How many of you take extra ammo when hunting and why.
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I always take 20 rounds of rifle ammo and 10 of handgun. Although I would not anticipate utilizing more than one or perhaps two cartridges with the rifle and none with the handgun there potentially exist exceptions to this routine. It is entirely possible that a horse could roll on my rifle or maybe my hunting partner might have this occur. A rifle might be inadvertantly be dropped down a mountainside or who knows what might happen. Nevertheless these factors plus I hunt in habitat which harbors a considerable population of aggressive grizzly bears which have a history of attacking humans and horses as well as an over population of Canadian gray wolves which will assault horses I tend to always carry a .44 mag. I don't concern myself with the mountain lions as the only ones I have seen immediately leave, I wonder about the cats that I don't see. Fortunately I have never had to defend myself although I know numerous people who have been in that position, some repeatedly. In reality were it not for hunting so far from a source of ammunition and the known fact that there will be encounters with carnivores which might be aggressive I would only carry enough rifle cartridges to fill my magazine and barrel, say 4 or 5 rounds.
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If I am deer hunting locally (near home) I will take 5 extra rounds over what the magazine in my rifle holds. For upland game and a shotgun one 25 round box is usually more than enough.
On a road trip big game hunt I will take about 40 rounds of ammo for a rifle. This is just in case of some kind of foul up. I typically buy shotshells locally if hunting a long distance form home.
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For deer or other big game hunting with a rifle, I fill my rifle to capacity - 5 rounds. If I'm using my single shot shotgun, I bring 4 or 5 slugs. For bowhunting I have 2 broadheads and one field point. For Turkeys, I bring 5 shells. For small game, I bring as much ammo as I can/want to fit. There are some situations where I'll bring a lot more than the usual, though.
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