As you prepare for the next hunting season, it pays to plan the perfect gun holster that offers more convenience, comfort, and ergonomics. The typical hunting shoulder holster features multiple layers for high durability and a design for holding a scoped revolver. What makes shoulder holsters special for hunting? At Black Hills Leather, we are glad to share some valuable insights into these types of holsters.

Basic Design

Shoulder holsters are designed to be worn in bandoleer style across your chest. Well-designed and properly fitting shoulder holsters are perfectly suited for heavy handguns. Scoped revolver hunting holsters feature a full coverage design and offer optimal protection for your weapon. They feature an external pocket for ammo and accessories, along with a quick disconnect harness and removable waist strap.

When it comes to hunting holsters, you should choose shoulder holsters for open carry. Among other benefits, this design helps prevent cluttering up the waistband or any inconvenience when bending over. 

Benefits of Hunting Shoulder Holsters

Some main reasons shoulder holsters make great rigs for hunting season are as follows:

Greater Space & Better Weight Bearing

A shoulder holster is a carry style that provides more space and weight-bearing ability, which is beneficial when carrying heavy guns. Some key benefits of this design are as follows:

• It takes the weight of the gun and ammo off your back
• The weight is evenly distributed across your shoulders

When you go hunting and want to keep weight off of your back, the shoulder holster makes a lot of sense.

Convenience

As mentioned above, a shoulder holster provides the convenience of packing your gun and spare ammo in a single portable package. It is quicker and more convenient to grab your holster and head out than to thread a holster and ammo carrier on your belt. Since everything is in a single package, there is no chance of forgetting anything. You can further have your holster customized to carry additional magazines, knives, flashlights, and more, all of which can be readily accessed.

Ease of Access Even When Sitting

Shoulder leather holsters are a favorite with law enforcement, and for a good number of reasons. Ease of access, even when sitting, is one of the main reasons here. The holster has your gun sitting tightly against your chest. This is an easily accessible position. 

This design enables a quick draw while keeping you safe all the time. Besides, they are also quite comfortable. You can add more weight to your upper body on long days that you spend in the wilderness. As mentioned above, these holsters provide comfort and ease of access even when you are sitting. 

At Black Hills Leather, our hunting shoulder holsters are designed specifically keeping in mind the needs of hunters. These rigs help spread the weight evenly over your should and back. We handcraft customized holsters that work ideally for single and double-action revolvers and all large-bore handguns with or without scope. For more information, feel free to contact us at +1 (956) 744-3219 or send us a message.