Because I like to hunt. there was a time when i ran thru the woods with a bunch of other orange clad sportsman, but I soon realizedthat we weren'thunting the deer, we were coursing the deer. and that the lucky ones that were too old to course, got to be on stand and shot at the bums doing the coursing. Like Cfish I watched too many westerns, so I had some single action revolvers, and long days that were spent on the seat of a tractor were broken up shooting at woodchucks with revolvers, because they were easier to carry than rifles. In the early eighties, I shot IHMSA and acquired a contender and found that I could shoot that as accurately with that as most of my peers could shoot their scopesighted shotguns. But when I started hunting with that contender, I found it easy to be successful. It doesn't matter whether I am hunting with a muzzleloader, or a centerfire rifle or a revolver or a specialty pistol, my shooting skills and hunting skills combine to make me successful. Knowing my limitations and the limitations of my equipment cause me to have the patience to wait for the right opportunity, rather than to heave five and pray for good luck.but the biggest reason I hunt with a handgun is because I can.
