Other than purely a decision made based on weight, I wouldn't carry a .22 in the woods. I'm not worried about snakes, rabbits or squirrels. When I am in the woods hiking there is the very occasional bear or cat, but the two-legged troublemaker is what I worry about the most.
Prefer packing a revolver, mostly a stainless Ruger GP-100 4" barrel, but sometimes take an XD45.
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