dirt.  I then saw a pile of dirt with a moose antler protruding from it  along with a big pile of shit topping off the dirt mound.  I backed out very slowly...knowing that I had a grizzly close by.  I was very lucky that he didn't decide to charge me on that hillside...with no rifle to stop him.  All I had was a couple of knives.
Grizzlies will aggressively defend a kill.  I was lucky that time.