How often do you lose your ammo?

[Bigbubba]

So anyway. I am not retarded either. So far have not forgot my ammo, but on one fly in trip out of WAWA I did forget the box with the potatoes and other food on the float plane dock. Lucky the guy dropped in a couple days later.

On that trip though, all 3 guys were using 270's with identical handloads (cause I made 'em) so we had tons of ammo (We thought having all 3 guns shoot the same ammo would be good since we were on a fly in)

Have flown in th USA and airlines do tend to lose stuff.

Easy to buy ammo can save a hunt but hey, lock it in with the rifle and you should be good. I think using it up is where it mostly goes.

And a kid on his very first deer hunt (I know his mom from work) did walk out to his stand this fall and didnt have a key for the trigger lock and sure enough, there is a big buck.....so I had to show her the paper clip trick to show him (knife works ok too)

 

[2kjb2kjb]

I have never forgotten ammo, gun, or bolt....but forgot my boots Luckily I take a common size and not some fancy "wildcat' like a size 17. Almost every country store has something in a size 10!

 

[catnthehatt]

never lost ammo....
Cat

 

[Omega]

I've never lost it but the airline has!

 

[Chizzy]

I said I'm not retarded, never called anyone retarded.

It was implied.

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One way to say it!

I don't believe that my reading skills are lacking, I believe that they are just fine. Perhaps it is simply your inference that "Since I am not retarded, I never forget my ammo". There are 2 logic statements, which, when combined with the conjunctive comma, deliver a finite conclusion.
1. You are not retarded.
2. you never forget your ammo.
For the sake of argument, I can accept that and I will. Therefore you are not retarded and you do not forget your ammo. However, if you did forget your ammo, that would make you retarded. Extrapolating this further is the generalization implied by your statement that anyone forgetting their ammo must be retarded. This inference is further re-enforced by your next two statements of "how the hell could anyone forget their ammo?" and "Would they forget their truck?"
Allowing as there was no dis-associative verbiage between your first statement and the next two, there is no way for the reader to ascertain that the subjective "you" used when applying the first statement pertaining to yourself in a indiscriminate manner, is not directly applied to the subsequent amplifying statements.
That being the case, a logical derivation of the three statements is that anyone forgetting their ammo, or truck, would have to be retarded. If this was not the intention of your post, perhaps you should have reviewed the composition of your submission and edited it accordingly. Thanks for playing.

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Another really long and complicated way to say it. I love it!

Regards,

Chizzy

 

[Gatehouse]

Not only have I never forgotten or lost my ammo, I'm often in places where if I did lose or forget it, the cartridge selection would be irrelevant, since there isn't any stores around, anyway.

 

[Eagleye]

I have lost a couple of rounds of ammo from a shellbelt while hunting, but other than that, in 50+ years, still never made it to any hunt, anywhere, without ammo for my rifles. Now please don't get me wrong....it could happen. I once ended up at the local rifle range without one of the rifles I intended to shoot. Had others, so no disaster, but it shows that we all can forget. S**t happens, so if that prompts you to pack a rifle that is chambered for a common, easy to buy cartridge, so be it. I have some oddballs, and like to hunt them, so I make a checklist, and go through it twice before departing. So far, so good! Eagleye.

 

[Squamch]

I lost an arrow somewhere last august. I only noticed it was gone when I got out of the tight cover I was in.
I've never forgotten ammo on a hunt, but my dads partner forgot his rifle once...someone in Williams lake sold him an identical one.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

Not only have I never forgotten or lost my ammo, I'm often in places where if I did lose or forget it, the cartridge selection would be irrelevant, since there isn't any stores around, anyway.

Our old moose camp was like that, three hours to anyplace that might have ammo, much of that by canoe and boat.

Pays to have a spare rifle and ammunition at a camp like that. We always had a spare rifle for the camp.
Still do, and it's only 45 minutes from home now.

 

[gorky]

If you are traveling by air, or traveling for a length of time that my ammo supply might run out, I would worry about it.

Otherwise, your biggest concerns will probably be losing your mag somewhere in your truck on the way to hunt (that's why I keep multiple mags strategically placed around my truck).

 

[Toiler280]

I have left my trigger lock key, brought the wrong ammo, left my stapler... Of course with more than 45 years of shooting it hasn't happened often, however, I went on a 1500 mile roadtrip to hunt and after missing two whitetail bucks at 100-120 yds, I checked my scope. After ten shots I figured out a mount had shook loose on the trip. Tightened it then four more and I was on target. Down to four rounds...and 280 Rem isn't available at the local hardware!! Now - even when I day hunt from home, I always have 20 rds on me and another 20-30 in the truck. I don't get caught short any more!! I also bring along my favourite '06 and 40 rds in my truck as a spare!! A good Boy Scout is always prepared!!