"Harry Andreas" wrote in message
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(SteveM8597) wrote:

I have carried a firearm a time or two while backpacking in grizzly
country but
not in state and national parks where they are illegal. I hear the
situation
in some of the CA parks is pretty bad, though. Not what I would
consider a
survival situation, just common sense.

Best bet for bear and cougar defense is actually pepper spray, although
I've
also carried a .357, especially when hiking with kids.

I go with the 45 apc, as the only real danger when camping is human. Unless
you are someone unfamiliar with animals. I really hate to see someone
injure a bear, or cougar. I had a fat badger on my front porch looking for
cat food and I paased on terrorizing the little stinker.