What is your favorite camp or woods revolver?

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Never could figure out this needless killing of snakes. Some folks will kill any snake, poison nor not, just to be killing one. Saw a pic some time ago, of a guy holding up a big rattler that he found while hunting. Said it was no threat, but did NOT want a rattler in HIS hunting ground. Just go into the wild and kill anything that does not suite you. Maybe mother nature will get payback some day.
 
It's an education thing with snakes. They serve an important purpose in nature and I leave them alone whenever possible. The only snake that I absolutely hate is water moccasins. Glad I don't run across them much anymore. They can be just plain mean.
 
Water moccasins/cottonmouths are territorial and aggressive. They are easy to spot. It's the black snake that is comin' at you rather then runnin' away from you, Tend to be around, in or near ponds and slow moving streams. A good thing. I don't have either one on my property.
 
Sorry, but will have disagree. I have run across a lot of water moccasins since I was a kid. See them all the time in the Dismal swamp, Back Bay etc. where I fish and hunt. They are actually very docile. They do not have a nest of babies, like people think. They will alway's try to get out of your way. If cornered they will do a number is threatening displays like opening their mouths, etc. but just warning for you to "just leave me alone". I have stepped on them a number of times. The only people I have ever know to be bit are just people that do stupid things like trying to handle one. There was a kid some years ago that picked up a small one in the back bay. Had it by the neck and and the snake was able to just turn it's head, and give hit a bit. He had no major complications.
They eat frogs, fish and lizards, small birds, not humans. Like all snakes, he does not want to waste his venom that he uses for food, just to bite you.
 
I would leave them alone personally. I have no wish to handle a cotton mouth. Copperheads tend to just lay there and wait rather than running like a rattlesnake. You can step on copperheads pretty easily if you aren't paying attention to where you walk/step. I don't kill them.
 
I let pretty much all manner of critter be. I'm not a hunter. I'm an interloper on their day to day and just happy to be allowed to observe them in their natural habitat scratching out their living as we all do.

Snakes, spiders, rats, any creepy crawly out there fascinates me more than terrifies me. As a youth, I used to go hunting for snakes. Not hunting-hunting, but it wouldn't be an odd thing for me to wrangle a king, garder, or even copperhead. I'd catch it, look at it a bit, then send it on it's way. The only snake I have ever killed in my whole life was a mercy kill. Poor devil found the wrong end of a weed eater, so I ended it quickly with a knife to his brain.

I will say, I have been charged by cotton mouths before. I was doing pool openings many moons ago and a wooded lot with a dilapidated pool was lousy with cotton mouths. It's the only job I ever turned away from for my safety. They were coming at me pretty fierce, and the pay wasn't good enough to fight snakes.

Copperheads can be aggressive as well. This past spring, my wife, aunt, daughter, and I bumped into one on the family property. It was cold-drunk and sluggish. It kept trying to decide if it wanted to run or fight. It would zip away a few feet the coil only to feign a strike and lazily race a few more feet. My wife had no idea what kind of snake it was. She's scared of all of them. I fibbed as said it was a garder. I just kept my boot between it and my daughter. Mr. Snake eventually went his way, and we went ours. Had he had his full wits and speed, I have no doubt he would have simply shot past us without a second look. The only times I have ever had issues with copperheads have been when they are cold and can't move as quickly as they would like.

My choice in woods revolver has to do with personal protection from two legged varmints and the very unlikely larger beast. A .357 will handle most anything I am apt to stumble across. Animals such as snakes and other less than cuddly critters get a full pass from me. I don't want to eat them, they don't want to bite me. The world would be poorer if I were to try and shoot or smoosh them. I would feel quite foolish having to shell out a sizable co-pay for anti-venom for bothering something that would head in the opposite direction if I give it enough breathing room.
 
Don't get much time to duff about anymore, but my Bearcat, or the Beretta 21a I used to have, were my favorite to drop in my pocket for a stroll.

But recently I added a LCR 22 to the stable and it is quickly becoming my walk about gun.
 
Mine is my old trusty Security Six.
I don't like killing snakes either. I had a beautiful black snake in my yard a couple years ago and when my family spotted it they all ran in the house and started yelling at me to kill it. I picked it up and gently carried it to the woods across the lot and the whole time was wishing I could keep him on my property. I left her go and two hours later she was back in the yard again. I figured she must have a den around there somewhere. I picked her up and took here back to the woods again. Now it was getting dark and I told my family I killed it, they had nothing to worry about. I believe she was pregnant and was ready to have her litter. I just didn't have the heart to hurt her. I hope she live a long happy life.
When I was young and lived in PA we would swim in the Clarion River through the summer and copper heads were everywhere. They would come swimming across the river and swim around us and did their best to avoid us.
We simply had no problem with them. We would give them their space and they gave us ours.
Now a water moccasin? I don't know about that. I'm just afraid of them. They have a hell of a temper from what I've seen. Anyways, my only camp gun is my Security Six.
 
I used to pack a 4" Gp100, a great revolver, but that got to be more weight and space than I cared for, I switched to a SW642 which is very light and handy, but if I had to rely on it to keep me alive with protein I might starve. Trying out some handloads in my new Charter Arms 45 Colt, it shows some promise, and I just like 45Colts
 
I live in the woods and when I am out and about on the property I either have a S&W model 19 with a snake round and the rest hunting rounds or a Virginian Dragoon in .44 magnum with a snake load and the rest hunting rounds. A trail cam just this last month caught at least a 400 lbs black bear probably 150 yards from my house. My daughter was driving out to town a couple of weeks ago and three very small baby black bears ran out in front of her. She came to a dead stop and waited for momma to appear and she never did so she drove on.
 
sarge83 said:
I live in the woods and when I am out and about on the property I either have a S&W model 19 with a snake round and the rest hunting rounds or a Virginian Dragoon in .44 magnum with a snake load and the rest hunting rounds. A trail cam just this last month caught at least a 400 lbs black bear probably 150 yards from my house. My daughter was driving out to town a couple of weeks ago and three very small baby black bears ran out in front of her. She came to a dead stop and waited for momma to appear and she never did so she drove on.
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With a momma and some Cubs about, I'd be picking the Virginian more often than not.

And lots of bells!
 
S&W M19 6" has been my go-to woods gun for a long time now. If I am hunting in bear country I switch to my Ruger SBH 44mag.
 
H3NT3 said:
Charter Arms .357 Magnum with a 4.2” barrel. Lightweight and easy to conceal IWB if need be.

Here I is carrying my woods carry.
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You could be the rear doppleganger of one of my closest friends tom. He dresses the same,looks te same from that angle and carries a 4.2" sp101 lmao. If I didn't just leave his house I'd swear he posted this! Lol
 
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