Any of you folks ever white tail hunt with a pistol?

King Ranch has taken one with a Delta Elite.

I did years ago, a Ruger Super Blackhawk SS in .44 mag with a 10.5" barrel. It had a 4x Leupold on it and I took a deer at 75yds with no problem. I think (with a rest) up to about 150 would not have been a problem.

I recently acquired a really nice model 57 Smith 41 magnum. Gonna try my best this year to take a deer with it. Something I’ve always wanted to do and hopefully I can make it happen.

Yes & Yes

Model 29 (83/8) and Super Red Hawk (7.5) SS in .44

2x Leopold on the Ruger.

Red Dot on the Smith. 2.5 lb trigger. Pachmayr grips

Killed deer with both using mostly hand loads.

Also have have killed with Smith 586 (.357) 8 3/8 in. Federal Hydra Shocks.

No, but I'll tell my CSB hand gun story.

Late 90s and me and a buddy are riding around drinking beer. No spot light. No rifles. Just listening to music.

Come around the corner of a turn row of a cotton field and there is a big sow and about five 30-40# shoats standing in the road. Maybe 50 yards down the road.

The sow bolts off into the cotton and vanishes. The shoats are confused by the headlights and they're just milling around.

I get my Glock 40 out from under the seat, open the door, get out, and walk to the front of the truck. They don't run. I can barely see them in the bugs and the steam and the weeds and everything. I hold about a foot over their heads and fire a single round. A few pigs scatter, but I can see something still there in the road.

Walk up there and two of them are dead. One is shot into one eye and out of the other eye. Then the slug hit the other one right in the forehead.

Luckiest shot of all time, and I have a witness.

That's it. Thats the story. That's all I've got.

Yes and yes, Super Blackhawk .44

I’ve killed a few does out of a bow stand with a Glock 19 Speer gold dot. Worked great

I have a TC Contender with a 12" barrel in 7-30 waters. It's a 30-30 necked down to .28. I have killed a few with it over the years. Nothing big or over 100 yds.

I've deer hunted exclusively w/ handguns for 20 years or so. Most folks wouldn't call them pistols, but the ATF calls them handguns. My handguns are single shots w/ long barrels and scopes. I started w/ a 44 Mag Redhawk, but it just wasn't accurate enough. I then moved to the T/C Contender platform. With the Contender I killed deer using barrels w/ non-factory calibers from 6 mm to 375. The last 5 years or so I've been using bolt action handguns, Remington XP-100's and a Savage Striker. I killed more deer w/ a 6.5 JDJ Contender, but the past few years I've been using mostly a 7-08 and a 284 Win. I admire anyone who hunts game w/ a traditional handgun. Mine aren't as challenging as a traditional handgun as my handguns are more accurate and shoot much flatter than revolvers. Nevertheless, they do add an extra challenge to the sport. I also use bolt action pistols on prairie dog hunts. If anyone's looking for an extra challenge in their deer hunting and they already have a T/C Encore, get a handgun barrel (7-08 would be a good one to start with) and put a 2-7X handgunscope on it. The most difficult part of the game is learning to use the scope. In addition, one needs a good rest. Try it out....you might find you like it.

XP-100 in 7-08

XP-100 ini 284 Win

XP-100 in 260 Rem