Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Poll: Do you hunt with a round in the chamber?

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+10 on all counts..:)...tho for me it's over 50 years including mil service in combat with a rifle company..

No condom needed for my rifle muzzle either..:)
I spend my hunting time knowing where my hands, feet( arse) and rifle muzzle are..:) It's second nature so one can hunt..Jim

Never a round in the chamber when on a horse. On my own two feet, on the ground, you better believe the chamber is HOT.

Steve

Not usually. About the only time me and my hunting partners load up is just before we shoot or if we have reason to be wary, like walking up on a bear kill or dead animal or on final stalk for an animal we already spotted and checked out. It takes too damn long to tell if a moose or sheep is legal to worry abotu snap shooting anything and having lived and hunting here in alaska for quite some time I'm no longer under the illusion that there is a rabid bear behind every bush. I do always carry a loaded revovler in a chest holster though.

Hot, cocked & locked.

I do not. I will chamber one when I feel that pulling the trigger is imminent.

I should add, I don't trust safeties, especially Remington safeties.

Soon as I hit the tree line, chamber is loaded.

i hunt empty chamber.

Loaded...jorge

One thing that must be mentioned is that the terrain and quarry can dictate things to a degree. Where I hunt blacktail- and maybe someone like Jim in Oregon would concur, maybe not... anyway, the deer I kill are typically in very close quarters with me. 20-50 yards. Even the sound of the safety snicking off has alerted them to me before. So, point being, to chamber a round at that point would be very impractical- even if I was so inclined.

I think the people hunting in more open areas, where you might have almost unlimited time to set up a shot etc, should try to understand that things are real different in some other areas. If I was sitting on a hilltop glassing for miles... I could see how that guy might feel that it was not necessary to chamber a round.

Anyway, thanks for the civility, it's a breath of fresh air and, carry on!

-jeff

Fork I called in today, pretty much the stuff I hunt in...



Called in another like this one and managed to run 7 rounds through my lever and then loaded them all back into the magazine. All the time the deer watched me and I kept blowing the call.

Now we know the area I hunt, here is one that came to the call also. I had to chamber a round in the 99 and pop up the tang sight, all the time he was looking straight at me from MAYBE 30 yards.



Yep, another 99 deer, same drill as the previous deer, although the distance might have been 40 yards. Nothing in the chamber when he walked in...



Paul's deer, maybe 50 yards, yep he had to chamber one...



Every single one of these from last year required a round to be chambered and (GASP) Butler Creek's to be opened...



Taking bets, did I see this deer at 60 yards, eye [bleep] with bino's and then chamber a round and slay him?



I'm fortunate to hunt dumb game....

Oops, almost forgot, pull from canoe, flip Butler Creeks, chamber round, kneel and slay wolf whilst being watched by said doggie...

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Wanna see any of the dumb whitetails that allowed me to chamber a round before killing them?

would those be sitka blacktails in a rainforest?

Yep, but they must either be stupid or I don't move around like a retard with taser in my ass.

Fluid motion, wind, and a little bit of calling can grant a man much...

A buck in rut ain't too smart, you ought to know dat.

Just funning with ya so don't go weird on me.

MtnHtr

A hardon will take a man places he wouldn't go with a machine gun! Agreed.........

Loaded.

Just to ease the mind, this one was looking HARD at me whilst Paul was hitting the call so he didn't take two steps into some silly [bleep]. Since it was early August and in velvet that should remove the rut factor.....



You know the drill, scope covers, chamber, kneel for shot, blah, blah...

My turn.. All these shot in the last 10 days. No hot rifles and all rifles wearing flip-ups. All within 100 yards. Most shot by the kids I take out. Funny how a 15 year old can understand the concept of a hot rifle. A few more bucks were taken, but I didn't get a pictures as I lost my digital camera. If you want to try "hard", try taking an 11 y/o in tow with an attention span of 15 minutes.

I'll be gunning solo the next 2 weeks. Empty chamber.

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Whatever works for you, Steelie..:)
I know what 'works' for me..:) Jim

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