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Three in the rifle and ten in a cartridge fold over case
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Never one in the chamber
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Never one in the chamber
Not having one in the chamber would have cost me lots of bulls.
Not having one in the chamber would have cost me lots of bulls.
I don't recall when I started doing this but I keep a handful of cheap cotton work gloves in my hunting pack. I put a round in each finger and carry that in my pocket.
No bull/ram/buck is worth my life or that of one of my buddies/family members.
I had my safety get knocked off a number of times by my pack/brush/etc my first season and never once have I not had time to put one in the chamber. It doesn't require much movement and it's quick.
The comparison to handguns seems like red hearing as they have very different safety mechanisms and correct me if I'm wrong but the holster itself is designed to prevent accidental discharge. Do LEOs keep one in the chamber in their bolt guns... does your average LEO have a bolt gun while on duty. (Also it was our local chief of police/ my uncle who was in the FBI who initially gave me a hard time about walking around with one in the chamber. I hadn't fired a gun till I was 22 and took hunter's ed at 23 so I'm not even going to pretend I have the firearms experience of anyone on this thread)
Upland or Waterfowl is a different story.
No bull/ram/buck is worth my life or that of one of my buddies/family members.
Three in my rifle and four or five go in the waist pocket on my backpack.