I usually carry my .44 mag Ruger Super Blackhawk 7.5" barrel on my hip when I'm hunting along with my Ruger M77 .30-06. I really want to take a deer with it, but haven't yet. I usually carry it so I can sling my rifle when I get into thick stuff where the wheelgun would have the advantage. I sometimes carry my .45 acp on my hip when I'm hunting, because I hunt some cougar country, and walk out at 4:30 in the morning, with no one expecting me back until dark again anyway. I asked a local ranger if he'd grudge me for that, but he said it was cool, and that he wouldn't go afield without a fast shooter either.

When I'm at home, rural KS, I usually carry my .44 on my hip (no cc in KS), mostly because it's my right and for looks. When I'm at Manhattan, KS, go K-state!!, I don't carry because people get freaked out and always call the cops on me, even if I'm legally carrying. I also always have a pistol in my truck, just a Ruger MKII .22lr, for whatever reason, mostly for shooting skunks or to kill a deer if I ever hit one with my truck (plan ahead and it won't happen ya know). When I go to the big cities though, I upgrade it to my .45 1911, never know what's gonna happen. I started carrying them because I had reason to on a couple occasions, and have only had to draw one once since I started (two years), with no further retaliation required.

Screw the 10 ring, keep them in the zero!!!