The comparatively short sight radius of a handgun and typically less powerful ammunition than used with rifles, means that any handgun hunter must stalk closer to the prey in order to kill the animal humanely, giving said animal more chance of detecting and avoiding the hunter.
As a result of the handgun's restricted range and lower-caliber ammunition, hunters must creep nearer to their target in order to make a clean kill, thus providing the animal with more opportunity to detect and evade the hunter.