turtleshell

Only if I were hunting grizzly's from the ground and it were legal. Not that a handgun would help that much in a bad bear situation, they move pretty damn fast and areTOUGH.... so I hear

BrianDamage

I would if it were legal here. Not worried about the coyotes and dogs... they will pretty much stay away. It's those 2-legged varmits that will give you trouble.

#1Predator

Bet yer butt I do!
[:@]As for wild dogs....
I got tree'd last year by about 6 or so of them.
While going to my stand in a afternoon hunt I seen
3 of them heading my way,well 2 of them split the pack and went to each side of me,the leader was doing the hunt crawl while growling real low.
I drew back and hit the one in front of me and hit'em good.
Well, it was on!!
the other 2 chased me to a tree which I was lucky to get up before they got to me,then they started to tear in to the wounded dog!!!!
Before I knew it there was 3 or 4 eating!!! the dog I shot!!!![>:]
Since then ,I've carried my 9mm pistol with Mag Tec hollow points!
Also I have 4 dead dogs to date!!
however ,I had noticed the lack of game in the area where I hunt(Turkeys,rabbits, ect..)
Guess that could have been the reason,along with Bobcats,yotes,
mountain lions.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna be hunted!! By anything!!!!!!!!

bawanajim

#1 It looks like you might be # 2 in your woods.

SPIKEHORN11

Same here.

MNpurple

Illegal in MN, but...

I for sure would if I could. I have seen the same thing as #1 said, running dogs that are very bad customers to mess with.

And for those that ask why would you need to when you have a bow and anquiver fullof broadheads, well when it is dark at night or in the mornings and your going inor out, I would rather be rapping off quick shots with a pistol than trying to shoot my bow in the dark, and trying to knock another arrow while the next dog comes in.

cgeorge

It's good to see that I'm not the only one who would prefer not to be hunted. Has anyone ever heard of coy-dogs (coyote/dog mix)? I'm not sure if they exist or not but i've heard stories of them treeing hunters in the area where I hunt. One of my hunting buddies told me that several years ago, while bowhunting, he saw 7 or 8 dogs all around his tree after the sun started to come up. He had no idea they were there. I'm a former police officer and always carried my off duty weapon while gun hunting, just in case. Tomorrow morning will be my first bow hunt and I'm drawn as to whether I should carry a handgun. I have a state concealled carry permit but I'm not sure how that applies to Bowhunting. Thanks for your replies. I wasn't sure if I was just being paranoid.

muley69

I always carry when hunting, and keep a .357mag in my truck at all times. Far as I'm concerned, its my god given right to carry protection whenever I see fit, if it wasn't legal here in Montana I would carry anyway. Animals are only part of my concern, there are a lot of freaks out here, lot of bad things to run into in the mountains.

cgeorge

murley69- amen

ButchA

I do too here in VA. As long as you have a CWP in Virginia, you can carry while bowhunting. I have a small Taurus .38sp snubnose that I carry from time to time.