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Damned bears were all over the place where we were hiking last month. We literally walked outside the place we were staying and 50 feet out the door, some danged bear was leaving his calling card in the yard. Day and night there were multiple bears either getting into the trash or leaving berry piles on the lawn, or up and down the road. Funny thing is we never saw them as we were hiking, but we would come back a couple hours later and there would be a fresh pile on the lawn.

I kept the 10mm with a light attached in room for night time duties and carried a 1911 .45 ACP with +P 250 grain hard cast flat points at 950+FPS as my carry gun on that particular weekend.







I figured either load would take care of Mr. Grumpy Bear nicely.