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I agree, but isn't the object of having a good, large caliber handgun on and handy, to have immediate access to it while cleaning/dressing out large game. When one's rifle is leaning against a rock, bush, or tree, and not immediately available??

I've killed only two Black bears -- both with my .280 Remington -- and have only seen one Grizzly in Glacier Park and another in the L.A. Zoo. But when I've hunted elk in Grizzly country, I carried my .338 Win. Mag., and my S&W .41 Mag. When my partner and I were gutting, quartering, and packing an elk in Grizzly country, the rifles were usually leaning against a rock or tree... but our handguns were always on us.

Fortunately, never had to kill a Grizzly who was wounded or wanted our meat.

Just my thoughts.

L.W.