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View Poll Results: How many rounds do you carry while hunting (including in the gun)
1-4 4 7.14%
5-8 23 41.07%
9-12 6 10.71%
12+ 23 41.07%
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Old 01-26-2009, 09:36 AM
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Usually full gun + 10-15 on person; If I'm out in the hills(back country) I will also carry a sidearm loaded and 20 rnds on person.

It's really dependent on circumstances, like what I'm hunting, how far out I'm going or potentially going, weather and length of hunting trip.
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Old 02-25-2009, 04:34 PM
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My marlin holds 8 rounds in the tube, The tube stays full so 8 and the rest of a box in the truck.
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Old 02-26-2009, 08:04 AM
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3 in the rifle and 2 in the fanny pack.
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Old 02-26-2009, 09:53 AM
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Can't answer that. The ammo that would last me a few years of big game hunting would be gone in a day of predator hunting - and wouldn't last the first ten seconds of a prairie dog hunt.

Then again, I don't carry PD ammo ON me, either. They don't make pockets for full ammo cans.
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Old 03-06-2009, 06:20 PM
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I hunt with a T/C Encore pistol with one in the tube and one in my hand (most of my hunting buddy's think im nut's too....but i dont care i dont miss ! (especially them big black bear's)
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Old 03-12-2009, 11:20 AM
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600 for the 22-250 and 400 for the 223. all the ammo is in the the truck 50 feet away.
South Dakota has a lot of P-Dogs.
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Old 06-10-2009, 08:54 AM
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How many Rounds?

I assume we are talking about metalic cartridge guns here, at least that's the way I responded to the poll. I have been none to take 3-4 boxes of shotshells on a dove shoot.
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Old 06-14-2009, 04:10 PM
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As some said, it depends what im hunting...

Big game I usually have full gun, full pocket....up to another 50 in the truck.

Coyotes I usually would have 100 or so, plus some 00 buck for the 12guage back-up.

Gophers....well I went gopher shooting over weekend(Was supposed to be a 5 days shoot but we got snow/rained out)I took with me approx. 20,000 .22LR rounds, 800 .204 Ruger rounds, 25 .270Win rounds, 100 .50cal BP loads, and 350 12gauge rounds.

And that was just my stuff

I went through 100 .204 rounds, 150 12gauge rounds, and about 1000 .22LR rounds

If it hadnt rained us out I woulda used ALOT more!! LOL!!
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Old 12-16-2009, 08:32 AM
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Hunting what?????????? When deer hunting with a muzzle loader I will carry as low as 3. When coyote hunting with my AR I never carry less than 40. The last coyote I got I put 14 or 15 rounds down range before I knocked him down the first time and had to knock him down 2 more times before I got close enpugh to head shoot him and kill him. The first shot was at around 150 yrds. acrossed in frount of me and he had already been shot at and missed so he was smokeing when I started unloading on him, and the last knock down at over 300 yrds. They never get to far out for me to shot at if I have a clear line behind them.
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Old 12-16-2009, 10:18 AM
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54Roundball-You might want to rethink that CZ, might be a little light for anything except rabbits.
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Old 12-17-2009, 08:52 PM
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Always a box here...(20)
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"It depends" is the answer that makes sense to me.
Deer hunting, I might have as little as 4 rounds, total. Probably no more than 10, usually- depends on the rifle, too.
Woodchucks? Probably more like 50 for each rifle.
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