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How many extra shells do you carry?
« on: June 07, 2021, 05:22:24 PM »
I usually carry a gun with two shells in it and two in my vest.  When I'm away from home I load the gun with three.  Strange place...you just never know what you may encounter I guess.
The two in the vest are mostly for if I forget to load the gun.  (Yes, it's happened) :TooFunny:
When I carry my single shot, I have one in the gun and an extra in my front pocket for quick access in case a follow up is needed.
I've had to shoot a couple of birds a second time, but it's rare.  If I see that head up, I always shoot again since I lost one many years ago.
I've never come back from a hunt with no ammo and I don't see the need to carry a bunch of extra ammo and that weight.  I did try carrying a third extra round, a heavy pheasant load for snake medicine but since it looks like my turkey shells I got it mixed up once and don't do it any more.
How many shells do you carry when you hunt?
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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2021, 05:26:23 PM »
Usually a box of federal tss, which is 3 in gun 2 in box in vest.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2021, 05:32:21 PM »
usually 3 in my gun, and 4 extra in my satchel.. 2 of these extra are just regular heavy load's just in case i need to shoot something else, like a coyote etc.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2021, 05:32:42 PM »
Two in the gun no matter where I am and two or three in my vest. I figure if I need more than that I’ll just quit for the day.


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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2021, 05:33:58 PM »
Two.  And rotate every hunt.   Shoot one, it gets replaced and is next in line.  Should clarify that.  One extra. Two total.
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How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2021, 05:45:39 PM »
One in the gun and one in my vest pocket.


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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2021, 05:46:36 PM »
Three in gun. Two turkey and two high brass 6’s in vest.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2021, 05:49:46 PM »
Gun - I carry 2 shells total in the field.

Archery - I carry 2 arrows total  in the field.

Always have extra shells and arrows in the vehicle or at the house.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2021, 05:58:49 PM »
3 in gun with 2 in vest
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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2021, 06:00:01 PM »
I carry 3 in my shotgun and have a spare in my vest. An interesting element to this question is how many turkeys you can shoot in a day in your state.  2 birds a day here.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2021, 06:03:54 PM »
3 in the vest shell loops,  2 are for the gun. A extra 5 pack in another pouch in the vest.
Why so many? Coyotes. 

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2021, 06:07:14 PM »
I forgot to mention that I put a box of ammo in the truck and it stays until after turkey season.  Regardless of what is in my vest or gun.  Not having ammo isn't an option!
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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2021, 06:23:30 PM »
3 in gun 2 in vest

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2021, 06:23:31 PM »
2 in the gun and 3 in the vest.
2 birds per day, and usually shoot 1 or 2 coyotes a season.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2021, 06:25:01 PM »
It varies but usually three, back ups in the vehicle.  However I often forget to reload after killing a bird and was carrying 2 a lot of this season.  One area I would have carried five in the gun had it been legal, bears all over that spot!