Rap, I don't carry the shotgun cuz I am up there fishing, and the cover is pretty dense, and it would be a pain in the arse, and...... whatever else I can come up with. As I said, the pistol is just a final precaution. I try and scare the critter away, hit them with the spray, etc. But if'n its a mama bruin wi' cubs up a nearby tree,.... well, you know.

Mick