Oh yeah, I learned the hard way too……I remember Troy saying on here that a pistol would be worthless but so many other trackers kept saying that they liked this pistol or that one…..so I went with a Sig .45…..I finished off a few deer with it but after having that one bayed up in the bushes at 50-60 yards and not being able to hit him, I learned my lesson. It hurt me losing that deer like it was one of my own…..I felt it in my stomach.

This is one of those topics where everyone has a different opinion but I love my little 30-30 for tracking. The only reason I didn’t use it in the beginning was because it was more cumbersome to carry a rifle over a pistol. I figured out though….that you can put two slings on it and carry it like a backpack…..that was a gamechanger. Deer don’t want to mess with me and Otis and the dirty 30 now….I’ve been toting that gun since I was 12 years old.... I'll bust their arse if they give me an oppurtunity.