A single-shot .44 gallery ammunition pistol with very short barrel like the old-fashioned Derringer, could be carried without taking up any room or appreciable weight and be used for finishing deer, or other non-dangerous game.
The forester who goes with me moufflon shooting carries a 9 Millimetre Mauser Automatic pistol for self-defence against poachers and he shoots small game with it when he comes across it. It is, however, a noisy little pistol.
Do not take a smaller calibre pistol than a .38 for finishing big game. It does not kill them clear.
CHAPTER L
SHOOTING FROM HORSEBACK
This needs an entirely different training to shooting when on foot.
It needs knowledge of “Horsemanship” above all else.
Ninety per cent. horsemanship and ten per cent. pistol shooting skill will beat the finest pistol shot if he has only ten per cent. horsemanship to his ninety per cent. shooting skill.