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Author Topic: How many extra shells do you carry?  (Read 5646 times)

Offline Dr Juice

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #45 on: June 08, 2021, 04:55:47 AM »
Three in the gun and two in my vest.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #46 on: June 08, 2021, 06:07:17 AM »
3 in gun 3 in vest.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #47 on: June 08, 2021, 06:28:22 AM »
I'm a real man, I carry a primer and a brick!
  I used to just pull my mask off and ugly 'em to death. 
But i boogered a couple up too bad so now I just shoot 'em.
The DEC threatened to take my license if I kept doing that, something about inhumane cruelty to animals and such.


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2 in the gun and a box of 25 carried on 2 bandoleers criss crossed across my turkey vest


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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #48 on: June 08, 2021, 07:49:15 AM »
Obviously how many my weapon legally holds , then always 3 or 4 extras in vest .  And a couple of low brass for these copperheadedrattlemocacins we have here in the dirty south .

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #49 on: June 08, 2021, 07:55:34 AM »
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2 in the gun and a box of 25 carried on 2 bandoleers criss crossed across my turkey vest


I hunt where there is the possibility of hearing banjo music, would hate to get in a bad way because of a lack of ammo
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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #50 on: June 08, 2021, 08:18:28 AM »
My quiver holds 6 arrows, 4 with broadheads, 2 with judo points for practice mostly but also snakes or small game.

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #51 on: June 08, 2021, 08:28:22 AM »
GA changed its laws a couple years ago so I only carry 5 shells....all in my gun.
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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #52 on: June 08, 2021, 08:48:15 AM »
I carry at least 4 shells in my vest.
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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #53 on: June 08, 2021, 08:51:10 AM »
5 total.  3 TSS and 2 high brass 6s for pests/varmits/misc critters

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #54 on: June 08, 2021, 11:04:09 AM »
I carry 6.  I carry 3 for my gun(l only load 2) and I carry 3 extra in the event a buddy says "I forgot my shells in the truck/home"(it has occurred 2x but 1 hasn't been fired yet).

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #55 on: June 08, 2021, 11:12:52 AM »
3 in Gun 3 in vest, don't know why I have 3 in vest. Guess it just makes me feel good knowing I have them.lol Have never had to dip in there an get them!

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #56 on: June 08, 2021, 01:37:36 PM »
I use over under so I carry 4 total.
One tss to load and one extra
One lead pheasant load and one extra
Sometimes I’ll carry one T load for hogs/coyotes


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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #57 on: June 08, 2021, 07:31:26 PM »
 I typically carry one more than which ever gun I am carrying will hold. My thought process is... If I empty my gun and do not succeed on a turkey, I have one left for myself.

 Reading this made me think, if I am having such an off day, maybe I should carry two extras, for insurance.

 Just kidding, about some of it. I do carry one more than the gun will hold. If true, I would have been dead awhile back!

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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #58 on: June 08, 2021, 09:12:35 PM »
If you hunt large, remote tracts of land often you will eventually have an encounter with an apex predator that will remind you you're not at the top of the food chain in those environments.  You'll walk away grateful you're still here and you'll be glad you had a gun in the event that you were going to rely on it to save your life.  You may have a stain on your boxers after the encounter, as well.

There are also meth labs, tweekers and all sorts of unpleasant people you hear about in the news who live in places far from cell phone service.   

I used to carry 2 in my gun and 2 in my vest and I still do that when I'm hunting locally.  But when I'm on the road I carry 3 in my gun and 4 in my vest.  When you're far from home in remote places, you're putting yourself in a position where you could easily encounter the worst case scenario.

I don't go into the woods concerned about these types of scenarios but I'm aware that they happen.  I'm aware apex predators exist in the woods and meth labs do, too.  I want to make sure I've given myself a fighting chance to be the one who comes home.
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Re: How many extra shells do you carry?
« Reply #59 on: June 08, 2021, 09:40:34 PM »
If you hunt large, remote tracts of land often you will eventually have an encounter with an apex predator that will remind you you're not at the top of the food chain in those environments.  You'll walk away grateful you're still here and you'll be glad you had a gun in the event that you were going to rely on it to save your life.  You may have a stain on your boxers after the encounter, as well.

There are also meth labs, tweekers and all sorts of unpleasant people you hear about in the news who live in places far from cell phone service.   

I used to carry 2 in my gun and 2 in my vest and I still do that when I'm hunting locally.  But when I'm on the road I carry 3 in my gun and 4 in my vest.  When you're far from home in remote places, you're putting yourself in a position where you could easily encounter the worst case scenario.

I don't go into the woods concerned about these types of scenarios but I'm aware that they happen.  I'm aware apex predators exist in the woods and meth labs do, too.  I want to make sure I've given myself a fighting chance to be the one who comes home.
Dang Kyle . What size of TSS do you carry for Sasquatch  ? Some lead for methers , tss to expensive for them :toothy12: