I bring two different loads for two reasons. Sometimes I'll use two bullets of the same weight which shoot to the same (generally enough) POI. When moose hunting, I often put two bullets into the same animal just to minimize "Murphy Issues". The second bullet often ends up being a 'test' which has allowed me to see what more bullets do.
The second scenario involves hunting in bear country. I have, at times, carried bear loads which don't need to do anything more than be 'close enough' at 50 yards. I might be shooting 150 or 165 grain bullets - or whatever- sighted dead just where I want them and use them for the hunt. If I happen to need to spend time in the alder tangles, or at night and while in camp, the bear loads go in the rifle. I very rarely carry two different loads for the same quarry otherwise since Murphy knows what an invitation is.
Last edited by Klikitarik; 04/26/15.
