Do you carry a modern sidearm when hunting in addition to your muzzleloader?

[user 36911]

Mine was too. Now i'm single.

 

[thompson50]

I don’t here in Maine or PA when I go back there to hunt. I’ve never worried about people or critters in the areas I hunt.

 

[Tom A Hawk]

Sometimes. We had four bears on the property two years ago and coyotes are always a possibility. Either a Model 29 or a 1911 in 10mm. The 10mm is a wonderful cartridge. If I'm feeling nostalgic it might be a 44 C + B. If late season ML only then a .54 Plains Pistol.

 

[Robby]

Carrying a modern weapon during while muzzleloader hunting is illegal here.

ADK Bigfoot

I knew it is illegal during archery season, which makes absolutely no sense at all but this is NY where you are guilty of intent if nothing else cuz New York. I did not know it was illegal during muzzleloader season. I'll have to look that one up.
Robby

 

[user 50061]

I haven't gone hunting yet in Massachusetts with a muzzleloader (just with bow and arrow), but some of the laws oriented around carrying certain firearms in the woods while hunting seasons are in effect are difficult to understand, so from a legal standpoint you are just better off leaving the handgun at home.

Our only "big predator" here is coyote (there are some bears, as well as unofficial sightings of wolves and mountain lions, but they are fairly rare and largely limited to the mountainous western half of the state), so i am not too concerned about throwing down with something that wants to nibble on my toes. In the future, I might get a ML hangun to match my musket, but that is as much for cool-factor as it is for actual utility

 

[Tallswife]

Always. For any predator I may encounter, 2-legged or 4

 

[Sam squanch]

Read where the poor woman in Texas was mauled to death by the neighbors vicious dogs. I’m carrying! Times are too uncertain these days.

 

[Zonie]

Because this is a Traditional Muzzleloading forum where discussing modern arms is not allowed outside the Premium Member area, I'm closing this thread.