Handgun Hunting Support

How many of you would like to have it back?

  • YES, I strongly support it.

    Votes: 464 88.7%

  • I do not know what to think.

    Votes: 22 4.2%

  • NO, I would newer support it.

    Votes: 37 7.1%
  • Total voters
    523
Covey Ridge said:
Joe, I love your signature line:D but this statement shows no reason. COs want to carry handguns because they are law enforcement officers and since during the hunting season most of the offenders they deal with are armed that seems reasonable to me.
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you're deliberately trying to make it more likley you'll get a bad hit, in order to make it more 'challenging'
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joe-nwt said:
This must be why the COs want to carry handguns......;)
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= My attempt at being funny.

Get it?:D
 
Earlier post a joke, but its no joking matter I guess :D Picked yes, it would be nice to carry a handgun, if nothing else as a survival tool.
From a tree stand my 45 LC with 300 gr GC bullets would sure rock a whitie at 25 meters :cool:
Or having my 45 Acp loaded with hot loads would sure make a bear twitch at 10 feet away.
As stated having something that goes bang anong with you when bow hunting would be great. Or even when you got a smoke pole.
As with anything, there will be folks that try to shoot to far, heck we got that with long guns.:)
 
Proper tool for the job . People will adjust their technique depending on the firearm. This is a given. To assume that hunters will misuse the handgun and become dangerous is the same assumption government and the anti's make when talking of firearms and firearm rights like CCW.
People do not suddenly become irrational and irresponsible when given more rights. Indeed they become more responsible because they realise the consequences if the don't.
So please think about this when discussing us having more rights. People are generally good.
 
gitrdun said:
Yes I do Gatehouse. I'd love to spend a lot more time on this, but I do have to earn a buck. Here's a primary and brief one though: can you imagine the added pressure and stress the it would cause law enforcement, cops and fish and wildlife officers alike? It just seems to me that it would open up a whole new "ugly" can of worms
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What are you talking about? What "added pressure?":confused:

Handguns are far less deadly (in terms of killing power) than a rifle or a shotgun. The CO's are used to dealing with men armed with 30-06's all the time..why woudl they be scared of a lil pistol?


Imagine now the implications of having to open handgun possession to everyone.
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Handgun possesion is open to anyone that can also qualify for possesion of a rifle. If you are not allowed to posses a handgun for some sort of safety concern, you are not allowed a rifle, either...There are no "implications"


Bottom line is, I'm not against handguns, just not in favour of seeing them out in the bush and I am also not compeled to copy cat everything the Americans do even though I read their mags
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I have an irrational fear of handguns in the bush, although I relaly can't give any real reason. Also, I htink that it will look bad if we utilize an American idea, even if it is a really good idea, because I am some sort of snob...:rolleyes:
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Covey Ridge said:
I am sure they would, but that is sort of like being a little weakling and challenging the big bad bully while you are backed by a whole band of thugs.
Now if you want to hunt griz with a pointy stick, on his turf, well suck it up and don't come crying if he don't play by your rules.
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Why?

When I hunt grizzly or black bear, there is often my buddy there along to back me up and vice versa, both wiht rifles.

Besides, not all negative bear contacts come when you are actualy *hunting* them.
 
geologist said:
I bet the archers who go for bear would like to legally carry a powerful handgun so that if the SHTF, they won't end up with their scalps peeled off their head and parts of their faces, necks, arm and legs chewed off.
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This is why I voted yes. I don't really want to hunt with a handgun but would like the option of packing one. The last few years I have had run ins with bears, it would have been nice to have a handgun for better protection.
 
I voted yes.

And to those that aren't quite up on Canada and handgun hunting this has f**k all to do with the US. Handgun hunting was the norm throughout Canada for decades. Some time in the 1930s the requirement to register hand guns was adopted. ICRC when handgun hunting was disallowed.

So at any rate here we are decades later and it seems most Canadians (even some board members here) think that to consider handgun hunting is an outgageous idea, thought out by American-wannabes.:mad: We have several generations that now think handgunning is unsafe and not Canadian simpley because it hasn't been practiced for quite a while. Very very sad indeed.

I quite like shooting my Ruger SBH 44 magnum and would confidently hunt deer with it within 50 yards. At this distance I know I can hit the kill zone consistantly off hand and there's just no question that the proper bullet would do the rest.
 
Which do you think would be easier to shoot at close range at a fleeting target? A open sight rifle, or a scoped handgun? Or non-scoped handgun?
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Oh hell i haven't got a clue - i'm doing fairly well if i can hit the ground with a handgun :) Getting better tho.
 
Besides, not all negative bear contacts come when you are actualy *hunting* them.
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Heh - yeah. Given your personal history some might argue that we shouldn't have 22 pistols for grouse when we're hunting big game like bear, we should have big pistols for bears when we're hunting grouse. Beats the hell out of wondering if birdshot is going to do the trick while you head back to the car!
 
I give one thing for the handgun hunting issue, it is probably the ONLY way we will be able to advance the cause of ATC in this country. Once people see that just because people are carrying these "evil doers" tools, and there are no running gun battles they may come to their senses.

Well, at least I hope.....
 
I give one thing for the handgun hunting issue, it is probably the ONLY way we will be able to advance the cause of ATC in this country. Once people see that just because people are carrying these "evil doers" tools, and there are no running gun battles they may come to their senses.

Well, at least I hope.....
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Well it's a reasonable premise uwish - it certanly improves the argument. If there's hundreds of people with 'wilderness atc' to hunt and no incidents, it demonstrates that there's nothing 'magical' about pistols that makes people go nuts.
 
Too busy to read all of this thread, but I think that it was Foxer who said that education is important. I agree!

It seems that many just want and demand the right to go off and do as they please. I do not agree! Especially when it comes to hunting! That's my vote even though I realize it is in the minority.

I think that many (not all) should not be allowed to go anyhwere with a hand gun, including hunting, unless supervised by a range officer.
 
Covey Ridge said:
Too busy to read all of this thread, but I think that it was Foxer who said that education is important. I agree!
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Me too....

It seems that many just want and demand the right to go off and do as they please. I do not agree! Especially when it comes to hunting! That's my vote even though I realize it is in the minority.
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Nobody is demanding that they have the right to "go off and do as they please..in regards to hunting"

What we are suggesting is that there are no rational reasons to deny hunters the ability to hunt wiht a handgun if they so choose.

I think that many (not all) should not be allowed to go anyhwere with a hand gun, including hunting, unless supervised by a range officer.
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And what terrible dreadful thing will befall us if peopel were allowed to go somewhere wihtout a RO to supervise? :rolleyes: C'mon, tell us, I am *dying* to hear it...
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