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Offline kselkhunter

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Re: Why do you carry a sidearm while hunting?
« Reply #45 on: March 29, 2020, 11:00:23 AM »
Same answer I gave in the other thread.  I carry my revolver in chest holster for archery and muzzleloader.  I don't carry a handgun in rifle season.   


Sometimes the decision depends on which state I'm hunting.  For example in Oregon you can only shoot grouse with a shotgun or rimfire, and I like the option of taking a grouse on big game backcountry hunts.   So for there I sometimes carry my Little Badger along on my big game hunting trips because it's light and folds down, or if my best friend is with me he's packing his 22lr revolver for grouse.     


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Re: Why do you carry a sidearm while hunting?
« Reply #46 on: March 30, 2020, 04:21:12 PM »
I carry a side arm 24/7
Why would I ever leave it home to go out in the woods
One shot. One kill!

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Re: Why do you carry a sidearm while hunting?
« Reply #47 on: March 30, 2020, 10:18:27 PM »
I carry a side arm 24/7
Why would I ever leave it home to go out in the woods

That's really the best response.

Why wouldn't you carry a pistol in the woods?

And I mean with something you can be effective with too, not a mouse gun like a KelTec .32 or a grouse gun like a .22 Buckmark. Why do any of you choose not to carry an effective fighting pistol in the woods, regardless of hunting or not?

Personally I've never had a situation where I was glad to be unarmed.

 


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