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I agree about being armed, Art. I never go into the bush without a rifle or shotgun loaded with slugs. I like the Gualandi Dangerous Game Slug load.
It's a hardened slug from Italy, loaded here in Canada under the Challenger name. They shoot really well in my Mossberg's rifled tube. 496gr. at 1,610fps.
I have a 25 package of them, with accompanying wad for handloading, but haven't loaded up any as of yet. I still have 15 of the factory loaded slugs.
Black bears and I thought grizzlies as well, always have 3 cubs. The odd time, they will have 4. It is rare for all 3 or 4 to survive until the sow leaves the
winter den, but it does happen. I've seen black bear sows with 4 cubs and most in June still have 3. They are predated upon by other bears, of course &
with the wolf situation, they also are a problem.
3 years in a row, there were different sow grizzlies with 3 cubs each on the Babine river where I was fly fishing for Sockeye Salmon.
That is the first time I had seen that, as usually they only have one or two with them, by the fall, the others falling prey to boars or other problems.

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