When you rifle hunt....
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elky McElkerson
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- Mar 13, 2014
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twice. - i\'ve almost had my head blown off. once by my brother. i ALWAYS push the rounds deep down into the magazine, and close the bolt over that round. rifle hunting, i am not jump shooting anything. i have never needed that shot that quickly..rifle hunting goes much slower for me. i\'m glassing and shooting at animals that rarely know i am even in the neighborhood.
Always in the chamber. Just like you would with a muzzleloader. My CF gun was always a lever gun, and that takes too long to chamber, but mostly it\'s to noisy. A bolt action is the same. I take too many quick shots to not have the gun ready to shoot. If I think i\'m getting close the safety is off too.
I hunt alone, so i\'m not going to shoot anybody, except myself, and i\'m still breathing.
I hunt alone, so i\'m not going to shoot anybody, except myself, and i\'m still breathing.
elky McElkerson
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handgun..chambered.
but the thing is usually holstered and i am not handling it all the time.
climbing rocks, shale, over trees, crossing streams...i feel better unchambered (in a rifle). if i blow my own head off, we can all call me an idiot and laugh..if i shoot someone else...i would probably shoot myself later anyways.
i err on the side of caution. it\'s why i love over and under shotguns. broken open, is an absolute safety.
but the thing is usually holstered and i am not handling it all the time.
climbing rocks, shale, over trees, crossing streams...i feel better unchambered (in a rifle). if i blow my own head off, we can all call me an idiot and laugh..if i shoot someone else...i would probably shoot myself later anyways.
i err on the side of caution. it\'s why i love over and under shotguns. broken open, is an absolute safety.
cohunter14
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- Jul 10, 2017
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Always one in the chamber for me unless I am doing something where I feel it is unsafe, like climbing steep and/or wet terrain. To me, I trust myself and also trust the safety function on my gun. It is difficult to find a way to knock the safety off and also pull the trigger. I have never even come close to having the safety knocked off. Obviously if I am in a vehicle or ATV, I am following the applicable rules there.
Buglemaster
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- Aug 25, 2017
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Derek said it all! The only thing that hasn\'t been mentioned yet is to pay attention to where the muzzle is pointed at all times. It amazes me to watch some of the hunting shows on tv . Not only yours, but whoever is hunting with you. I\'ve given some terrific azz chewings a time or two. I won\'t tolerate anyone that doesn\'t handle a firearm responsively.
Buglemaster
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- Aug 25, 2017
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Our resident surgeon at the hospital I work at had the pleasure of dealing with a guy just last weekend. It seems as tho another hunter was unloading his/ her shotgun at the truck. It went off,destroying another hunters cell phone in his cargo pocket on his britches . I guess it was mostly plastic & glass fragments with only a few pellets he had to remove. 1 LUCKY hunter for sure! If that shotgun would have been pointed somewhere other than his buddies leg it would have been laughable. A couple inches either left or right & it could have got a lot uglier.
cohunter14
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\"Buglemaster\" said:
I am the same way. It is a very uncomfortable feeling to see a muzzle pointed at any part of your body. Luckily, my father brought me up to be extremely safe with the handling of guns and where they are pointed. In turn, I have passed that along to anyone I hunt or shoot with. I don\'t ever want to be part of or a witness to one of those mistakes.
