Hiking with handguns

[ericire12]

In NH most bow hunters carry a pistol for the "Coup de grace", rather than waiting for the downed animal to die on it's own.

What ever happened to the hunting knife

[tombogan03884]

 Need to save that for "Candidates night" 

[TAB]

I don't want to get that close to a wounded animal.


If you make a good shot, with a bow, it will be over very fast.  You either take out the lungs or the heart.  

[ericire12]

I don't want to get that close to a wounded animal.


If you make a good shot, with a bow, it will be over very fast.  You either take out the lungs or the heart. 

Still has to bleed out

[TAB]

If you take out the heart, it should be no more then about 20 seconds til they are  "a sleep"  not dead yet, but the brain has shut down.

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[Walter45Auto]

I have a friend who carries his Taurus (probably a Tracker from what e describes.) .357 in a shoulder holster when turkey hunting in case some angry hogs run across him.

[Badgersmilk]

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