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Camp Cook

Camp Cook

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I'm heading off hunting tomorrow morning for another 7 - 14 day hunt with my little guy we are taking our truck/camper/trailer/quad along in other words we will be basing out of camp.

Due to the different areas I am going to and because I am a freaking gun nutz that loves to shoot I am taking several rifles/ammo...

Rem 700 LSS in 300RUM + 50 rounds 200gr Accubonds

T/C Contender carbine in 45-70 + 35 rounds 325gr FTX & 15 rounds 425gr WFNGC's = 50

Jaiden's T/C Contender carbine in 22LR + 400 Rem 22LR quiet rounds for him to plink to his hearts content with couldn't care less if I see a grouse I've shot my fill of them already this fall.

spare full length Contender carbine butt stock & 14" T/C Contender carbine barrel in 45 Colt + 50 rounds 280gr WFNGC's/300gr XTP's/325gr WFNGC's would pop this onto Jaiden's 22LR.

Robinson Arms XCR-L in 6.8 SPC + 120 rounds 95gr TTSX & 30 rounds 110gr TSX & 20 rounds 110gr Prohunters = 150

Anyone else take more than one gun or am I more of a gun nutz than most?


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Depends on the hunt. For camp I always had a couple. Used to be one of my 06's my 270, and something with irons(30-30, 45-70 and such). I had nailed a scope on a rock hard enough to put it out of whack so instead of chancing it the 270 took over for the last few days. Glad I did. The next time I shot that 06 was at the range and couldn't hit. 100 yrd target at 25. Then discovered a loose base when bore sighting.
For day hunting I will allways have my go to which ever I choose, and the marlin GG with irons for in the thick bush.
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For big game, locally on a day hunt, I'll take one. What it is depends on distance and terrain I 'anticipate' I'll be hunting in. On trips with the guys or company, say on a Moose hunt away from home, I'll usually take two. My primary plus a second probably more suited to 'closer' conditions. There have been a couple of instances where my second has come in handy as a spare when one of the guys experienced rifle or scope problems.
 
I took four with me this year and bloodied them all but I do not take as much ammo as Camp Cook unless I totalled up everything to compare to one of his . . . Good Luck Cam
 
I always take two because I hunt in both tight woodland brush and out on open land. I always have a 20 - 100 yard open sight gun (usually my .303 milsurp) and a 300 yard plus close gun (with a 4-16x50mm scope).
 
Don't get me wrong I'm not going to shoot all of what I bring...

Its that I reload and I put my loaded rounds in boxes of 50 or 100 so instead of trying to find shell holders for say 20 rounds for each I just grab the different boxes and throw them into a Princess Auto tool bag.

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Huntin' Gun said:
I usually put 2 in the truck, even if I'm just going out for the day. No real reason to, but I do.
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That's about the same as I do. 2 rifles on a hunting trip is 1 to use and 1 backup. Too much gear gets hard to manage on week long trip. Keep it simple and remember you're there to HUNT. Maybe bring a .22 single shot rifle along if there's younger kids coming to camp.

A range day is a different story. The more the merrier.
 
always take two, some times three. usualy a rife and a shotgun...or, two rifles and the shotgun. and more then 50 rounds for the shotgun and prrimary rifle. Ya never know what you might run into during a week in the wild.
 
I ALWAYS take a backup rifle-think about it-you spend all year looking forward to and planning this hunt,getting your gear together,sighting in your rifle-and then risk ruining the trip because something happened to your favourite hunting rifle like a malfunctioning scope?

The biggest risk is leaving it in camp and some low life steals it...
 
Bit of a side issue to the topic at hand but it does sort of fit, a combination gun. A 'number' of years back, on my way to the B.C. interior for a Moose hunt, I stopped in for a visit and a one day 'look' for Deer with my brother in law. That day it was raining and really blowing so we basically went for a ride. I took the rifle I'd brought for Moose and he took along an OU combination gun which I hadn't paid much attention to as it wasn't a firearm I was interested in. He spotted a ditch chicken and stopped, got out and shot it. Almost immediately a small Mule Deer buck we hadn't seen broke from cover, up went the gun and he got that as well. Now I'm interested:eek:!! I ended up buying one, then stupidly sold it:redface: and a couple years ago, got another:). A Brno ZH 304 in 7x57R/12ga. with another set of barrels, 12ga/12ga.

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If I am driving somewhere, I will take a rifle or 2 and a shotgun for grouse. More often, I am walking, so it's not practical to take more than one rifle. But I'd pack a .22LR revolver for grouse if we were allowed to...
 
I learned a valuable lesson a few weeks back when the accu- trigger on one of my rifles got a little finicky during a hunt, just by chance I had a new rifle that came along on the trip and I broke it's cherry on a nice elk. If I had only taken one rifle I would be eating chicken for dinner tonight...
Food for thought( pardon the pun).....
 
Am I ever glad I brought two rifles hunting this year...
my .30-30 was dropped by one of my hunting partners the stock was broken, luckily I had just shot my deer before it happened. Thankfully I had my Savage 99 along as well.
 
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