Nitro:

We can hunt here with a handgun both big game and small and varmints. Grouse, too. Lots of targets of opportunity taken w/ wheelguns and autos of all sorts.

I almost never carry a pistol of any sort when actively hunting or on my hikes if I have a rifle or shotgun, but alone do from time to time as when on ski treks and of course have shot lots of grouse and vermin over the years w/ them.