RE: deer hunting with a pistol
 

Like others mentioned, I carried my handgun (Tauras M44) around for years while hunting with a rifle / shotgun and never used the handgun. For the challenge I decided to use the Handgun exclusively during the 06 season.I was still hunting some hardwoods along the edge of a powerline. When I saw this dude, he was looking directly at me. He wasstanding in the powerline 35 yards away at last light. We locked eyeballs for 60 seconds and he looked away. I slowly unholstered my 44mag, raised it, and pulled back the hammer. To took one step quartering away and I drilled him in the front sholder.

The deer dropped in his tracks.I got no exit wound and not a drop of blood. I couldn't hear a thing for the rest of the night (ported barrel) and had ringing in my ears for a week. While it was fun and an added challenge, I decided to sell my 44mag. I have no interest in handgun hunting. I still have a couple pistols, but they're not for hunting.