Handgun while archery hunting?

[mighteywhitehunter]

I carry a S&W 686 Plus. It is a 7 shot .357 mag when it is legal to do so, and always when I am hunting Grizz country along with Bear Spray. I have yet to have any close encounters, luckily.

 

[Vaquero 45]

Me carry Kemosabe a mdl 69 smithy combat mag , 5 shot 44 MAG , 2 3/4 " barrel. Or a 45 ACP Springfield XDM .......

 

[markanderson12]

I live in Wisconsin. I dont hunt in the northern part of the state very often anymore but when I do I carry my 40. When I was around 20 a buddy and I were bow hunting and he had a bear come and i wouldnt leave. We didnt have any cell service so his dad ended up having to finally go in looking for him and ran the bear off with the 4 wheeler. So from them on we would both carry just incase something odd like that happened again. While rifle hunting up in northern wisconsin in the dark i stumped right in the middle of a fresh wolf kill. They spooked and ran off but all day long I kept seeing them come in and out trying to go back to the fresh doe they killed but them knowing I was there they woulndt come in. Just odd things over the last 15 years so I carry just to make myself feel better. Im sure ill never have to pull out the glock but it makes me feel a little better having it with me.