Packin Heat

SpinninYote · Feb 22, 2007

Who here carries a gun with them when they look for sheds? Just curious to see how many do and what are your main reasons..
Yote

everbrownshed · Feb 22, 2007

Hell yeah, way too many cats, and I shed hunt in an area where a guy I know was stalked by a mountain lion. I dont know if a gun would help but its nice to have one anyways. Main reason? Protection only. EBS

rivers · Feb 22, 2007

Protection against kittys for me too.

AndymanSavage · Feb 22, 2007

Crazy people........you are far more likely to stumble on a drug crop or crazy (criminal) person than be attacked by a lion. Plus I just like guns.

Andy

nmhs · Feb 22, 2007

yep, 45 long colt for the lions and the crazy people. Not to mention its fun to shoot.

Hornsnatcher · Feb 22, 2007

Damn straight. I carry a firearm everytime I head out. Whether i'm shed huntin, Christmas tree cuttin, and or bird watching. Regardless of the reason, there are too many reasons not too. It's just the way it's always been, the way it is now, and the way it always will be.

30buck · Feb 22, 2007

I carry two thought most people did. 9mm on in the pack and 40mm on my side. Cats, rabbits, coyotes you name it.

MichaelJ · Feb 22, 2007

I don't, but if I had one I would... It's better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it!

Michael
"What I could do, I was doing, and that was simply putting my butt on the line for my country, the country that I loved, so that all the protestors and the academics and the liberal intelligentsia back home could enjoy the right to protest against people like me, the hated middleclass." --Gary R. Smith, US Special Forces

Longun · Feb 22, 2007

I pack all the time and have killed 21 coyotes since Thanksgiving.

Hornhog2 · Feb 22, 2007

I do. Just makes me feel better. And I hate snakes, mt. lions, and freaks. Also protects against people trying to steal my enormous horn pile! (ha, ha)

huntnut64 · Feb 23, 2007

I do 44 mag,becouse you never know.

Mark

Huntemup · Feb 23, 2007

LAST EDITED ON Feb-23-07 AT 02:45PM (MST)[p]I do...because I CAN!

Also: Grizzlies, Cats, Wolves(no fear of humans at all), fun, etc.

TheKnack · Feb 23, 2007

More worried about idiot humans than from Mountain Lions but I agree it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and be SOL.
My current carry sidearm is a CZ 75B in 40 S&W.
Best,
Jerry

baracho · Feb 23, 2007

i pack a 357 just for the entertainment of shooting jack rabbits

kid22250 · Feb 23, 2007

Baracho I hear your packing more like a 22 short snub nose revolver in those sweat pants of yours.

Muleyloco · Feb 23, 2007

like baracho i also pack a 357. no real reason just cause its my god given right.

MADMAX · Feb 24, 2007

Glock 19

boneaddict · Feb 24, 2007

I used too, but got tired of the weight. then I ran into a wold that really pissed me off, so started packin again, then gave it up again. Too much weight with all of those antlers.

elkantlers · Feb 24, 2007

I do in case I see a big buck that hasn't shed his antlers yet.

Just kiddin,

I usually pack a Browning Buckmark 22. I don't do it for protection. I'm not worried about cats even though there are cats where I shed hunt. I even jumpped a cat of a ledge one time. He must have been suning himself when I walk over to the edge an looked off. He didn't stick around long.

ansonlynn · Feb 24, 2007

Like the bumper sticker said, I carry concealed 3 days a week - you guess which three! I'm not too scared of wildlife, the most dangerous animal in the US wears clothes. Would shoot a critter that needed shooting, though.

SpinninYote · Feb 27, 2007

Those are the same reasons for me too. Whatta ya know!? Well thanks for all the input guys..
Yote

SpinninYote · Feb 28, 2007

Any of you guys ever had a kitty stalk ya???
Yote

sneeke01 · Feb 28, 2007

I had one stalk me 2 years ago and my buddy had a wolf charge him last year.

boneaddict · Mar 1, 2007

I'd be more worried about wolves than cougars. That may be misplaced, but thats my gut talkin'.

300WSM · Mar 1, 2007

LAST EDITED ON Mar-01-07 AT 11:41AM (MST)[p]I usually carry one just to plink around with while I'm stalking the horns. But in the back of my mind i also have in case i take a dance with a grizzly or something else. I just love guns and I carry them with me when I can!

I've only seem two cats in the wild and they were more afraid of me than I was of them. I've heard some hair raising stories of cats stalking people though. But Where I live their are so few that I don't worry about it.

cmiddleton · Mar 1, 2007

i pack one because i'm normally calling coyotes at the same time. you never can tell i might catch the big bad wolf stealing one of my sheds or killing my game.

wyohikeit · Mar 1, 2007

Saturday my wife and I ran into a lion. It was good to see one for a change, we always see tracks. Last Saturday we ran right into three wolves as we topped a windy ridge. When I told a friend about being 50' from the mutts he got a smile on his face and asked "how many did you get?" Then he realized that I don't pack anything more than pepper spray as his smile turned to a frown with the comment that I should have had a gun. I have pondered these and dozzens of like experiences the last few years. I hike hundreds of miles a year in grizz and wolf and lion habitat the whole time. I have never needed a gun to defend myself--Lucky? Yes. Blessed and protected? Yes! On the other hand I feel it's time to pack enough heat to defend myself. This forum discussion has brought up nothing new to me but has enforced my determination to get a gun that I can strap on my pack in case I need it.

Time in the hills is always worth more than money

Elmacho · Mar 2, 2007

I never did like to carry much weight, but pretty much support all the reasons you guys mention.

Its time to buy one now that I'm taking three kids of mine, and wife, camping/hunting/fishing.

Shot a titanium 44 mag the other day. Very light, very accurate, handled recoil very well( I feered the recoil with such a light gun)

Whens the damn IRS check gonna show up?