Hunted deer in Maine for many years, the fall bear season ran concurrent with the deer season and ones deer tag included black bear. In those 25 years I never saw a bear in the woods, occasional sign, a few in the check in stations but none in the woods., still, setting on a ground stand with full daylight still an hour away ones mind could get active and ones ears started to listen for that soft rustle of a blackie sneaking up. A scoped high power rifle was useless so it lay across the lap and the Model 29 was in hand. LOL. Never fired that pistol in the woods and in a few years, as I got older and we moved into tree stands I got tired of packing the weight so left it in camp. No feral pigs in Maine in those years that I knew of, maybe none even today, I don't know. However plenty of pigs, maybe even a bear or two in Charlotte/Lee county Florida these days just alas, my hunting days are over.