Any handgun hunters here?
07-01-2016, 12:11 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Martin, TN
Posts: 854
Any handgun hunters here?
Hey guys, new member here. I hope y'all tolerate me. 
Anyway, I was just wondering, how many of you here have ever hunted whitetail with a handgun? Revolver, single shot, semi-auto, specialty pistol, it doesn't matter what kind.
Anyway, I was just wondering, how many of you here have ever hunted whitetail with a handgun? Revolver, single shot, semi-auto, specialty pistol, it doesn't matter what kind.
07-01-2016, 01:29 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Knee Deep in FL Muck
Posts: 286
Yep Taurus Raging Bull .454 with the 8 3/8 barrel will put a deer in the dirt with a quickness. NEVER, EVER, EVER shoot the dang thing without ear pro though. Shot a deer forgot to put pro on in the heat of the moment ears rang for 3 days. Lucky I didn't seriously hurt myself.
07-01-2016, 01:46 PM
#3
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Martin, TN
Posts: 854
07-01-2016, 02:14 PM
#4
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,150
Welcome to the HNI forum. Looking back through the decades I wish I had taken that advice. Too much shooting and running power equipment without any ear protection. Back then nobody thought much about it. I can still hear a deer coming even through the constant ringing.
07-01-2016, 07:38 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Port Neches, Texas
Posts: 5,514
Welcome to HNI and a double X2 on CI's comments! I have used a Ruger Super Redhawk in .44 Mag. I have not had much luck with it, but I am still experimenting with different optics set-ups. I am at the point of going to just "open sights!"
07-07-2016, 07:35 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: gilbert az
Posts: 1,168
yes i love handgun hunting iv'e been successful at taking quite a few whitetail with handguns. freedom arms .454,.45 win mag same gun,10mm and a .45 acp and i just bought a para usa ls elite hunter which i haven't even shot yet that will be my next gun of choice for deer and some hogs. welcome aboard by the way!!
