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Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: RockinU] #1863885 11/25/10 02:37 PM
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Some people may think it's silly to worry about being out in the woods and armed with a sidearm when they have a rifle, but this is a different time, and not a whole lot of years ago in our history you were a dan fool if you didn't have more than just a rifle with you.

I was out walking the woods a couple years ago and only had my 30-30 Winchester and four rounds in the gun. I walked up on a big sow and she was moving and I got off a shot, and not seeing she had a bunch of piglets she turned and headed straight at me at about 60 yards and closing. I fired two more shots and she kept coming and I had one left and finally dropped her with the last shot in the gun at about ten feet.

Was she charging me? I don't know as I can't get into the head of that hog, but I do know I had to empty that rifle to stop her as there was no trees are anywhere for me to run, and with a bad leg I took the best way out.

I felt a little naked walking back to my Jeep with an empty gun or I should say club.

All I have to say is if you have it use it. If you don't then to each his own, but it's better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it!

I'd tell the story about walking up on a pack of feral dogs, but that's another story!


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Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: Jimbo] #1864124 11/25/10 03:54 PM
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I carry a 4" 357 S&W. first two rounds are snakeshot, next 4 are 180 grain corbon. I'm not so much worried about something attacking me as I am coming across a snake, or having something handy in case I need to finish an animal off at close range.


Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: KennyLee] #1864134 11/25/10 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted By: KennyLee
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I carry my Glock 9X19. My opinion is that accuracy is overrated when you're talking about walking through the brush or woods at night. While it's highly unlikely something is gonna ever "come after you", I know that in that situation my nerves wouldn't be any good at all. Therefore, I'd prefer to have as many bullits as possible. Not so much worried about shooting something as I am about scaring it away.

When I walk to the stand, I've got my rifle over one shoulder, a flashlight in one hand, and my Glock in the other. My rifle is loaded, but not chambered. I figure if I really need to aim at something and worry about accuracy, I'll just chamber that rifle. That's another reason I'm not concerned about the accuracy with the pistol.



You walk to your stand with a pistol in your hand? Where do you hunt? I don't carry a sidearm when hunting, never seen the need...I just walk around snakes and such as I don't see them worth screwing with my hunt...


Main reason I do is we have had a problem with wild dogs in the past. A neighbor had some get around him when he was in the stand and had to kill two of them before the rest ran off. Said he fired in the ground three times, but that didn't scare them off. They were likely rabid.

Regardless, I hunt alone and there are only 2-3 people who would even be able to find me if something happened, so I pretty much stay in self-protect mode.


Screw that. If I have to fire my gun in that situation, I guarantee I won't be shooting into the ground.


Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: JDShellnut] #1864313 11/25/10 05:07 PM
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its nice to have a weapon of choice for protection. but i dont see blasting off a few rounds at a snake or something else to ruin a hunt. is it that bad out there?


Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: txtrophy85] #1864319 11/25/10 05:10 PM
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a .357 with rat shot is hard to beat for snakes.


anything bigger than that i'ma shoot with the rifle


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Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: Hopedale] #1864355 11/25/10 05:22 PM
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Browning A-Bolt 300 WSM 180 grain XP3s. I havent had a hog take a second step. I did however shoot a wounded hog the other day with my .45 that had been shot with a 243. 4 chest shots and one in the side of the head at 15 feet to take it down. I will stick with the rifle.


Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: Texas Heat] #1864380 11/25/10 05:31 PM
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I like my Cahrter arms Bulldog in 44 special with a laserlyte laser and 200 grain JHP at about 950FPS. Very comforting when I go after a hog that I wounded with my bow in the dark east TX woods. PLus its ligth and comfortable to carry.


Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: Brownwood] #1864385 11/25/10 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted By: Brownwood
I like my Cahrter arms Bulldog in 44 special with a laserlyte laser and 200 grain JHP at about 950FPS. Very comforting when I go after a hog that I wounded with my bow in the dark east TX woods. PLus its ligth and comfortable to carry.


My ported Taurus tracker 4inch in 44mag aint bad either.


Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: Brownwood] #1864425 11/25/10 05:53 PM
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Glock 22 in .40 with 15 rounds



Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: Longhorn95] #1864610 11/25/10 08:38 PM
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Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: prohunter2011] #1865533 11/26/10 05:01 AM
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Re: Best side-arm to carry in South Texas? [Re: Longhorn95] #1865556 11/26/10 05:21 AM
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Glock 22 in .40 with 15 rounds


Yep. Did that one for a long time. This year I got a Glock 27 (.40). I mostly use it for follow-up shots on animals that are down, but not out. Snakes will get beat to death and other varmints will get the rifle, as well as wounded game that are still mobile.

Don't forget in South Texas (as well as here) you get a lot of exchange workers moving through on foot. You're "garden variety" illegal is not a problem, but the cartels, drug mules and coyotes (not the "yotes", but the ones who transport illegals) can be somewhat disagreeable. It's never a bad thing to be armed.



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