The problem with this question is that we probably all share... Too many gun choices, not enough seasons and not enough tags to use for all the desired guns we'd like to use. Any way, since rifle bear overlaps with first week of deer season here, I'll be carrying a Marlin 444 xlr. After that, probably alternate between a marlin 35 Rem, Savage 99 in 300 Savage and the Accumark in 240.