I just signed on to this site a couple of days ago. I’ve never hunted before, but my brother and I are going to give it a try this fall. I came here to do some research. I did a search here for knife to get tips on what’s a good knife for dressing a deer and this thread caught my eye. I look forward to learning a lot from you guys.

Ubub,

I grew up in the Boston area of MA where it’s not too hard to get a long gun, but handguns are a bit more difficult. MA is “may issue” and in many towns that means “no issue”. I moved to NH in 2000 and in NH a permit is only slightly more difficult to get than a library card. God bless the “Live free or Die” state.

So I’ve been carrying for almost 4 years now. Speaking only from my experience so far, here’s what’s worked for me. I’ve been going with two main carry guns and have just recently bought a third. The first 2 are a Taurus PT945 .45 ACP and a Kahr K9 9mm. The weather pretty much decides on which gun I’ll carry on a given day. I mostly dress in jeans and an un-tucked t-shirt or un-tucked flannel (read slob). This allows a lot of leeway in how I’m carrying in comparison to someone in Dockers and a tucked golf/polo shirt. I’ve played around with different holsters and positions of carry. In the end I ended up with a Don Hume IWB model H715 holster for both guns. They’re a good quality leather holster that won’t break the bank. On the Don Hume web site they’re about $25 plus another $10 for shipping. If you go with an IWB, if your pants aren’t already a little loose, you might want to go up a waist size.

In the hot weather I go with a Smartcarry holster which both guns fit in plus a spare mag. With this holster the smaller Kahr works better than the Taurus. The Smartcarry is a denim holster that goes under your shorts/sweatpants and has a Velcro belt. Not the fastest draw, but you could go to the beach with only a pair of shorts and carry unnoticed.

I just picked up a Glock 29 10mm that I planned on using as a sidearm while hiking, camping and soon hunting. The more I fire it the more I like it, and I’m thinking of carrying it everywhere else like my Kahr and Taurus.

Beside packing.org, which is a great site, also check out www.thehighroad.org . It’s a gun forum with a lot of info on CCW.



Danny45,
According to http://www.osbi.state.ok.us/SDA2003LAWBOOK.pdf Oklahoma will recognize any states CCW. Check out page 31 on that .pdf file. This coincides with packing.org’s reciprocity list for Oklahoma. Also, the following states recognize Oklahoma’s CCW permits:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Montana
New Hampshire
North Carolina
North Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Wyoming