Backing Up the Bow: Carrying a Sidearm When Bowhunting

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “Backing Up the Bow: Carrying a Sidearm When Bowhunting” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/carrying-a-sidearm-when-bowhunting/.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

AHHH, a lefty! Now we're talking! Good bow setup although she has target points. If she is hunting she might want to change those.

 

[somorris]

I haven’t archery hunted in the last several years (unfortunate because I really enjoyed it!). We only have black bears here, but I was often a little nervous about only having one shot to protect myself. Back then, my state did not allow carrying a sidearm, but that has recently changed. I never thought about human predators, but I am an averaged sized male and figured I could handle human predators.

Good article, Bridget. For folks who don’t bow hunt, they just don’t know what they are missing!

 

[Sld1959]

I never carried a sidearm in archery season, never really gave it much thought. Then there was a guy who killed hunters in Michigan and another who was killing archers in thier stands in some areas I often hunted.

That got me thinking and I got the conditional hunting only concealed license we had for a few years prior to our current one. Then I got the new CCP when it became available.

Now, yes, I carry a .357 magnum revolver in accordance to the new permit. It is illegal to do during hunting season open or concealed without the permit.

 

[powerboatr]

AHHH, a lefty! Now we're talking! Good bow setup although she has target points. If she is hunting she might want to change those.

oh now i see the bow and truck.
my eyes were focused on the green

 

[KillerFord1977]

oh now i see the bow and truck.
my eyes were focused on the green

Took me forever to see a bow. I was wondering if my eye surgery was going out

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

oh now i see the bow and truck.
my eyes were focused on the green

there was green.............I was looking at the holster . a lefty after my heart....gotta love'm

 

[powerboatr]

best thing is the holster enhances the view, and there is NO CELL phone in the pockets
yes my dillion book came today. ladies with guns and leather

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

best thing is the holster enhances the view, and there is NO CELL phone in the pockets
yes my dillion book came today. ladies with guns and leather

keep the cover and chunk the rest

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

come too think of it, I've never seen a female that writes, batts, shoots or throws left handed in my life.

 

[Talyn]

Good article Bridget!

You're absolutely right to carry a handgun while bowhunting where allowed by a state.

 

[powerboatr]

come too think of it, I've never seen a female that writes, batts, shoots or throws left handed in my life.

dated a red head that was a lefty and she could drive like no bodies business
really nice 442 cutlass

 

[Annihilator]

Took me forever to see a bow. I was wondering if my eye surgery was going out

There’s a bow in the pic………

 

[powerboatr]

at least this proves we are all looking at the same piece of green

 

[PacNWvike]

Great article ton of respect. She has done some amazing hunts.

Totally agree on the sidearm, carry one with me and I hunt muzzle loader. Totally legal to have a sidearm in my state. Granted I carry my 1911 in chest holster. Honestly on public land it’s harder and harder to get away from the idiots.

Really like that 10mm 1911 though.

 

[SharkyMK16]

Springfield xdm 5.25 10mm kenai holster. It worked on a kitty cat that came in to cow calling.

 

[Hammer67]

Good article. I've always carried a sidearm while hunting, whether bow or rifle hunting (I live in big 4-legged predator country). There are a number of scenarios where a handgun that you can deploy quickly and at close range could be useful, even if you also have a rifle.