I just gotback from helping my brother track a nice buck that he stuck with an arrow this morning. We tracked and searched (four of us) for over four hours and covered 3/4 mile through very tight timber before we could no longer find any sign. We eventually had to give up since we had no indication where he had gone from our last blood. Anyway, this is the second deer my brother has stuck and we could not find in the past two weeks. He feels terrible as I do. Is a handgun cartridge (41 Magnum) with 250 grain wide flat point bullets more effective than an arrow? I have never hunted with a handgun before but intended to do so this season. I am having second thoughts, fearing that a handgun may not be up to the job and lead to unnecessary suffering and extended tracking problems. I want real life experience regarding the effectivness of handgun cartridges (not rifle cartridges in single shot pistols) THANKS Stubby