How many rounds do you carry..?...

[Pygmy]

Some hunters don't pay much attention to details..They just dump a bunch of cartridges or shells in a pocket and go hunting...

Others, myself included, tend to do things a certain way, each time, like take the same number of  number of shells..It's almost  a superstitious thing, or perhaps a "rite of preparation"....

When deer hunting with one of my bolt action rifles, I carry ten rifle cartridges, because that's how many my cordura cartridge holder holds...If I am hunting with my Garand M1 I carry two five round en-bloc clips... If I am hunting with my slug gun I carry two 5 packs of sabot slugs..

With my muzzleloader, ten rounds would be unecessary overkill.. I usually hunt with one charge in the barrel and three spare charges in speedloaders..

How many rounds do you carry...??...

[steve863]

15.  5 loose that will go into the gun and 10 in the belt pouch.  Years ago I carried an extra box of 20 in my backpack which was quite silly when I now look back at it.  The 5 that are in the gun would probably be more than enough in the majority of cases.

[mossy725]

5 in the gun (when on stand), and 10 extra shells. Ya never know. 

[burmjohn]

I carry about 6 with me.  3 In the gun, and 3 in my pocket holder.

[Brother Nature]

5 in the gun and 5 in the belt pack....

No need to more for me... I save room in my backpack for things like water and food. I like to stay out all day, so it is neccesary to have a lot of snack food. It seems to me that eating, whether you are hungry or not, breaks up the monotony of the woods sometimes. It gives you something to do...

[Geno C]

5 in gun and 5 in my pack...

[Bleitten04]

With my muzzleloader I have one loaded and 3 with easy loaders.  But I cant find my easyloaders > .  With a shotgun usually 5 in the gun and and another pack of 5!!!

[Culvercreek hunt club]

5 in the gun---9 on the butt sleeve and 10 in my back pack. i got caught one time on a track of a buddies wounded deer and ran out. I will never make the mistake again. I have too much invested in the gun to use it as a club...

[Pygmy]

Culver Creek.... ;D ... ;D ... ;D ....

Good point... Maybe I should start carrying the bayonet on my M1....

[bushnell]

I carry 14. 2- 4 round mags and 6 loose ones in my pocket.

[Fantail]

Geeze, sounds like some of you guys are expecting deer to shoot back.

I carry 3-rounds. Only had to use all 3, once.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Culver Creek.... ;D ... ;D ... ;D ....

Good point... Maybe I should start carrying the bayonet on my M1....

I could have used one that day....4 miles from the truck and out of ammo. was a little limited on my options

[SQ2Hunter]

My 1187 is a mulit purpose gun. I put 3 slugs in the gun (because I leave my duck plug in) and carry 3 in my pocket. My gun shoots the bullseye out at 100yards not sure beyond that because I havent shot it any greater distance. Normally one shot I either miss and hes gone or I get him if I shoot 3 times and the deer still stands there I punt. lol

[TR19]

I carry 13.

5 in the gun & 2 4 round spare clipsin my belt pouch. 3 of us use the same Remington 742 30-06 so the clips are interchangable if need be.

[Mr VJP]

I carry 4 in the rifle and two in my pockets.  I like to be a "six shooter".

But most of my deer take only one shot, so six seems like a lot.

Besides, I hunt my own land and the house is only 200 yards away.

[WNYBuckHunter]

I take 4. One in the gun and 3 in my pocket. Im not going duck hunting lol

[Nomad]

One in the ML and 3 quick loads ,but since I switched to a ML I never had to reload.

On the last week end when we drive parts of the farm I take my shotgun , then I have 5 in the gun and 5 on my belt.

[Isles323]

4 in the rifle (at the stand) 3 in my back pack

[gundeck]

I carry about 6 with me.  3 In the gun, and 3 in my pocket holder.

I'm with you.  Three in the gun and three in the pocket.  If I take the muzzleloader, one in the gun and two reloads.

[fasteddie]

I have 5 slugs in the shotgun and a box of 5 buried in the bottom of my backpack . If I shoot all 5 , digging to the bottom of the backpack would give me plenty of time to figure out what i had done wrong . I have a pump action . You can tell which way a deer is running by the sound of the 5 - 6 shot semi-autos sounding off .

As for the ML , I have it loaded and 4 speed loads ready . I have been lucky and never had to take a 2nd shot with the ML . But ......... I still reload it before approaching the downed deer .

[Doc]

I have 5 slugs in the shotgun and a box of 5 buried in the bottom of my backpack . If I shoot all 5 , digging to the bottom of the backpack would give me plenty of time to figure out what i had done wrong . I have a pump action . You can tell which way a deer is running by the sound of the 5 - 6 shot semi-autos sounding off .

As for the ML , I have it loaded and 4 speed loads ready . I have been lucky and never had to take a 2nd shot with the ML . But ......... I still reload it before approaching the downed deer .

Yeah, I would guess that is about the same number as I carry. I like the idea of having way more that I could ever need. I definitely never want it to be the other way around. They don't weigh that much.

Doc

[steve863]

I like the idea of having way more that I could ever need. I definitely never want it to be the other way around. They don't weigh that much.

Doc

Exactly!  I see people carrying all sorts of contraptions into the woods that weigh a heck of a lot more than 5 to 10 extra rounds.  Better being safe than sorry.

[Paulie]

I always take 3, 2 in the gun and 1 extra...if you don't get your deer after that.....?

[Doc]

I remember one time when I packed just a 5-pack of slugs. That sure is plenty .... right? Well, surprise - surprise when I got to my stand and went to load the shotgun, guess what apparently slipped out of my pocket. Yep! that's right. Nice gun ..... no slugs. An hour of opening morning was spent back-tracking looking for the box of slugs. Now I always empty out one 5-pack into the slug-holder loops in my vest and then throw in an extra box into the pocket just in case something wacky like that happens again. There are other cases that I have heard of where the hunter made a not-so-good shot (it does happen occasionally even to the best of us ..... lol) and had to take some extra shots along the blood-trail. Things happen. Better to be prepared. Theoretically we only need one slug, but I don't know anybody that only goes out with just one .

Doc

[ny hunter]

I put 4 in my rifle and carry an extra mag with 3 more rounds.I also carry a revolver with 6 rouds.