I've wrote the story before, but one time while hunting bear in Idaho, I had a stare down @ about 15 feet with a sow Griz..my rifle was leaning against a tree out of reach, I was [bleep] basically.
That is the precise reason I often keep a large bore revolver available. I like to carry one when the possibility of that happening seems likely.
Sometimes, the air you 'let in'matters less than the air you 'let out'.
