Morning, I have a question for those of you who might spend time camping in State Forrest and parks or just outdoors in wilderness areas. I live in Minnesota and I'm planning a trip up to the BWCA. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, is a 1,090,000-acre wilderness area in the Superior National Forest in northeastern part of the US state. There are all kinds of wild-life in the BWCA, bear, wolf and other animals that can ruin a well planned trip.
My question is, since weapons are allowed in the park, I'm trying to decied which side arm to take? I've already decided to bring my SOCOM 16 because I'm pretty confident the 7.62x51 (.308) is robust enough to handle any issue I might have, but I'm stuck on either my GP100 .357 Magnum [preferred] with 4-5 speed loaders or FN FNX .45 as a side arm with a spare mag or two. While I really don't expect to have any problems, I don't want to be without.
Suggestions... recommendations?
Thanks.