I was having lunch with a rancher friend and an elk outfitter acquaintance some years back. We got to talking about grizzlies and rifles and the old outfitter related a great story that actually happened to him (he had the scars to prove it).

The outfitter's area was in the AB Wilderness off Paradise Valley. Seems he was going in to his camp when he found himself between a mama grizz and her cubs. The mama grizz got him in a pretty good "bear hug" (quite literally) and wouldn't let go. He was flailing around, unable to get lose. Finally he swung the butt of his 30-06 around and got mama right on the snout. She let loose and ran off.

He wryly told me, "don't let anyone ever tell you a 30-06 isn't enough for grizzly."

“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery