I don't live in bear country or anything but i am pretty sure you should never go in the woods hunting or hiking unarmed. I am looking to get something inexpensive for this purpose but not sure what to caliber or pistol to get. I would say a snakes, coyotes, possible rabid racoon would be the only threats. I am looking at a ruger 22/45 target, a s&w m&p .45, and a rossi 971 357 mag. I do already have dies for 38/357 and a ton of 38 spl loaded ammo and have 45 acp dies. Thank you.
We probably travel / hike some of the same areas . Out of your choices I hate to limit myself to just a 22 . Personally the G19 is hard to beat and a 9mm hp will handle anything in our area. My personal favorite is a G29 but I tend to prefer overkill.
