I carry a 44 mag at a minimum in elk country, either a SW629-4 MG or a SW329PD in a Simply Rugged pancake either on my belt or strapped to my packs hip belt if backpack hunting. Enough to deal with predators of the two and four legged kind.
What do you carry at the maximum?
Custom single action Ruger 5-shot conversions chambered in either .475 or .500 Linebaugh... also in Simply Rugged pancake holsters. As John Linebaugh says... "powerful, practical and packable". The .475 is from Linebaugh, the .500 from Reeder. Both are fantastic packing Guns, albeit single actions.
