I am fairly new to the serious handgun hunting scene. Did some a couple of decades ago with open sights but it was purely a novelty.

I started hunting with my Taurus M44 6.5 this year in Jan. I've killed three hogs with a red dot projection sight with ranges from 6-35 yards, no rest. I never liked it. The worst part was it placed the sight plane uncomfortably high above the bore-sight, at least it felt that way to me. I would bring the gun up to acquire a sight picture, and have to search to find the dot. The brightness level of the sight varied greatly in it's effectiveness, depending on the ambient light. Big difference if you are shaded or in the sun, for me.

I bought a Weaver Classic 2X a few months ago. Much better point-ability for me. No worries about turning it on, and guessing at the brightness level. I'm also shooting better groups with it.

Just my opinion!