Left your ammo on the kitchen counter?

Ever left your ammo at home?

  • Yes, but didn't worry because I can buy my ammo everywhere.

    Votes: 11 8.1%

  • Yes, and I was so mad, I didn't hunt for a whole year.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • No, I fill my pockets up with extra the night before.

    Votes: 14 10.3%

  • No, If I can remember a gun, surely I can remember ammo.

    Votes: 111 81.6%
  • Total voters
    136
JasonYuke said:
Knock on wood !!!! never yet!!

However i did forget my key for the gun locks!

They drill out easy
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I misplaced a gunlock key once. Since then I have put one of each of the two different keys I have on the ring with my truck keys. I have never forgotten ammo and I store my rifles with the mags and bolts installed, so forgetting those is never an issue. I have forgotten other things however, like most of my food for an 8 day moose hunt :redface: .
 
Forgot my ammo in the truck once.

Was pissed off when I let three go down range at a buck and missed (too far for the dirty thirty) and reached in the right pocket (where the ammo is always stored) and forgot that I washed my coveralls the night before and forgot to fill em' back up.

Bye, bye bucky:redface:
 
It goes in a daypack the night before with binoculars, extra tuque, gloves, mapbooks, etc., so before going out the door I'm bound to think: "Where's my binos, tuque, gloves, mapbooks and ammo?"
 
"...Brought the gun, brought the ammo, left the bolt at home...." Ditto. Wasn't for a hunt though. Just a range day.
Misplaced the mag plug for my shotgun once too. That was an easier fix. Made one out of a bit of tree branch using the Swiss Army Knife that never gets left at home.
"...The key, of course, was back at the truck!..." ALL keys belong on your truck keys ring.
 
Nope. Which is why I always scoff at comments like "get a 30-06, so you can buy ammo anywhere":evil:

My main hunting rifles have slings wiht 4 cartridge loops, so when I pick up the rifle, I pick up at least 4 rounds of ammo for it. I keep my spare ammo, knife, gps, binos, compass, lighters, spare headlamp, toque, HL, rope, TP etc in a small daypack, so I can just grab it and go.:)

Only thing I have forgotten in recent memory was my Leica binoculars- On the dash of the truck after I set out on foot, and it wasnt' until much later I realized they werent' on my neck...:runaway:
 
Gatehouse said:
Nope. Which is why I always scoff at comments like "get a 30-06, so you can buy ammo anywhere":evil:

My main hunting rifles have slings wiht 4 cartridge loops, so when I pick up the rifle, I pick up at least 4 rounds of ammo for it. I keep my spare ammo, knife, gps, binos, compass, lighters, spare headlamp, toque, HL, rope, TP etc in a small daypack, so I can just grab it and go.:)

Only thing I have forgotten in recent memory was my Leica binoculars- On the dash of the truck after I set out on foot, and it wasnt' until much later I realized they werent' on my neck...:runaway:
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Sounds like we do things almost exactly the same. The really creepy thing is my day pack includes almost EXACTLY what yours does, except I have a flash light instead of a head lamp and a compass instead of a GPS... WIERD!
 
I often have a small roll of orange flagging tape, but not always. And I have one of those small diamond sharpenign steels, that fits inside the handle, and then you screw it together for use.
 
If you hunt enough, you"ll do it all eventually. I"ve taken the wrong bolt, the wrong gun, wrong/no ammunition. A mate brought everything except a gun once. Drove 2 hrs into the bush in NB once with a guy who had a 20 g gun and 16 g shells. I had a 12 so could"nt help him. Really helps to have a system and pack the night before!
 
I know a guy that left a loaded Mag for his rifle in his buddies truck, as he ran off into the bush after a bear he saw, and when he came face to face with it, there was an awkward silence, and then both ran in different directions...he swears that the bear smiled. :D

I pack well the night before...in fact I probably carry way more ammo then I'll ever need. :redface:
 
Calum said:
I know a guy that left a loaded Mag for his rifle in his buddies truck, as he ran off into the bush after a bear he saw, and when he came face to face with it, there was an awkward silence, and then both ran in different directions...he swears that the bear smiled. :D
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I believe him when he said it smiled, just like how a single goose that flies low over a decoy spread and 4 guys all miss it seems to have its middle toe extended while it flies away.
 
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Gatehouse said:
small diamond sharpenign steels, that fits inside the handle, and then you screw it together for use.
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The one in my pack is not the diamond type just a regular grooved steel that fits into it's own handle.


I always wanted to be like Gatehouse when I grew up, looks like my dream is finally coming true. All I need now is a gate in front of my house.....and big fingers......can't forget the fingers.
 
Nope, I've never forgotten ammo or anything else crutial when hunting.

I have however left a box of lovingly worked up handloads for a couple of different rifles at home and didn't realise it until I had everything including the chrony set up to try them out at the range. :runaway: Felt a little silly that time.

But I don't hold the silly record there... Our range officer actually holds that one. He forgot his rifle. At the range.:eek: And didn't figure it out until well into the next day when he was at home :eek::eek:

No one was there when he left and it appears, if any, only honest people since he'd left :D:D
 
I also keep ammo in one of those little butt stock shell holders when I am out in the bush. It doesnt matter what happens -I grab the rifle -I have ammo. I think of all the little do-dad things I have bought the shell holder is the best.[/QUOTE]

Never realized how valuable those things were, they just always looked kind of in the road to me. Now I may seriously consider one on my stock.
 
I usually pack all my hunting accessories about a week in advance and double check everything the night before.
I did have a buddy that travelled from Winnipeg to Miniota (a 4.5 hour drive)
only to realize he forgot the ammo for his 300 mag.The sunday was pretty much shut down for most of the small towns back then.I think he spent opening morning driving from town to town trying to find shells.Finally found them in in Virden.
 
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