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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/17/21 04:29 PM
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freerange
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Couple separate comments about mule deer kills.... Have I missed a thread?
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: BOBO the Clown]
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12/18/21 01:56 AM
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stxranchman
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I fill the magazine on my bolt guns and then fill the cartridge sleeve on the side. After reading some the replies....some of you must be really bad shots..... That's like 10 shells... I normally keep five shells In the stock bag. There are times I forgot to refill and only have one or two shells though. Who said they are all live rounds?
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/18/21 02:22 AM
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Txduckman
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Try to carry a box but only a few times have I needed to break into it. I shot 5 pigs in one sit with my 30.06 and ran out. Could have kept going but still had to deer hunt 3 more days.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/18/21 03:31 PM
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Grizz
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Full magazine (3 or 4 rounds depending on which gun) and maybe an ammo pouch with 5 spares. Sometimes I have the extras and sometimes I don't.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/18/21 09:35 PM
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Rche
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For taking Pigs...I pull my Shotgun plug out of my Weatherby 12GA and load 5 rounds of 00 buckshot...and put 5 more in my pocket . There are a few times I needed more...but not often.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/18/21 09:38 PM
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Blank
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Heck, don't carry nearly as much anymore. With the going price of popular ammo, I'm afraid I'll get robbed for the resale of loaded rounds!!
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/19/21 07:59 PM
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10 Gauge
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I normally take a box of shells squirrel hunting. The limit is ten, but I have a few extra shells for cottontails or doves too. Maybe a turkey. I did stumble onto some turkeys one time but I didn’t have a fall turkey tag. Now I buy a fall turkey tag every year.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/20/21 02:41 PM
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Davis300
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Always carry a box with me plus a loaded rifle...served me well many a time with the hogs coming back after each shot. Have had to reload 2 or 3 times several times over the years. (Coyotes too)
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/20/21 07:56 PM
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snarkscarbine
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After watching a guy I was hunting with shoot a big aoudad ram 9 times over the course of 2 miles, I started to carry an extra 5-10 over what's in the gun. lol
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/21/21 01:26 PM
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Stump_jumper
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5 in my Remington 30-06 auto. All I need for game animals is 1 shot. Auodads are a different story. We have seen herds of 30+. If I am hunting an open area it is possible to empty the gun. If I do hunting is done in that area for the day and I am headed to the truck. I carry extras for my 22 mag. I have emptied it on a herd of pigs.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/21/21 01:44 PM
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blkt2
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Having been caught short of ammo in bad circumstances before I tend to carry a lot on me no matter what I'm doing. I also hunt in areas where bumping into drug smugglers is a legitimate concern so I carry more than just my hunting rifle.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/21/21 04:06 PM
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Wilhunt
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3 to 5 in the 30-06 with more available.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/21/21 11:30 PM
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don k
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It depends on if I am in the truck or walking.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/22/21 06:58 PM
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Erich
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i usually load the rifle with whatever it will carry. (usually 4), with more ammo and more rifles for that matter back in camp.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/22/21 08:07 PM
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skinnerback
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How much ammo I carry depends on how many animals I want to kill. One round, one animal. Two rounds, two animals etc etc.....
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/28/21 05:45 AM
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Wellbornpapa
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With a bolt rifle, I carry it loaded to capacity and a spare box of 20 rounds. For an AR, I carry one fully loaded 20 or 25 round magazine in the rifle and another fully loaded spare.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/28/21 02:34 PM
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spacejunkie
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Fully load whatever bold action I am going to carry and a fully loaded sidearm. If I need more than that it is time for me to quit hunting.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/28/21 03:18 PM
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WileyCoyote
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Whatever the rifle I'm carrying will hold in the magazine & another full count load in a looped pouch or similar...depending on where I'm hunting and for what, I also sometimes wear a heavy belt to keep my britches up, along with a pistol holster and my S&W M60 in it loaded with HP's. Used to carry a Lwt Commander in a shoulder rig & spare magazine. Never had to actively defend myself but have had a few "conversations" with people who do not understand what a purple fence post means.
Back when I was selling to the pawn shops around Fair Park who I could not take a check from for their order and paid me in cash, I wore the Commander in the small of my back and the M60 in a leg holster on the inside of my left ankle...Needed both of them a few times to "convince people to go away and leave me alone" when the gym bag I was carrying way too full .... but never had to pull the trigger on anybody anywhere. Talk is cheap...and always the best way out of a confrontation. Ron
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/28/21 05:57 PM
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cleboje
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I have always considered it good insurance to have a full reload for all weapons carried by me (and on me), 'cause like the boy scouts motto, I like to be prepared...
Example:
Deer rifle carries 5 rounds, so I will have another 5 round mag at hand for a reload.
Pistol carries 15 rounds, so I will have another 15 round mag at hand for a reload. Knife #1 is closely backed up at hand by knife #2.
You never know when such precautions will be needed in a timely manner...but having them at hand ensures that I will never have to wish for additional foresight.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/28/21 10:11 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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For whitetails, I have 4 in the rifle and usually around 10-15 extras. I have shot multiple magazines at hogs and coyotes on more than one occasion. For backcountry out of state hunts usually around 40 rounds total (rifles can get dropped, abused by airlines, etc. and may need to re-sight in). Some answers on here are amusing. Lots of big talk and overcompensating going on. Having ammunition available for any number of contingencies that may occur has nothing to do with one’s shooting ability or manhood. Cartridges are small, light, and easy to carry. You run out and your hunt is done. No harm in having plenty.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Nogalus Prairie]
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12/28/21 10:57 PM
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skinnerback
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Or some of us just have a sense of humor and like to cut up once in a while.
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: skinnerback]
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12/28/21 11:30 PM
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Creekrunner
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Or some of us just have a sense of humor and like to cut up once in a while. I've been known to occasionally wear a bandolier. Only one, of course. I'm not Pancho. Or...Emiliano.
Last edited by Creekrunner; 12/28/21 11:33 PM.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Creekrunner]
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12/28/21 11:49 PM
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skinnerback
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/29/21 12:10 AM
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I ran short once...never again!
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Re: How much ammo do you carry during the average hunt
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/29/21 12:52 AM
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Smokey Bear
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Y’all really tote that much ammo?
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