Very nice gun! Is it yours?
I spent many years in North Idaho before I retired, and my barber there spent summers guiding fishing expeditions into the heart of bear country. His solution was a Stevens 311 12ga SXS. One barrel loaded with a slug, and the other with "00" buck.
He had successfully used this combination on several occasions when curious grizzlies had gotten un comfortably close or had charged his party. He applied it like this: "First, you give him the buck shot in the face or chest area. If the Bear is merely curious this will usually cure that, and he will retreat.
If the bear is determined, and seems to have his heart set on "surf AND turf", then the buck applied that way will stop him and nine times out of ten, he will sit down on his haunches while he tries to figure out what hit him, then you deliver the slug to the chest.
JMHO
I suppose it depends on what you are doing, and what the laws are, as to what the best gun would be. If I were fly fishing, I'd have a S&W .460 or a .44 mag at minimum. If I were doing something else where I could legally carry a rifle or shotgun, I would carry them instead of a handgun any day of the week.
RPG-7 for the win.
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Current laws in AK allow you to carry a firearm as long as it's not concealed. Sounds crazy, but true. Of course, there's the courthouse, schools and etc..... but taking a stroll down the street is perfectly legal.
Actually current Alaska law allows you to carry concealed without a permit as long as you meet the requirements. You can't carry where not allowed and on some federal land the carrying of fireamrs is also restricted.
http://www.dps.state.ak.us/Statewide/PermitsLicensing/concealedhandguns.aspx
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