Archery season sidearm

[Jumpman]

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!

[Justin2012]

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.

[Jumpman]

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.

What kind of snubby if you don't mind me asking? I've been interested in one myself lately for warm weather carry.

[raxar]

What kind of snubby if you don't mind me asking? I've been interested in one myself lately for warm weather carry.

Just get a smith or a ruger, alloy framed if you want light.

[Justin2012]

What kind of snubby if you don't mind me asking? I've been interested in one myself lately for warm weather carry.

I carry a 5 shot S&W 637, and I normally have 2 speed loaders as well.

[mpan72]

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.

[Yellowfin]

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.

[Bluto Blutarsky]

When hunting in general I carry either my Glock 17 loaded with my typical carry ammo, or my GP100 loaded with 158 gr JSP.

[hammychris]

Laugh all you want. Hipoint JCP, with 200 gr8 hollowpoints. And yes, if I run out of ammo, the gun is a great melee weapon.

[Yoder]

Laugh all you want. Hipoint JCP, with 200 gr8 hollowpoints. And yes, if I run out of ammo, the gun is a great melee weapon.

And if you lose it you're only out like $50.