For whitetail deer. I mainly bow hunt, but sometimes I will take my rifle with me when I bow hunt during rifle season just in case ol sad daddy decides to show himself out of bow range and he won't come in any closer. It is getting to be too much trouble taking my stand, bow, and rifle together and climbing a tree with it all. I just figure that the pistol would be less bulky and easier to take, plus I think I would like a new challenge.