Forgot my ammo!

[the spank]

I've had a client whose ammo didn't arrive with his gun at the airport, fortunately he shot a .300 win. That made ammo the least of the worries, the gear that was with the ammo was the concern. If you hunt driving distance from home, you could use a 6mm Lee Navy or .400 H&H if desired. If you travel by air, cross borders whether provincial or international, and then ride boats, bushplanes, or land cruisers a chambering you can resupply without a second thought locally is smart business. I have lots of oddballs, .257 Bob, 7x57, .375 Flanged... they just don't travel out of my sphere much.

Chit like this happens, plain and simple. Even hunting at home the best laid plans sometimes go astray. A buddy and I once ran out of ammo hunting grouse one afternoon. He teased the crap out if me all the way home with a one man limit of grouse between us and having could have shot both our limits easily. I can hear him still, all these years later. "Big time trapshooter with a press and thousands of rounds goes hunting with 5 shells in his coat pocket?!

 

[45ACPKING]

Was it a wildcat bolt? :

340 weatherby mag LOLZ

 

[chappy]

I use a lot of rifles with detachable mags. one in the rifle one in the pocket. and yes I put ammo on my check list. never forgot ammo just the mag. hunting with a had to load single shot is difficult.

 

[Superbrad]

Do not get me wrong..... I am far from "perfect" as mentioned earlier...... but ammo and rifle (as well as a decent knife), are never something I forget..... that and rifle ammo and prey are pretty much the three essential elements.....

Over the years, I have forgot compass, Tp, once or twice an animal drag etc....... but it sure helps to keep a pack.......

 

[nsgallup]

Heading in to walmart now, saw plenty of sheep today, and some mule deer but no rams big enough to shoot at.

 

[nsgallup]

Found what I was looking for. Hooray!

 

[Ardent]

Good hunting to ya!

 

[nsgallup]

Thanks

 

[Donny Fenn1]

Home Hardware? Yeah.

Won't help the OP though. You might be thinking of Picture Butte, not Pincher Creek. Then there's Coalhurst or Coaldale. Too much Whoop-up 'round these parts.

Coleman? In the pass maybe?

 

[John Y Cannuck]

now go see where it shoots.

 

[the spank]

now go see where it shoots.

Hopefully into the boiler room of whatever he is pursuing!

 

[nsgallup]

Well sheep season is over, we saw a bunch of rams again today including an almost legal one that only has one horn, but nothing to shoot at.

Good trip anyways

 

[savagelh]

I bet that's the last time you forget ammo. I personally leave a bag in the truck all hunting season with extra ammo, sharp knife, rope, headlamp, and a spare sling. But then again, I'm always prepared for everything and pack too much and make lists and all that nonsense.

 

[thebaron]

But does AMMO really need to be on anyone's checklist?

Really?

I find this hard to believe. I think the OP is just messing with us.

About 6 or 7 years ago we invited an acquaintance to hunt with us who only had opening day off work. He came with a new rifle, never shot... And 3 bullets someone gave him. He fired it once at a pumpkin 100 yards away (and missed), adjusted the scope a few clicks and said "Should be good enough"

Thankfully he got so drunk the night before the hunt he slept in and didn't go out.

 

[ironsighter]

About 6 or 7 years ago we invited an acquaintance to hunt with us who only had opening day off work. He came with a new rifle, never shot... And 3 bullets someone gave him. He fired it once at a pumpkin 100 yards away (and missed), adjusted the scope a few clicks and said "Should be good enough"

Thankfully he got so drunk the night before the hunt he slept in and didn't go out.

I don't know what to say that hasn't already been said about guys like that.

 

[Arclight]

Do not get me wrong..... I am far from "perfect" as mentioned earlier...... but ammo and rifle (as well as a decent knife), are never something I forget..... that and rifle ammo and prey are pretty much the three essential elements.....

Over the years, I have forgot compass, Tp, once or twice an animal drag etc....... but it sure helps to keep a pack.......

Its the hunting triangle. Weapon, ammo, knife.

 

[rookie wildcat]

About a half-dozen years ago a friend from work suddenly released from the military to take civilian job back in NS. He offered me his tree stand (and location) to hunt from. He had already taken a large buck early in the season, so it still had good potential. Completely unexpected and we decided to head out right after work. When I got home to grab my gear, my wife was just pulling in the driveway (there had been an electrical fire where she worked) and, her being my most reliable hunting partner, she got ready to go. I grabbed her cased rifle (easy, it was pink), grabbed an empty rifle case, felt to make sure cartridges were in the pocket, threw rifle in, ran upstairs, loaded in truck, ran to change.
Came out, we all jumped in Shane's truck, and off we went. 40 minutes later, we are all at the tailgate, in-casing, loading, etc and I immediately realize that, in my haste, I brought the wrong case. The rifle was my .30-06, the ammo was x39mm. Wound up leaving it all in the truck. Trekked out to the stand, about an hour later, my wife shot the biggest buck she had ever taken.
only ever happened once in 40 years of hunting, but once was enough.

 

[coyoteking]

...yer supposed ta hit the critter with yer first shot and maybe need a follow up......

It doesn't matter what I'm hunting, if I see a coyote, it turns into a coyote hunt.

That's why I have one of those on every hunting rifle I own.

 

[coyoteking]

A few years ago at the end of the hunting season I disassembled and cleaned/oiled my 300 RUM, put it in the safe and didn't look at it again until the following year. A week before opening day, I pulled it out and checked my zero at 200 yards, loading singles each shot. It was opening morning of the hunt when I discovered that I'd put my follower in backwards and had inadvertently turned my rifle into a single shot. It still got the job done though, I shot my biggest whitetail so far that day.