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Protection while hunting... any way to avoid carrying a pistol?

Discussion in 'Intro to Bowhunting & Archery' started by 125689, Feb 19, 2018.

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  1. WillO

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    Yeah only if you threw it at it
     
    WillO, Jul 25, 2018
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    True, idk how loud they are lol.
     
    Dropshot2009, Jul 25, 2018
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    In 5 pages of posts, did we ever suggest a suppressor??? That just struck me now haha!


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    axtell343, Jul 25, 2018
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  5. WillO

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    That would make the gun too heavy for him risking injury to his delicate wrists
     
    WillO, Jul 25, 2018
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    Dropshot2009 Weekend Warrior

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    Too logical, plus up here supressors are still illegal, along with basically anything that isnt a water gun
     
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    A gun does not help if you are afraid of the dark.
     
    Sota, Jul 25, 2018
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    This is the first question I would ask. What type of situations could one run into where you live?
     
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    My thought exactly! If you are worried about self defense, who gives a crap about noise!
     
    Boondock Patrol, Jul 27, 2018
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    Yes I suggested a 300 black out with barrel that has the suppressor built in
     
    slickbilly-d, Jul 27, 2018
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    Sorry for butting in but probably the girlish loud high pitched screams you would be putting out would scare off anything for miles. One blast from a pistol isn't going to render you deaf unless you are sticking it in your ear.
     
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    Well, it seems as though he found the silent weapon he was after. A huge pink club.

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    WillO, Jul 27, 2018
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    Did they try the trampoline method of breaking the bears fall?
     
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    I think we lost this guy about 3 pages back so really doesn't matter much now.

    To me the question is pretty simple.... deaf or death. I know what I'd pick even if my self defense weapon was a 105 howitzer.
     
    Hillbilly Jedi, Aug 22, 2018
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    This is some of the funniest sh!t I have ever read..!!
     
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    Unfortunately, I had to use a pistol for defense once.
    If you are ever in that situation, you will likely not hear the shot, or even feel the recoil. I didn't, and I know the shot was fired. (the gun was a Llama .45 auto)

    If you shoot a bear with a handgun, even a .44 Magnum, unless you hit it in the eye for a brain shot, all your going to accomplish is to make that bear even angrier than it was before you shot it.
     
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    WillO Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Did you kill the llama?
     
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    Did I kill the Llama?
    No ... That was the brand of my pistol.
    The dud who shot at me ... let's just say that was his last mistake.

    (The D.A. ruled I acted in self defense.)
     
    afishhunter, Oct 5, 2018
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    When I saw I had an alert, and it was from this thread....and before opening it, I instantly hoped Tiggy had came to manage it.
     
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  21. WillO

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    If he was managing it you’d have a billion alerts!
     
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