What would you rather carry hunting alone in cat country?

[boneaddict]

Generally I'd say my longbow.  I'd be faster with it than trying to dig out any gun.  BUT....... if I had to pick a pistol, I do like the .41 for essentially what was said about the .44 except I have more control over it and it will do the same job.   .357 would work too.   I was on edge A LOT this year while bowhunting as there was a grizz in the area, and I wasn't packing.  Again, I'd want something I had control over.  The .41 would make me feel secure.   


As a sidenote, while on the mountain I was thinking about this with rifles.   If a grizz charged which gun I'd rather have.  I was thinking 30-30 or 32 Spl for the mere fact I could put 5 in the boiler room before he hit me versus a bolt action remington with a scope, maybe one if lucky........Maybe that should be a topic in itself.  Just thoughts....

[Dick in the Dirt]

No doubt my 44 mag one shoot one kill.Impact will stop him in his tracks.If he's treed a 22lr works great.

[Nilehunter]

what ever is lightest and easyest to carry..

That would be the xd...

[wreckerman5357]

I went with the XD40 if for no other reason than I own and carry this pistol every day. Mine has been 100% reliable after about 3000 rounds of range ammo, a good portion of which was Russian steel-cased crap. I am very familar with it and can use it quickly with combat accurate results.

[Alchase]

I chose the XD .40 cal because that is what I carry, any of those will work just fine for cats. I prefer semis myself, but I would recommend whichever you shoot the best "instinctively".
Cats are pretty sneaky when on the attack, shooting a gun you are not confident with in my mind reduces your survivability.

[ghosthunter]

I am the odd ball out. Tarus Judge for me. Because of the utility of it. Several loads I can use. Kill grouse. If a cat is on you and you can get off a shot I got to think they will let go no matter what you use at that range. Any thing on your list is going to hurt like a bugger at point blank range.

[jdb]

I voted for the .44 mag. but only because the . 45 colt wasnt an option. and I would pick the .45 for the same reason Bone picked the .41 more control. if I had to carry a .44 mag I would load it down...not quite to special level but down.

[jdb]

all that said my .45 usually gets left at home and I opt for the lowly .22

[runamuk]

all that said my .45 usually gets left at home and I opt for the lowly .22

I like my 22 I am proficient with it and it seems as if the 22... is deemed an air soft  gun it is always left out of choices...I was taught a 22 can kill but on gun forums it sure doesn't seem like it

[fair-chase]

all that said my .45 usually gets left at home and I opt for the lowly .22

I like my 22 I am proficient with it and it seems as if the 22... is deemed an air soft  gun it is always left out of choices...I was taught a 22 can kill but on gun forums it sure doesn't seem like it

LOL. Just tell 'em your .22 is milspec, black and od green with speed load mags. That'll keep 'em off your case Run.


Not saying one of the choices is any better than the other, they would all work in the right hands. I just have a fascination with the 1911. Not sure if it's the history of the weapon or the feel of it but it has been my favorite sidearm for a long time now.

[dad98684]

i like to carry my 45 colt blackhawk with +p when hunting, very accurate out to 80 yards. of these choices i would choose the 1911. if it's not hunting season 1911 for sure.

[runamuk]

all that said my .45 usually gets left at home and I opt for the lowly .22

I like my 22 I am proficient with it and it seems as if the 22... is deemed an air soft  gun it is always left out of choices...I was taught a 22 can kill but on gun forums it sure doesn't seem like it

LOL. Just tell 'em your .22 is milspec, black and od green with speed load mags. That'll keep 'em off your case Run.


Not saying one of the choices is any better than the other, they would all work in the right hands. I just have a fascination with the 1911. Not sure if it's the history of the weapon or the feel of it but it has been my favorite sidearm for a long time now.

doggone it mine looks more like this

[DOUBLELUNG]

Anything will deter a cat - they are ambushers, thin skinned, fairly easy to kill and hate fights.  Whatever you can make go bang the quickest, preferably hitting the kitty too. 

[superdown]

I chose the 1911 not because of it's power but because i can keep all of my shot's on a paper plate at 50 yards with my kimber eclipse full size with Hornady 230grn +p . I would rather have something i am accurate with than something that has more recoil than i'm use to

[Bean Counter]

I think it depends on your primary weapon (bow or a modern rifle) and whether black/grizzly bears are in the mix. I don't know much about 'charge stopping' a cat but I'm guessing a .40 would do the trick?