While looking for something else on F&G's website, I came across this. FYI.


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While hunting in Alaska, I do not carry a live round in my rifle's chamber. I am far more concerned about an accidental gunshot wound hurting myself or my partner in a remote area than about bear protection. In most big game hunting situations in Alaska, there is ample time to chamber a cartridge after game is spotted and stalked.


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If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli

American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender