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July 17th, 2017, 08:20 PM #1Junior Member
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Archery season sidearm
Do you carry a sidearm during archery season? If so, what do you carry and why do you carry it? Personally, I carry a Ruger GP100 6" barrel with 180 grain buffalo bore loads. Overkill indeed, but you never know when you might piss off the wrong bear!
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July 17th, 2017, 08:40 PM #2
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I don't archery hunt, but I always carry a small .38 special snub nose revolver in my pocket when I'm out during spring turkey or hiking in the woods.
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July 17th, 2017, 08:46 PM #3Junior Member
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July 17th, 2017, 08:47 PM #4
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July 17th, 2017, 09:38 PM #6
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I don't hunt that season but I have gone on hunts with friends. I carry my Ruger P-89. I guess I carry it by default. It is my fullsize edc. If I ever get a .44 special I will carry that afield instead.
Some people just plain suck.
If you're gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough.
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July 17th, 2017, 11:24 PM #7
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Currently an M&P 40c or Shield because that's what I already have and both are nicely light and compact. I figure most of my problems would be coyotes, snakes, and lowlifes like tweakers/meth cookers, pot growers, psychos, PETA types, etc. rather than large animals. Between 21 rds of .40, arrows with broadheads, and a sharp knife most problems should work themselves out. That said, I'm strongly considering a G20 in the future if budget allows to cover the large animal problem too.
Corollary question to all of this of course is what kind of first aid kit one carries at the same time. It seems 75-90% of problems in the woods involve patching holes and cuts on oneself rather than applying them to others, so preparing for one almost necessarily means thinking of the other. In some situations the damage may be mutual.Last edited by Yellowfin; July 17th, 2017 at 11:30 PM.
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July 17th, 2017, 11:33 PM #8
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Not really, but it would be fun to see the reaction of the WCO."A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself"
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July 18th, 2017, 07:33 AM #9Grand Member
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Smith and Wesson airweight .38 or a Glock 43. Not too concerned about bears....
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July 18th, 2017, 08:20 AM #10
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Ruger or S&W in .357 loaded with 135gr Hornady critical duty.
Should stop anything threatening me.
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