when i am on private property i carry my side arm for a few reasons i own a 44 mag with an 81/4" barrel and i mostly use that to hunt with. never shot anything but if it comes with in 50 yards i will use it i also carry a 9 mm when i go in with bow in the adarondecks on private land for those just in case moments there are bear in them woods when i am out there at O dark thirty... never needed to use it so it never left the holster