I found all of your responses interesting. They are all valid reasons. I suppose we all have different things that we value. I thought I would offer my perspective.
I have hunted/worked in the outdoors in California, Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming. When I packed a handgun, it was when I was somewhere that I felt a horse or mule could potentially get in a situation where it could get hurt and need to be put down.
I did feel better about bears and lions, but that was secondary to not having to slit the throat of a terrified horse with a broken leg.
I don't feel that my Service-Six in .357 mag will stop a charging Grizzley. And I have never killed a snake while in the outdoors. I only have seen one Rattler.
Today though I would certainly feel that a pistol of that size and caliber would be mainly be a deterrent to unsavory types that I may run into in Archery season. I think that there is the chance of the pistol being effective without having to fire it, but if I pull it out in a threatening situation I will fire it. Otherwise it stays holstered.
So The Meth/pot producers is my #1 reason. With OTHER a close second.
I have hunted/worked in the outdoors in California, Oregon, Idaho and Wyoming. When I packed a handgun, it was when I was somewhere that I felt a horse or mule could potentially get in a situation where it could get hurt and need to be put down.
I did feel better about bears and lions, but that was secondary to not having to slit the throat of a terrified horse with a broken leg.
I don't feel that my Service-Six in .357 mag will stop a charging Grizzley. And I have never killed a snake while in the outdoors. I only have seen one Rattler.
Today though I would certainly feel that a pistol of that size and caliber would be mainly be a deterrent to unsavory types that I may run into in Archery season. I think that there is the chance of the pistol being effective without having to fire it, but if I pull it out in a threatening situation I will fire it. Otherwise it stays holstered.
So The Meth/pot producers is my #1 reason. With OTHER a close second.
