Trueblue you are correct...I hopefully never will have to take the gun out of its holster...it would be for self defense for me and my hounds only...every bear I've ever killed was with a Win. Model 94 32 special shot in the head...which works real well lol...but I have a lot of close up encounters ...

thanks for the replys guys...hopefully I don't ever have to use it I want one for a just in case moment...a long gun I would prefer, but, a long gun just gets in the way when trying to lead multiple hounds out on leads threw the swamps I generally find myself in...I had a ruger Blackhawk 357 before ...

Well I'm thinkin bout buying a pistol to carry while running the hounds and walking into tree/bayed up bears just to have for just in case moments...I know some of u guys carry pistols with u...my question is what do u carry? I'm looking for opinion on what caliber u prefer (I was thinkin bout going ...

Plotts...northern lower michigan...bears and bobs

well we had a awsome training season but myself or none of the guys i run with have a kill tag this year but was just wonderin if any of my fellow MI hunters have had any sucess so far this year...lets see some pics

so i just found out this weekend ( june 20) there is a bear bay up contest in Falmouth MI...dont know much about it except it starts at 10...anyone on here going to be there, anyone with any info

thanks Kevin

Looking for a big boned male bluetick pup in MI...going to be running bear in fall and bobs in the winter so a pup that has parents that run both is what im looking for, and bawl mouth prefered.. does anyone know of any one who has some for sale. i run 3 plotts now and this will be my first blue dog ...

has anyone ever had a dog loose an eye to a pocupine ? it seems like it would happen

hey folks hows it goin..been lookin at this site for a while now and i just have to say ive learned alot from you guys already. anyways just wanted to say hi, im from norther lower of michigan and have been runnin beagles and bassets for some years now with my dad for rabbits. i have always wanted ...