If I am hunting yes. If I am in transit to the place I am hunting, no.
Both scenarios can involve being dressed for the occasion, being armed and being in the field, they are not the same.
AGW
____________________________________________________________ _ That sort of sums it up for me.. There's a difference between hiking, trekking, climbing to get into where you will hunt and ........hunting.
When hunting I hardly move perceptably by human terms..know where my next foot is going to be placed, work slow and am ready. I am not busting thickets where I cannot see anything including my feet in front of me where there is a risk of snakking the rifle or myself.. I don't fall down, don't poop my pants when hunting or jam my rifle muzzle into the mud because I lost footing. IF the going requires it, the rifle is slung, perhaps unloaded, handed to another ( IF anyone is even along with me) OR I figger out a better route. More worried about breaking an ankle than shooting myself or another.
I DO wonder that some may take the 'hunting cold' position for safety because they realize they:
Are not in good condition nor agile .. Are overweight, clumsy..
Hungover..( God forbid but it happens)
That then is a good precaution for such folks..Jim
