Excellent advice from someone who encountered brown bears over 20 years of summer fishing!
Unlike Kodiak brown bears, where a shot may mean a gut pile,
the interior grizzlies I've encountered seem to ignore a "warning shot" maybe they think it is close thunder?
I've also seen Dall rams and...
I like the Nikon p900 or p1000. I bought a p900 used for $300. It has optical zoom to 83x, shutter speed as fast as 1/300 second, and can shoot a sequence of many 16mp photos in a second. 83x optical is eqiv 2000mm 35mm zoom lens. Rechargable battery. For $300 used it is a good value. An upgrade...
I spent 30 years in griz country in interior Alaska and had 5 close caĺls. I always carried bear spray and either a rifle or shotgun. AK Fish and Game has some good videos about electric fence around camp. We used electric fence at fish camp and a lighter fence setup for backpacking.
I started...