It ain't agin the law... some do, some don't.
As stated above, if you are worried (er- "prepared"), for varmints of any kind outdoors, more accessible is possibly better than concealed. But one is safer out there than in town anyway - varmints vary.
Just back from 2 weeks across Cook Inlet, bears on the beach and through the yards daily and nightly - but they are good bears. There are a couple human neighbors not so much, I was told. Never carried, never felt threatened. The shotguns were useful on squirrels.
I did get a couple decent (not outstanding) bear pics with the Canon, which I'll have to get on the computer after moose season. I was kept too busy to go "hunting" really good pics. Incidental take only.
I'll be packing a HiStandard .22 on the hip moose hunting, starting about Monday. I might be charged by a grouse.....
The .338 should be capable of anything else.
Last edited by las; 09/08/22.
