>>346905>Bear attacks are incredibly rare mate, That's largely true, if you make noise when walking about in the woods, bears will largely leave you alone, especially black bears, they don't want any trouble.
That said, bears can still be very very dangerous, if they get some idea in their head that you're after their cubs, shit can get very ugly.
>they aren't out to get you. No, but that doesn't mean they're not dangerous. Some suggest just lying on the ground, playing dead, which doesn't exactly work every time.
>Nothing wrong with being unarmed.Nothing wrong with being armed either.
>>346914>.30-06 self-loading rifleGiven that he would be using it for hunting, how the fuck would it end up being functionally different from a Browning X-bolt in .30-06?
Don't be fucking obtuse.
