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Self-Defense While Hunting: What Handgun Should You Carry?

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835mag said:
In my state which is a straight wall state when deer hunting, if carrying a handgun it must meet the handgun rules for deer hunting. Minimum 4” barrel and .357 cal or larger. So if I carry my hellcat inside my waist band for defense purposes and carry my 350 legend to hunt, I could be citied for carrying a gun that doesn’t meet hunting requirements even if I have no plans of using it to take a deer with. DNR’s can come up with some stupid rules.
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Don't know what state you are in but in PA you can still carry your CCW while hunting though it can't be used any type of hunting.
 
belladonna said:
When we hunt up north (MN) I carry my M&P 2.0 .45. I had thought about going to 10mm but we have so much 45ACP that it doesn't make a lot of sense to introduce a new caliber into the mix. Now I'm thinking about it again.
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The advantage of large bore bullets like the 45 is diameter and weight. Those two numbers are constants and don’t diminish.

You do not need a .45 to expand. A .45 caliber hole driving straight and deep is exceptionally effective. It has been since the days when the .45 Colt was issued to the Cavalry in the 1870s and the .45 caliber projectile was used to kill both men and their horses as well as buffalo and virtually everything else. The .45 caliber projectiles used did so all while at a quite sedate velocity in the mid 800 FPS range. Easily replicated in the 45 ACP today.
 
I never hunted but camped in PA. For approximately 30 years. We saw bears around our comp a couple times. I always had a Winchester Riot Gun with Slugs available and carried various 357 Revolvers over the years. While camping the 357’s had a factory jacketed flat nosed load. I think 158 grain but don’t remember.
 
Tremor said:
I never hunted but camped in PA. For approximately 30 years. We saw bears around our comp a couple times. I always had a Winchester Riot Gun with Slugs available and carried various 357 Revolvers over the years. While camping the 357’s had a factory jacketed flat nosed load. I think 158 grain but don’t remember.
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I know some folks that lived in Alaska. They carried bells around their necks and on their shoe laces as bear deterrent. The noise would ensure any bears in the area were not surprised.

They never did encounter any bears, so maybe it worked.
 
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Anchorite said:
Some folks I know that lived in Alaska and as bear deterrent carried bells around their necks and on their shoe laces. The noise would ensure any bears in the area were not surprised.

They never did encounter any bears, so maybe it worked.
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When I camped and hiked in Yellowstone three years in a row, the Rangers always told us to put bells on our shoes make some kind of noise so you didn’t surprise the bear.
If they heard noises, they are more apt to run away than attack.
 
(somewhat off-topic)
Sent to me late last night by a friend: (bison v Glock)

www.alaskasnewssource.com

‘That was my last resort’: Iditarod rookie recounts frantic bison encounter on trail

Fairbanks rookie Jody Potts-Joseph had quite a terrifying experience on the trail Tuesday shortly after leaving the Rohn checkpoint when her dog team ran up on a bison.
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btw, he’s a serious revolver guy, FOMO struck so he bought a G20 because everyone said he had to go 10mm, he hated it and sold it, back to carrying his 44M full time.
 
The Night Rider said:
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I wonder just how long that guy might have been in the woods. One sniff and the bear decided to go right on back down that tree regardless of what it was that sent him up there to begin with! Yep, I've been in the woods with some folks long enough to not want to be real close to them, especially if down wind. I often wondered if they felt the same about me.

Where most of my hunting was done over the years is primarily low, flat lands (pine and palmetto scrubs), marsh lands, swamps, and deep/wet cypress heads/swamps. The thing we might run into were typically Cotton mouth moccasins (usually big ones), feral hogs, and of course the occasional alligator when wading a creek or ditch. I usually carried a .270Win rifle for the hunting, but for all else I might encounter that I couldn't 'un-encounter', I usually carried a Taurus Judge 3" cylinder in 45LC and/or 410cal shot gun. I'd load 3 chambers IIRC with the 410, 1- #3-4 buck shot, next 2- #9 shot for the creepy crawlers I couldn't get by, which wasn't too often if you kept your eyes open. The next 3 chambers would be 45LC hand loads that would/could get any hog or gator's attention.

In case you didn't know, the moccasin is a very aggressive snake with a seriously dangerous and ugly bite, and unlike rattle snakes and others will not usually warn you or run from you, but towards you depending on how close you are when you take that one 'too close' step.
 
Shibadog said:
I had a nasty encounter with feral dogs
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Feral (or otherwise) dogs are probably responsible for more human attacks than any other 4 legged animals. You dont have to be deep in the woods to encounter them. I was attacked by 3 "pets" in a regular neighborhood and I had a buddy and his puppy attacked on a popular walking trail.

The dogs on the trail were such that I carried a 8" SxS pistol gripped 12ga when walking there
 
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