Prayes for Derek . I backtracked to get the full story. That is tough to loose A foot specially so young. My prayers for a successful surgery and quick rehab and adaption to his new foot.

I have A S & W 629 with A 6 " Barrel that I bought just for this purpose here in MI. But anymore I Carry my Glock 23 with 200 180 grain Hard Cast bullets. I can simply draw it faster and put st least 2 on target compared to 1 with the 44 Mag.
I have tested thus at the range and bullets in gallons of water. The 180 grain hard cast from the 40 S&W went thru all 6 gallons of water.  A Hornady home defense round went thru 3
The 44 Mag with 240 grain Nosler Partitions was lodged in the back of the 6th gallon jug. I now load it with hard cast bullets. And who knows how many gallons it will go thru. But like 257 said you have to be able to shoot it accurately.
Like in A quick draw contest. I will take the glock for speed and more shots fired. But I do want to swap it for A 10 mm

I here you 224
That 44 mag better have hard cast lead bullets and heavy for caliber bullets to boot.
But what ever you have. You need it Handy.
Traveling in A group it's easy to feel safe.  And I'm sure I would have been in the same boat as the victim in this case. And om always carrying.
Steve Ranela from Meat Eater was in A large group heading back to retrieve A Elk he shot the Night before. It was hanging in a tree. The Group did every thing right. Until that sat down at the tree to catch there breath. And A Brown Bear charged and plowed right thru the group. One guy actually riding on its back for a second. Another guy walked it with a walking stick.
The guy with the gun was separated from it leaving it with his back pack a few feet away.
That group was lucky the sheer numbers confused the bear and they were able to get there wits about them and arm them selfs . And back out of there. To bad they didn't get any footage of that.

Oldie but A Goodie !!

Thanks Grouchy!!

Thank you !
Dino I don't know. I never fish down that way. But as a kid I remember going somewhere that way and there were dead fish all over the beach. I think that was a isolated incident.  I have never seen anything like it since.
But a freind of mine walking the shore of Lake Michigan a couple years back found several small dead sturgeon skeletons. That was weird.

Very Nice Mike. Looks very Professional!!
And very practical as well.

Hey Grouchy what's Up
That's a Two Word Title to your post.
I love that movie.  Now I will have to read the book. I have seen  pictures of the mounted lions those mainless lions sure are ugly.