RE: You carry a handgun with your while hunting?
No, I don't! I concur with Big Country. Generally, a handgun powerful enough to be useful is cumbersome & heavy!!
I just carry a rifle that I am certain will work!! Why? Because a rifle always trumps a handgun, both from the standpoint of power and accuracy.I have no desire to shoot little pistol-size critters like grouse & wabbits.....
I used to get a kick out of the cheechakos in Alaska who'd carry a handgun while hunting brown bear. I always asked them what they thought a handgun would do for them, should their .375 H&H fail to kill the varmint!!
I suppose, if they dropped the rifle and were fortunate enough to be able to climb a tree high and fast enough that the bear couldn't reach them, they could shell it to death with the handgun, if they had brought along enough ammo for it........