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How do you see it? #147067 07/02/2014 8:25 PM
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I'm building a presentation about handgun hunting and I would like to get your inputs. Pick one or two words that describe you or our sport as it relates to hunting with a handgun.

For example - Dedication!

What say you?


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: Gary] #147068 07/02/2014 8:37 PM
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Re: How do you see it? [Re: s4s4u] #147069 07/02/2014 9:07 PM
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Re: How do you see it? [Re: SEAK] #147070 07/02/2014 9:31 PM
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Handgun Hunting, "Intensifying the adventure".


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: FAH] #147071 07/02/2014 10:42 PM
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Extremely rewarding discipline.
(For myself, I have zero interest in picking up a long gun during deer season, simply because it doesn't require the same level of skill, and doesn't provide the same level of personal accomplishment for me)

Re: How do you see it? [Re: Boot] #147072 07/02/2014 10:44 PM
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Exciting!


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: Whitworth] #147073 07/02/2014 10:54 PM
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Re: How do you see it? [Re: Raptortrapper] #147074 07/02/2014 11:05 PM
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Satisfying.


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: KRal] #147075 07/02/2014 11:19 PM
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Commitment!

Re: How do you see it? [Re: doc with a glock] #147076 07/02/2014 11:33 PM
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Diligent application

Re: How do you see it? [Re: SChunter] #147078 07/02/2014 11:46 PM
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Challenging and rewarding

Re: How do you see it? [Re: csherrill] #147079 07/03/2014 12:10 AM
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self satisfying, self rewarding, self disipline


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: longhunter] #147080 07/03/2014 12:18 AM
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Re: How do you see it? [Re: csherrill] #147082 07/03/2014 12:28 AM
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How do I see handgun hunting? Let me count the ways:

Unique - Challenging - Satisfying - Addictive - Unbelievably Rewarding

But most of all, it just feels right, you know what I mean? I've taken to the woods while carrying a rifle, bow, muzzleloader, and shotgun, but when I step into the field with a revolver in hand, it just feels right.


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: Chance Weldon] #147086 07/03/2014 2:30 AM
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Re: How do you see it? [Re: junebug] #147088 07/03/2014 2:48 AM
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rewarding

Re: How do you see it? [Re: SChunter] #147092 07/03/2014 7:34 AM
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Perseverance.

Re: How do you see it? [Re: RedSS] #147093 07/03/2014 9:31 AM
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Ultimate discipline!

Re: How do you see it? [Re: dhom] #147130 07/04/2014 6:29 AM
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For me the elephant in the room is are we talking a Blackhawk with 5.5" barrel in say 44mag or bolt pistol for mountain top to next mountain top for sheep with rifle type bullets.To me both are for sure hunting but very different feeling for my soul.


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: Franchise] #147134 07/04/2014 2:52 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Franchise
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and has been for the last 30 years...

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Re: How do you see it? [Re: Gary] #147162 07/04/2014 10:55 PM
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Too many words but I started deer hunting with a M29 and I love to woods hunt.


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: SChunter] #147168 07/05/2014 1:14 AM
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Challenging & satisfying -lifelong commitment - 35 years and going strong.


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Handgun hunter since 1979 - haven't used a rifle since!
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Re: How do you see it? [Re: SChunter] #147179 07/05/2014 3:56 AM
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 Originally Posted By: SChunter
Diligent application


Great answer!

The eye of the Tiger.

Re: How do you see it? [Re: Reloder28] #147303 07/07/2014 3:31 AM
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Personal Satisfaction.

Re: How do you see it? [Re: PythonHunter] #147304 07/07/2014 3:44 AM
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Enjoyable & Rewarding


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: Zee] #147322 07/08/2014 1:37 AM
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Re: How do you see it? [Re: tradmark] #147330 07/08/2014 3:05 PM
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how about, fun!

Re: How do you see it? [Re: 45colttc] #147336 07/08/2014 10:30 PM
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Re: How do you see it? [Re: Gary] #147429 07/12/2014 12:21 PM
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Accomplished.

No other implement of hunting makes me feel the way I do when I have taken game with a handgun. I've been hunting and reloading for handguns since 1983, and a rifle, muzzleloader or bow has never made me feel the same way handguns do.

Re: How do you see it? [Re: jamesfromjersey] #147697 07/21/2014 4:35 AM
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FULFILLING

Re: How do you see it? [Re: jwarren] #147733 07/21/2014 10:55 PM
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"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"

I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
Re: How do you see it? [Re: reflex264] #148421 08/09/2014 11:18 PM
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JUST FOR KICKS !!!!!

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I pistol hunt JUST FOR KICKS!!!!
Re: How do you see it? [Re: SChunter] #149679 09/14/2014 7:54 PM
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Close and Personal!

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Total satisfaction !

Re: How do you see it? [Re: racksmasher1] #149701 09/15/2014 2:53 AM
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Actually, for me it's 'hunting" with a handgun. I determine that I will meet my quarry at a time of my choosing and when I know that I can close the deal, I do. It's not casual and it's not reckless, it is a calculation of my woodcraft skills, my knowledge of my quarry and my skills with whatever weapon that I choose to be using. there is some degree of luck involved, but good luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Re: How do you see it? [Re: HoggHunter] #149702 09/15/2014 3:02 AM
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Deeply satisfying.


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Re: How do you see it? [Re: cfish2] #149854 09/21/2014 2:03 AM
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I feel "unencumbered" when hunting with the pistols...When with a bow you also have arrows and quiver...and the rifle and shotguns are long and heavier....the pistol just seems out of the way until needed....

Re: How do you see it? [Re: SChunter] #150082 09/27/2014 1:39 PM
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It is not about the shot, rather all the preparation to get to the shot.


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