How many people carry sidearm hunting.
05-20-2009, 05:06 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SOUTH CAROLINA
Posts: 179
How many people carry sidearm hunting.
I was just wondering where it is legal how many hunters carry a pistol hunting. I carry one just for a back up just because you never know. I carry one during bow season espessialy for snakes. South Carolina is known for its timbers and copperheads.
05-20-2009, 05:13 PM
#2
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Kuna Idaho
Posts: 115
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...
05-20-2009, 05:43 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: elmira ny
Posts: 1,676
RE: How many people carry sidearm hunting.
Illegal here to carry any firearm while archery hunting.I do know of a fella that carries a .22mag revolver during bow season for long, super arrow shots. I'm sure it's done elsewhere were both are carried at the same time. Chit happens; doesn't make it right, but it happens.
05-21-2009, 03:55 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Warren County NJ USA
Posts: 3,899
RE: How many people carry sidearm hunting.
here in NJ if you get caught your done, automatic 5 year sentence. Since I'm in law enforcement I can carry, and carry in all 50 states. I do think everyone who is of sound mind should be allowed carry nation wide, we all have the right to protect ourselves, family and others
05-21-2009, 04:03 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: S. NH
Posts: 3,045
RE: How many people carry sidearm hunting.
NH - I carry while bow hunting for whitetails, just in case a bear presents a shot out of range or coyote.
If you look closely @ my avatar it's the one on my dead 8 pointer...
I also hunt for whitetails during firearms season with it, occasionally, as this picture shows...
If you look closely @ my avatar it's the one on my dead 8 pointer...
I also hunt for whitetails during firearms season with it, occasionally, as this picture shows...