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“Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Three. A primary and back up for elk hunting. A .22 for small game while scouting.
I have only been elk hunting two years. The back up has never left camp. Last year tho, the pimped out 10/22 saw a couple hours of informal / impromptu target competition between me and one of the 14 year olds in camp. (In addition to taking a couple grouse and a squirrel...)
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Brad, do you do a camp per se? Seems like you are home based and backpack based from your stories.
The CENTER will hold.
Reality, Patriotism,Trump: you can only pick two
FÜCK PUTIN!
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Used to be two. An abolt stainless in 300wm and a trusty 8x57 sporterized nazi Mauser. But, I have a custom 300wm comin out of Beanland's shop hopefully next week. That OF course, just haaas to go.
"Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?"
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Four, but I don't remember what they all were, right off the top of my head.
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Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...
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A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Three. A backup and a 22 LR to plink with.
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This is a bit embarrassing but I had to laugh when I thought of this. When me and two of my buds graduated high school we went on a 3 week excursion the following fall. We were to hunt lopes and mule deer in Wyoming and muleys with elk in Colorado. Between the three of us we took 17 rifles. We drove my ext cab toyota p/u and 3 4-wheelers on a trailer. With all out gear and three kids over 6'2", it was more than comical. We killed 14 animals and used a total of 2 rifles. Majority of the time my rem 30-06 was the killer.
It was the best hunting trip I have ever been on to date.
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One. And one cartridge. And I don't normally drink beer. But when I do, it's Dos Equis.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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I can make a real case, in my own demented, rifle-loony mind that is, to take (4) rifles. That'd be a new record. I've taken three rifles several times. What happens is, I'll have Ol' Faithful, meaning a great elk rifle that'll do just fine... then a backup. That's reasonable and I suspect most of us do that. Most years Ol' Faithful is my excellent .338. The last several years my main two have been that .338 and my Montana, either as a .325 or last year and this year, as a 7 WSM. But then there's the rifles that are more specialized. How, I ask you, do you leave your stainless 45/70 Guide Gun home?! That'd be silly. There's thick timber on those north slopes. How do you leave the Sendero home? Hell, there's some big meadows up there where you could catch a bull at dusk waaay far away. And so on. This year I've got 4 that want to go and each of them has utility. The .338 and Montana have to go. Then there's my wonderful .325 BLR... I carried it most of a season up there one year and it, with it's 22" barrel and a 200-gn TSX in the spout and 3 more available FAST.... sure seems like it should go. And dammit, there's several HUGE meadows where guys kill elk every year. My pard keeps seeing them at dusk there. Easily 500-750 yard shooting though. That just screams for my Sendero with it's big Zeiss 50mm scope on top... Last year I just took two rifles and that'll probably be the case again this year but man, I'd just as soon wheel a whole gun safe up there!  Personally know little about real Elk hunting, but a .30-06 seems about perfect and would save more than a little weight and space. Hmmmmm
laissez les bons temps rouler
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1 1/2
Ruger 7mm Mag as my main rifle and I take the 50 cal muzzleloader as back up.
I'm kind of rifle deprived so I don't have many choices. I guess when I get a new stock I could take the M1 Garand as a back up rifle.
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To play the game, you first gotta have game. - Ike Turner
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2 guns for me the 325wsm Montana for 100% of my hunting and the 270wsm Featherweight just for a backup rifle if the 325wsm has any trouble....
randy..
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Traveling from the East Coast to elk places is a big enough PITA without adding excess baggage..I used to take two rifles but these days bring one rifle and a spare scope. I try to load something in it that has some reach but still handles the short range shots as well. Jeff you need to learn to run the bolt from your shoulder... 
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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One is all I ever needed, Carrying two guns is a pain.
Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a hunting license and that's pretty close.
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one. either a ruger 77/mk2 or a win model 70. never considered taking more than one these last 35-40 years.
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....a .30-06 seems about perfect and would save more than a little weight and space. Hmmmmm Yup, and if you bring one with only one cartridge, you too can drink Dos Equis. Stay thirsty my friend.
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7RM primary, '06 backup. My hunting pard just took one rifle, a 7RM. His rig messed up and he ended using my '06. And, he had made a few choice comments about me packing in two rifles (20 mi. on horseback, a scabbard on each side). He didn't say as much on the way out...  DF
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