It really comes down to " WHEN YOU SEE THE BEAR " and Not the other way around .
Like I've already said ; better to carry and try dying ,then die without trying . Kind of like being tried by #12 rather than carried by #6 .
95% of the time a round in the ground deters attacks IMO ,so it's only the other 5% of the time things can get dicey .
You walk into the Woods unarmed IMO and there are all kinds of stupid people too replace YOU .