Chaps?? Rattler country?? Nice score by the way. A good friend of mine that I hunt with swears by his S&W .41 magnum and has killed many deer with it as proof! I myself prefer the venerable .44 mag. But that's just me. Both calibers get the job done nicely.
The chaps are to keep thorns out of my jeans, and keep off the mud, too. I hunt in some pretty brushy country. They also shed water pretty good thanks to the wax. Made by Filson.
The .44 is a fraud.
