Callen
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Another great reason to carry hot, you never know what other people are thinking.
To chamber, or not to chamber? That is the question.
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Another great reason to carry hot, you never know what other people are thinking.
psinclair
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Never.....
Nobody has ever been killed or injured with a cold chamber. Is it worth the risk, even if it's minute?
Like Kurt said, I've been at this a long time, and have never lost animal because I wasn't packing "hot".
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Nobody has ever been killed or injured with a cold chamber. Is it worth the risk, even if it's minute?
Like Kurt said, I've been at this a long time, and have never lost animal because I wasn't packing "hot".
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Fullquiver
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Yes,
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psinclair
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Right....you never know when you're going to get into a firefight with other hunters.
bobbydean
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Right....you never know when you're going to get into a firefight with other hunters.
Best answer on the thread!
Best answer on the thread!
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tjones
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From the time I leave the rig until I get back I carry one in the chamber and have since 1972.
I can think of a whole lot of bulls I would have not killed if I had to bolt in a round.
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BTW whoever asked the question about carrying a nocked arrow to a chambered rifle round-well that’s apples and carrots.
I can think of a whole lot of bulls I would have not killed if I had to bolt in a round.
MT.
BTW whoever asked the question about carrying a nocked arrow to a chambered rifle round-well that’s apples and carrots.
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1) Never. If a guest hunter has one in the chamber before an encounter, he gets one warning. As some have said, nobody has ever been killed by a rifle without a round in the chamber. And like some, I've never had an animal escape because of the time it took to chamber a round.
There is nothing worth running the risk of a firearm accident.
2) I live in MT and hunt all the western states.
There is nothing worth running the risk of a firearm accident.
2) I live in MT and hunt all the western states.
fishing4sanity
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1) No
2) western states ... if I can draw a tag
2) western states ... if I can draw a tag
MontanaHunter222
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I'm really glad I read through this thread. I've always hunted with my gun loaded (safety on) for a quick shot. But I don't think I ever will again...
Gerald Martin
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Interesting variety of responses here. For me it's completely dependent on the conditions and game I'm pursuing. Most often I do not chamber. The exceptions to this is when I'm still hunting through heavy timber alone. In that scenario most of my encounters with game are at fairly close ranges where the added movent and sound of working the bolt can be the difference between getting a shot or not. If I'm hunting spot and stalk in open country, I never chamber until time to get set for the shot.
Brian in Montana
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I'm actually surprised at how many hunters go without a round chambered. I honestly thought that was just a trend the TV hunters were doing currently. I don't think I've ever actually hunted with somebody that "went cold" chambering a round prior to shooting. Unless it's dark or have the rifle attached to the back of a frame pack.
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How so?
Legitimate question, not trying to be a smart ass, you were hunting 16 years before I was born so drop some knowledge on me.
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tjones
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Generally archery elk are called in and most times its a bit of a process. Set up, call and it all goes right an elk comes within range and this can take some time. Walk up on an elk about to blow out of his bed at 50-70 yards in the lodgepole and you best be ready. Shot or no shot its all over in a matter of seconds.
JEL
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No. Never chamber until ready to shoot.
I hunt MT in a variety of terrain. Quite honestly if I miss a shot opportunity because I have to take the time to chamber a round I don't really care.
I hunt MT in a variety of terrain. Quite honestly if I miss a shot opportunity because I have to take the time to chamber a round I don't really care.
The Hedgehog
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It’s apples to apples, both being bad apples. Either way, I don’t nock an arrow or chamber around until I believe I’ll soon be shooting. If I were hunting with somebody who stepped out of the truck and jacked a round into the chamber.. I’d be asking them WTF they were doing.
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Fair point with regard to calling elk in the rut... but that's a very specific type of hunt. I hunt quite a bit with my brother-n-law who only uses a bow, for mule deer, pronghorn, bear, and a lot of elk hunting his tactics with a bow seem to be pretty much the same as mine with a rifle... he just has to really watch the wind, plan his stalk much more deliberately, and in general just be a real sneaky SOB.
I guess my point would be... sure when you get to 50-70 yards of elk in lodge poles put one in the chamber... but why put one in for the 4 miles, 3 hours, and two ridge-lines between the truck and that spot. Unless you can jump out of your truck and be that close, in which case you have an awesome spot.
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tjones
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Because it has been within a quarter mile of the truck, and also 4 miles from the truck, with elk you don't know.
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tjones
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Fair enough, but if I were hunting with someone without a round in I would be asking if he was just taking the rifle for a walk.
He wouldn't be walking behind me.
