???? Why not just sneak up to the game, and use a 9mm C&C pistol?
From the movie Snatch.
Desert Eagle? Seriously? They kick like a mule. Not a hunting weapon.
Had a T/C Contender Super 14 in both .223 and .35 Remington.
The .223 was great out to about 150 yards given my abilities. I wouldn’t use the .35 past 100 yards, but that’s just me.
The .223 was a sweetheart to shoot and the .35, while stout, was not punishing. I would shoot 40 to 60 rounds at a sitting.
Wish I still had it. Had to sell them in the 90’s to pay bills.
I’ve taken 9 deer and a couple of dozen hog’s with a handgun. Couldn’t begin to guess all the jackrabbit’s cottontails and varmint’s.
My go to handgun for larger critters is a 7 1/2 inch Ruger Blackhawk chambered in 45 Long Colt, I have another with a 5 1/2 inch barrel. Both of these pistols are convertible to 45 ACP. Far varmints I use an older model 7 1/2 inch Blackhawk chambered in 30 carbine pushing 85 grain handloads at just under 2000 fps. For rabbits I use an old 5 screw K-22 Smith and Wesson and an 8 3/8ths model 48 chambered in 22 mag. I do the old redneck trigger job on the Blackhawks and that give you a damn nice trigger.