Another how many guns question-how many do you travel with?

[huntineveryday]

For turkeys, hunting on my own, then I'd take a backup. If I'm hunting with a buddy and we were on the same page then I'd only take one a piece and share if there was a malfunction. Unless we were planning on splitting up or something going in.

I've seen a buddy have a shotgun malfunction on a pheasant hunt...semi-auto was stove piping when it got too cold. He had a backup, but it was the same model and had the same problem! Lesson is, if you're going to take a back-up, make sure it is something rock solid!

[Greg Massey]

2 guns beside the one i carry all the time. We are always lock and loaded...

[Chad Gus715]

Usually bring 2 when I'm on a trip by myself.

[PalmettoRon]

Two on any trip away from home. It's saved my hunt and others who weren't prepared.

[GobbleNut]

Although I will admit there has been a time or two when I took two guns, it has mostly been because I couldn't decide which one I would use once I got to where I was going.  Other than those occasions, I have never worried about it.  Worst case scenario is that if push came to shove and I had a single gun that broke down such that I couldn't fix it, that would give me a good excuse to find the nearest gun store and buy a new one!   

[Hobbes]

I carry a backup on any hunt that I drive any distance for, that includes turkeys, pheasants, elk, deer, antelope, etc.

I'll be flying to FL in a hair under 3 weeks and I'm actually using a buddy's gun that lives in FL instead of flying with my own.  However, I helped him set the gun up for turkeys when he lived here in MT, so no questions about the gun's effectiveness. 

[MO_HUNTER]

2 turkey guns, and one side arm for protection...where applicable laws permit!

[CAPTJJ]

I always bring a spare bow when I hunt out of state, plus my box of tools/accessories just in case.

[OJR]

2 always. No matter what the game. But to this day I don't ever remember having to go to my back-up.

[Hobbes]

2 always. No matter what the game. But to this day I don't ever remember having to go to my back-up.

I had a pump that would not eject shells a few years ago that I'd taken on a day hunt for pheasants.  I could still use it as a single shot, but it was an ordeal to get that shell out of the barrel and a second one in.  Luckily my buddy had brought a back-up gun.  The problem was that it was an auto and I'd grown so used to a pump that I wouldn't get the second shot off for trying to tear the forearm off of the thing.   It was still easier than fighting with the jammed pump.  I've since fixed that problem with the pump.  Other than that, I don't recall using a back-up gun.

[TonyTurk]

Always 2 shotguns, along with some spare O-rings and a cleaning kit.  And the 9mm of course.

[High plains drifter]

1 gun,1 bow.

[joey46]

Just one - if it breaks I figure "karma" got me and the turkeys win.

[High plains drifter]

1 gun,1 bow.

[Big Jeremy]

In Alabama currently for the opener in the morning. Two shotguns, a pocket pistol that goes everywhere with me, and my truck gun (glock 21). So, two hunting guns.


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