RE: How many people carry sidearm hunting.
I carry!!! Out here in Idaho we got rattlers and bears and cougars and the worst of it all the wolves. Never can be to careful especially seeing as I hunt with my kids and I will not go down without a fight. I will say that I dont carry a pistol as I want a little more bang for my buck and have found that I can swing a shotgun from a slung position faster than I can pull a hand gun aim and hit effectively. Most attacks by bears and cougars happen so fast I want every millisecond I can get...