{"id":8877,"date":"2025-08-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=8877"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:47:37","slug":"how-large-a-firearm-do-you-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/how-large-a-firearm-do-you-need\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW LARGE A FIREARM DO YOU NEED?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here\u2019s an article <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/how-big-a-gun-do-you-need\/\" target=\"_blank\">I wrote almost 20 years ago for <em>Backwoods Home <\/em>magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s still relevant today, and I\u2019ll tell you why. I live in an area where deer are hunted in dense vegetation, and a sporting hunter is only likely to have a long shot if they stake out a power line. The deer here are whitetails, not particularly large. I recently chatted with a fellow from out of town who just opened a gun shop in our area, and was shocked to find out how many customers wanted long-range 7mm Magnum rifles or similar to go deer hunting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the concealed carry side, I still see a lot of folks who buy a service-size pistol, fit it with an optical sight and an attached flashlight, and then discover it\u2019s simply too large to conceal with their warm-weather wardrobe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rifle, shotgun, or handgun, size is a consideration in firearms selection. Tailor the tool to the task\u2026and to the user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s an article I wrote almost 20 years ago for Backwoods Home magazine. It\u2019s still relevant today, and I\u2019ll tell you why. I live in an area where deer are hunted in dense vegetation, and a sporting hunter is only likely to have a long shot if they stake out a power line. The deer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8878,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8877\/revisions\/8878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}