Originally Posted By: SamuelKing
I'm just curious if anyone regularly uses a handgun for whitetail hunting. If so, what do you use specifically -- make and model, barrel length, scope or irons, and bullet? I found some recommendations on this outdoor site . I'm considering giving it a try and wonder what people have used successfully.


I don't know how many deer with handguns. Never kept up but in the 100s. It is just natural for me to pick up a handgun and head to the woods. I use revolvers, autos and single shots. They all work.

"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.....