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    Bowhunting Sidearm

    Wanted to get some input from y'all. I am in need of a handgun to carry with me while bowhunting. I have never owned a pistol, but have shot plenty. Lately where I have been hunting I have had one too many close calls with pigs walking to or from my stands in the dark. I was wondering what y'all carry with you as your sidearm when bowhunting, and what does your set up look like? Do you have a holster attached to your bino harness or do you have the normal belt loop holster? TIA

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    Hip worn Taurus Stainless .38 or chest holster Sig 9mm

    Can’t say I like one over the other.

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      #3
      I put a Ruger LC9S in the side pouch of my back pack but I think I like the idea of a revolver better

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        #4
        Taurus Judge with some long colt rounds and some 410 shells for shooting rattlebugs

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          #5
          Pmr 30

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            #6
            Belt holstered 1911-45

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              #7
              Originally posted by 220swift View Post
              Taurus Judge with some long colt rounds and some 410 shells for shooting rattlebugs
              This is a good route to go, especially if you have snakes. This is what I carried when hunting when I lived down in Texas.

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                #8
                Usually no different than what I carry everyday. Sig 365XL 9mm with a Holosun red dot.

                Every once in a while when I'm hunting (usually varmint/pig hunting at night), I'll carry a Glock 19 with an RMR and a TLR-7.

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                  #9
                  I carry a Kimber K6 3 inch in a cross draw holster by simply rugged. 1st round up is snake shot remaining 5 are soft points.

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                    #10
                    I carry my 1911 or my s&w model 19. I’ve had some very close calls to.

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                      #11
                      I’ve gone into brush after some pretty nasty boars with nothing more than the G48 or G19 9mm in my waistband (my everyday carry) and a flashlight. A couple quick we’ll placed shots have done the trick when I needed them to. Most of the time these hogs are severely wounded, but I’ve had a couple with light nothing more than a light flesh wound. I wouldn’t have wasted the time had I known that.

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                        #12
                        Full size Springfield xd 45 with a tactical light mounted on it. But lately been rolling without a firearm out of concern of any mature deer I'm after smelling gun oil. I wonder if anyone else ever had this concern....we can jump thru 1000 hoops to not smell before going in the woods with soaps, sprays, ozone eliminators, etc.- but then put an oily weapon on yur side that also reeks on gunpowder and head into the woods.... yea i dont know...

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                          #13
                          Sig P220 45/2 extra mags... Some of my potential varmints are of the 2-legged variety down in South Texas...

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                            #14
                            G19 9mm with laser red dot

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                              #15
                              Sig P365 in a Kenai chest holster.... I make sure I have it pig hunting much more than deer hunting....and always tracking either in the dark.


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