The sun isn’t up yet. You’re standing beside your truck double-checking your pockets when you hear a sound behind you that you don’t expect. Your light is still in your pack. Your gun is still in its case.
You turn around to investigate the sound, met by the last thing you expect: a thief.
Maybe they have a gun, maybe a knife, but here you are, caught off-guard and unaware.
As you read that, did you see yourself on the lane to your hunting property or the gas station you stop at on the way to hunt?
Carrying while hunting may seem, at best, redundant. At worst, you may think it unnecessary. In reality, you’re often putting yourself in situations where, if you weren’t a hunter, you would absolutely want to be armed.
As a hunter and concealed-carry license holder, there are some special considerations you need to take into account.