bobbydean
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No.
SE New Mexico.
SE New Mexico.
To chamber, or not to chamber? That is the question.
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Bambistew
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Depends, but 95% of the time no. If I'm still hunting yes, or in an area where I may run into bears face to face, I'll load up otherwise empty, and usually strapped to my pack.
Irrelevant
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still hunting/sitting yes, glassing/hiking no.
WA/ID/WY
WA/ID/WY
WildWill
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Yes always loaded safety on
OK,Wy,Co, doesn't matter where I'm hunting.
OK,Wy,Co, doesn't matter where I'm hunting.
Josh Kuntz
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Yes
Idaho/Montana
Idaho/Montana
Eric.MN
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Big game- Sitting or stand hunting- Yes chambered, walking/hiking- Not chambered, but for upland/small game I walk loaded
Minnesota, Wyoming
Minnesota, Wyoming
Nameless Range
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Yes
Montana
Montana
Hem
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Yes, always chambered. I hunt 99% alone and 1% with a friend of 30years ...we always think Hunter safety first....that's why I will hunt with him.
Montana.
Montana.
The Hedgehog
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And people wonder why others don’t appreciate being glassed through a rifle scope.
tarheel
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Yes when prudent, no when unnecessary or unsafe.
SE & RMW
SE & RMW
Yes when small game hunting with a shotgun or .22
Yes when deer hunting from a tree stand or blind.
No when walking, glassing, or still hunting, up to the point I have found the animal I want to shoot.
Predator hunting yes.
IN
SD
WI
CO
Yes when deer hunting from a tree stand or blind.
No when walking, glassing, or still hunting, up to the point I have found the animal I want to shoot.
Predator hunting yes.
IN
SD
WI
CO
Brian in Montana
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Double post somehow. ?
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Brian in Montana
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I keep a round chambered if there is the possibility I'll see something I want to shoot, period. Keep your finger off the trigger until your ready to fire; don't point your firearm at anything you don't want to destroy. If I'm hiking in or out in the dark, my rifle is not loaded.
Q2- Montana.
I still do a lot of things the way my granddaddy did them.
Q2- Montana.
I still do a lot of things the way my granddaddy did them.
belly-deep
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I wouldn’t appreciate being glassed by a rifle scope regardless of whether the gun was loaded or not.
MI
Chambered while easing into and out of the deer woods during legal light on private, unchambered on public.
Carry loaded shotguns while small game hunting on both public and private.
Will be carrying unchambered in Wyoming this fall.
Chambered while easing into and out of the deer woods during legal light on private, unchambered on public.
Carry loaded shotguns while small game hunting on both public and private.
Will be carrying unchambered in Wyoming this fall.
VikingsGuy
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+1. It should be illegal to Glass other hunters through your scope. Use your damn binos (risk of negligent discharge is a lot less with binos
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Tradewind
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that is what binoculars are for. Point a rifle at someone, they might think you mean it :hump:
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