What weapons do you take on the hunt?

[killingtime 41]

No reason I can think of to overthink it. Carry whatever weapon is in season. I carry a 9mm with bear bullets in it. Definitely carry in archery not really necessary when your carrying a rifle but I usually do out of habit.

 

[oldmanelrod]

I use a 50 cal ML, 270 and 7MM/08. Deer fall to all of them for me.

 

[FLTENNHUNTER1]

 

[easttennjed]

No reason I can think of to overthink it. Carry whatever weapon is in season. I carry a 9mm with bear bullets in it. Definitely carry in archery not really necessary when your carrying a rifle but I usually do out of habit.

Serious question, what is a bear bullet? Is it a hard cast? What weight.

 

[C1295]

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[knightrider]

Serious question, what is a bear bullet? Is it a hard cast? What weight.

This is what i carry for possible bear medicine

Underwood Ammo 9mm Luger +P 147 Grain Hard Cast Flat Nose Box of 20

While taking advantage of state of the art testing equipment, this high performance ammunition by Underwood is field tested using popular, real firearms...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[DaveTN]

Serious question, what is a bear bullet?

Most anything.

Defense Against Bears with Pistols: 97% Success rate, 37 incidents by Caliber - Sporting Classics Daily

This article originally appear on Ammoland.com Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- On the Internet, and in print, many people claim that pistols lack efficacy in defending against bear attacks. Here is an example that occurred on freerepublic.com: “Actually, there are legions of people who have been badly...

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[easttennjed]

This is what i carry for possible bear medicine

Underwood Ammo 9mm Luger +P 147 Grain Hard Cast Flat Nose Box of 20

While taking advantage of state of the art testing equipment, this high performance ammunition by Underwood is field tested using popular, real firearms...

www.midwayusa.com

thank you

 

[easttennjed]

Most anything.

Defense Against Bears with Pistols: 97% Success rate, 37 incidents by Caliber - Sporting Classics Daily

This article originally appear on Ammoland.com Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- On the Internet, and in print, many people claim that pistols lack efficacy in defending against bear attacks. Here is an example that occurred on freerepublic.com: “Actually, there are legions of people who have been badly...

sportingclassicsdaily.com

great article, thank you

 

[beefydeer]

My left fist is lightning and my right fist is thunder. Nuff said.

 

[Smo]

.54 cal flintlock & .50 cal perc pistol…

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

 

[Bone Collector]

Depends on what I am hunting, where I am hunting and how I am getting there. I use boat ramps in the wee hours of the morning. You don't know who is down there. I take the equipment that is allowed during season on that particular property (some places do not allow certain firearms for hunting) and a pistol. The pistol in most cases is always for self defense and only comes out if necessary.

I don't know if it has been said, but you cannot dispatch a deer with a pistol during bow and ML season... it is neither of those (unless it is a ML pistol) and is illegal to hunt with. If you dispatch the animal with it you are hunting with it and are hunting illegally.

 

[easttennjed]

too many rules, I thought Tennessee was a free state. Did the TWRA come from NJ?

 

[timberjack86]

 

[Pilchard]

My biggest fear in the woods is running into a crazy meth head. It's for this reason that my weapon is actually a bodyguard.

I carry @Dbllunger through the woods and when he sees a meth head he holds out one of these and says "Let me see them teef, boy"

 

[UCStandSitter]

My biggest fear in the woods is running into a crazy meth head. It's for this reason that my weapon is actually a bodyguard.

I carry @Dbllunger through the woods and when he sees a meth head he holds out one of these and says "Let me see them teef, boy"

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Meth head, you mean "toof"

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Just the weapon for the season. I do typically have my .22 pistol on me during bow season. That's when I always seem to run into armadillos

 

[Dbllunger]

My biggest fear in the woods is running into a crazy meth head. It's for this reason that my weapon is actually a bodyguard.

I carry @Dbllunger through the woods and when he sees a meth head he holds out one of these and says "Let me see them teef, boy"

View attachment 187813

Lol....I can kill a man 12 different ways with one of those! Well, at least make em' cry like a baby.

 

[Iglow]

I can understand if you're in Alaska bowhunting carrying a shotgun or large handgun, but deer hunting in the lower States? If you have a rifle in your hands why would you need something else that's less powerful and less accurate?

 

[Specializedjon]

I always have a pistol and knife on me whether I'm hunting or not so that and whatever the legal weapon for the season.

Anyone who takes an SBR into the woods, isn't hunting game. Sounds like you're surrounded by a bunch of air soft "guys". Just one man's opinion.

and what @FredRog72 said