I didn't have a pistol of my own capable of shooting a deer yet. Just a contender frame. My dad let me use his S&W to hunt. He didn't have a holster for it and I didn't have a holster that fit so I used a chunk of nylon rope tied around the grip. I carried it over my shoulder and figured no one would see me using it so why not. The scary thing is I liked it and I thought it worked great. Does that make me sick and wrong?