Variety.....Spice of life?

Keg · March 16, 2013, 02:23 PM

30-06 and 220 Swift....Anyone else ever carried 2 rifles to the stand? I could'nt make up my mind....High fire-power for hogs or long range for yotes....Ended up a song-dog went down that afternoon.....

arch308 · March 16, 2013, 06:14 PM

I usually leave a 22LR rifle in my stand thru the deer season. If some varmit shows its little head I can pick it off without the big bang of my deer rifle. I see bobcats, yotes, crows, etc alot and it is fun to nail them once in a while.

FrankenMauser · March 17, 2013, 12:48 AM

A few years back, I carried a .30-40 Krag and a 7.62x54R at the same time. ..but not to a stand. I was stalking Antelope.

BIG P · March 17, 2013, 01:40 AM

Sure do I hunt large bean feilds in SO.GA & the chance for Deer,hogs,yotes,bobcats,armadillas,come often & @ all different ranges.Some of the hogs are pretty good size. so I use a 25-06 & 300WM a good bit. No stands mostly blinds & shootin stations-bench & chair on fence rows.

Sure Shot Mc Gee · March 17, 2013, 08:43 AM

Yup I do. Sometimes three rifles even. (If you don't count my CCP.) up in my stand w/me.

25-06- /for deer over 75 yards away. 100 gr. Nosler B/Tips @ 3500 fps. Scope doesn't dial down below 4-1/2 power.

32 Special /for deer under 75 yards. 182 gr. Lyman cast. Ol' 94 w/ barrel sights is the Best at it.

22 rifle /w/short for rabbits and partridge quite often seen and to belly bump those ones I don't want hanging around.

Keg · March 17, 2013, 10:20 AM

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A few years back, I carried a .30-40 Krag and a 7.62x54R at the same time. ..but not to a stand. I was stalking Antelope.
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I'd hate to know I had to stalk with 2 rifles.... The heavy one might get left behind on a fence row....

FrankenMauser · March 17, 2013, 01:37 PM

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I'd hate to know I had to stalk with 2 rifles.... The heavy one might get left behind on a fence row....

I REALLY wanted to take an animal with the Krag, but it was having some issues at the time. Since the Mosin (7.62x54R) also needed to draw blood, I took it as the backup.

It seemed like a good idea at the time....

SPEMack618 · March 17, 2013, 02:35 PM

I've found myself carrying two rifles at the same time to a stand, mine and the Lady's, but not with any intention of using them both.

Keg · March 17, 2013, 04:30 PM

SPEMack618...I have done this too..in the past....U see my wife is very into hunting..but it seems nowdays..she wants to carry her own....She has become more and more independent..although it is still a joint venture....

March 17, 2013, 12:48 AM	#3
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 26, 2008 Location: 1B ID Posts: 5,398	A few years back, I carried a .30-40 Krag and a 7.62x54R at the same time. ..but not to a stand. I was stalking Antelope. __________________ "Such is the strange way that man works -- first he virtually destroys a species and then does everything in his power to restore it."

March 17, 2013, 02:35 PM	#8
SPEMack618 Senior Member Join Date: June 21, 2010 Location: Boy Scout Camp Posts: 1,260	I've found myself carrying two rifles at the same time to a stand, mine and the Lady's, but not with any intention of using them both. __________________ "Growing up as both a Southern and the son of a child of the '50s, I was imprinted with several things that have long stuck with me. The F-86 Saber Jet was the finest fighter ever flown, the National League is always superior, and Leslie Coffelt was the finest revovler shooter since Mr. Ed."

March 17, 2013, 04:30 PM	#9
Keg Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2011 Location: Freestone County, Texas Posts: 873	SPEMack618...I have done this too..in the past....U see my wife is very into hunting..but it seems nowdays..she wants to carry her own....She has become more and more independent..although it is still a joint venture.... __________________ Hog Hunters never die........They just reload.........

March 16, 2013, 06:14 PM	#2
arch308 Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2011 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 708	I usually leave a 22LR rifle in my stand thru the deer season. If some varmit shows its little head I can pick it off without the big bang of my deer rifle. I see bobcats, yotes, crows, etc alot and it is fun to nail them once in a while.

March 17, 2013, 01:40 AM	#4
BIG P Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2010 Location: North Georgia Posts: 1,464	Sure do I hunt large bean feilds in SO.GA & the chance for Deer,hogs,yotes,bobcats,armadillas,come often & @ all different ranges.Some of the hogs are pretty good size. so I use a 25-06 & 300WM a good bit. No stands mostly blinds & shootin stations-bench & chair on fence rows.

March 17, 2013, 08:43 AM	#5
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Need to know basis only Posts: 935	Yup I do. Sometimes three rifles even. (If you don't count my CCP.) up in my stand w/me. 25-06- /for deer over 75 yards away. 100 gr. Nosler B/Tips @ 3500 fps. Scope doesn't dial down below 4-1/2 power. 32 Special /for deer under 75 yards. 182 gr. Lyman cast. Ol' 94 w/ barrel sights is the Best at it. 22 rifle /w/short for rabbits and partridge quite often seen and to belly bump those ones I don't want hanging around.