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a handgun is definitely better when you're climbing trees
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.......or when your pants happen to be around your ankles (not Deliverance type........  ).
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I used to carry a magnum handgun while hunting, but gave up on hauling the extra weight. I do sometimes carry one when bird hunting in pig country. Sometimes, while carrying a rifle, I will carry my .38 snubby with shotshells that I've loaded myself using the Speer capsules filled with #12 shot for snakes.
Like others have said, I feel there is little else that I can do with a handgun that I can't do with the rifle I am carrying, including finishing off wounded game.
�That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.� George Orwell
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My XD-40 goes with me every step I take in the woods. Where I hunt, it is mostly for the two legged, illegally here kind.
this past hunt, I forgot the holster I usually carry ( I carry it left handed so it doesnt bang my rifle). I actually left it at campe one day and boy did that feel weird!
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Around here we have black bears, feral hogs, and feral dog packs. If I put my rifle up in the vehicle in order to track, or drag, a deer you can bet I put a handgun on. I used to use a N frame S&W (.357 MAG, .41 MAG or .44 MAG) or a Ruger BH (.41 MAG, .44 MAG or .45 COLT) but lately I have simply slipped my Glock 23 in a Fobus paddle into my pants and started tracking. If I am handgun hunting I still use one of the BH, SBH, or N frame revolvers.
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We don't have mean bears around here, so its mostly two legged preditors that are the issue and of course the other shots of opportunity. So my answer is the S&W 360-1. its a 11oz 357mag. Its light enough I always carry it. ![[Linked Image]](http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr244/jjtaub/sw360.jpg) Its a handfull with full house 357mags, but a 38's and milder 357s are easy enough.
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nope if I have a rifle I don't carry a handgun
and 99% of the time I have a rifle.
it's a rare odd day that you don't feel on top of the world with a good rifle in your hand afield
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A 480 Ruger Super Redhawk...
That which does not kill us makes us stronger
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