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04-27-2012, 08:42 PM
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Handgun only for a year
Who here has only hunted with a handgun for the year. No rifles. I think i will try it this year to see if i can bring back a little of the excitement.I have several that i will be using. What about you folks. Scott
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#2
04-27-2012, 10:37 PM
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i'll be hunting with my bow and i've got a new S&W 460 i'm gonna try to knock a few down with
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#3
04-28-2012, 01:13 AM
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Not confident enough in my shooting abilities with my Redhawk to leave the rifle at home. Carry both when I carry the handgun. Might shoot a doe or two with it, but if MR. BIG steps out, I ain't foolin' with the handgun.
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04-28-2012, 01:53 AM
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I may give it a try a few hunts during the year,especially during the late season,but I don't dare try it until after the peak is over and gone.
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#5
04-28-2012, 06:54 AM
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By hunting with a handgun only , it makes me take a better shot or just pass. I seem to get that extreme heart pounding when hunting with a handgun.
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04-28-2012, 10:22 AM
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My #1 drug of choice. Keep us posted on how it goes.
John I.
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#7
04-28-2012, 01:22 PM
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I had a Ruger 7.5" Super Blackhawk I used exclusively for 2 yrs...
Handloaded 180gr HP and 240gr HP and it killed 8 deer in those 2 yrs...Used a 4X scope for awhile, but it was just to bulky for me, so I took it off and just used open high vis sights ....
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#8
04-28-2012, 02:19 PM
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If you want to be succesful with your handgun leave your rifle at home. I have carried both and still do occasionally but usually if I carry two it's a single shot pistol paired with a G20 or 44 revolver.
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#9
04-28-2012, 04:30 PM
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I totally agree with you, thats what you have to do. You will be tempted to use the rifle if you carry both.
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#10
04-28-2012, 06:47 PM
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I hunted with a bow during bow season and a ML during ML season but for six years or so years I never carried anything but a handgun.
Killing deer with a rifle got too easy and I felt like a sniper on guard duty just waiting for my target. Handgun hunting put the excitement back into it for me. The last four or five years I mainly carried a handgun during firearms season but played with a few military type rifles and an old Remington 760 my kid gave me. In all those years I never felt like only having a handgun cost me a deer, in fact it probably made me a better hunter. I carried a 10" contender if I was hunting a field or someplace I thought my shot would be 100 yards or over. The rest of the time I carried a Redhawk or Blackhawk and last year I carried a Glock 10mm all season but the deer did not cooperate during the firearms season. Try it, you will like it, just carry only the handgun and have some fun.
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#11
04-28-2012, 08:19 PM
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I just ordered a glock 20 , gen 4 in a 10 mm. I want to hunt this year with it some.
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04-28-2012, 08:54 PM
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Good Luck  Gonna throw a flintlock in there at some point as well.
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#13
04-29-2012, 11:48 AM
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That sounds cool . I think getting back to the basics is fun sometimes. No worries , just hunting.
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04-29-2012, 05:00 PM
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I hunt with a bow during bow season ,I may get a couple of days during muzzleloader season . But over the last 12 years I have used nothing but my Encore and Contenders during gun season . I have taken 20+ deer with my handguns and my best buck yet with my .357 Max Super 14 Contender @ 55 yds right behind the ear !!!
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#15
04-29-2012, 08:31 PM
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Great shooting . Sounds like fun , thats a lot of deer.
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#16
04-30-2012, 10:07 AM
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In my opinion, if you are to truly "handgun hunt", you will never bring a rifle. Dedicate yourself to stalking close and placing your handgun shots and you will be rewarded with the best hunting experience possible. HANDGUN ONLY
 FWIW, I've killed a deer three out of the last four seasons with a 10mm of some sort. Never taken out the G20 but I've killed a couple deer with a DW Razorback and my Fusion longslide, too. Practice those shots and the 10mm becomes a perfect deer pistol. Good luck! Last edited by nickE10mm; 05-02-2012 at 08:25 AM.
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#17
04-30-2012, 11:04 AM
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I have sent 5 deer on to be with Jesus with my 44 mag. I just wanted to try something different, so i got my 15 inch 7/08 TC Encore all scoped up and wanted to replace the glock 10 mm i had before.
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#18
04-30-2012, 11:39 AM
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I've killed a half dozen or so with my sbh 44 over the past few years and got to where I won't hit the woods without one of my hand cannons. I picked up a S&W 460 xvr last year so I'm hoping to try it out this fall.
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#19
04-30-2012, 03:35 PM
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i did it year before last when hunted with my son but when it was just me i took somthing more reachy outy and touchey
but who knows next year might bring a scoped 44mag into my life and the 50 cal can take some time off
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04-30-2012, 03:46 PM
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#21
05-02-2012, 08:06 AM
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nothing at all wrong with hunting with your handgun only. At times I will bow hunt only all year, dont hurt my ears
 and kills em quick It all depends on the terain I am hunting
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#22
08-29-2012, 08:57 PM
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I left rifle at home and hunted with my TC Contender Super 14 in 7x30 with Ultradot for 4 or 5 years. Took some very nice bucks with it out well past 100 yards. It was/is lots of fun to hunt with.
Dave
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08-29-2012, 09:10 PM
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 Wonder what I hunt with ( see upper left photo)
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#24
08-30-2012, 07:30 AM
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I'm doing it this year as well. SBH Hunter in 41 Mag with Ultradot 30 for close set-ups, Contender Super 14 in 7-30 Waters with a Leupold for longer view stands.
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#25
08-30-2012, 07:59 AM
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Stick,string and stone if it's under 30yards if it's not the ruger super blackhawk hunter 44mag will have to do the job.
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#26
08-30-2012, 10:18 AM
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357!
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#27
08-30-2012, 12:23 PM
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I am getting ready , cant wait till time to go. I am excited. I think when i take an animal with one gun , i will lay it down for another one.Just to try to use several. Scott
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08-30-2012, 10:50 PM
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 This year will be the first time in 5 years I plan on taking a rifle to the woods. I have an AR in 6.8 I plan on using just to tick off the lefties who say "Why would anyone need an AR-15?"
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