In recent years Phil has used the 220-grain Partition when he's carried a .30-06 for backing up bear hunters, because he's tested a bunch of .30-caliber bullets and it penetrates deeper than any other. But he did use the 200 Partition for many years before the 220 was introduced.

So far nobody has suggested the Timothy Treadwell method of grizzly defense: Talk to them like they're your friend!

“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck