I am going to add a handgun to my collection of hunting weapons. I want it to be a revolver, at least a .357 or larger, and with approx. a 6 in barrel. What would be recomended I start out with. Also, this is something I may open carry while bowhunting, or going for walks with my wife and children.

Here in NW Wisconsin we have an abundant population of both Timber Wolves and Black Bears (well above what the DNR says we have, according to thier own upwardly revised estimates).