re: anyone carry a sidearm while Deer hunting?

A guy that my dad works with used his Beretta 92 on a buck about 10 years ago. He shot the buck with a 30-30 from about 80 yards and it dropped there on the spot. He walks to about 10 yards away from it and it jumps up. At this point he realizes he never chambered another round in his rifle, so he pulls the 92, empties a full mag, hits the deer twice, and found it about 100 yards away. I was laughing my arse off when he told this story at work on Monday.