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Other Activities => Shed Hunting => Topic started by: jdb on April 20, 2009, 05:44:59 PM

Title: guns while shed hunting?
Post by: jdb on April 20, 2009, 05:44:59 PM: anyone carry a gun while shed hunting? I normally carry a pistol for snakes and such and depending on the area I'll carry a rifle for coyotes.
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Post by: Aperson on April 20, 2009, 05:55:00 PM: you shouldn't need a rifle for coyotes, unless your going small game...my opinion, not exp.

and snakes...you leave them alone, and they'll leave you alone...the worst your gonna find is an over gown, venomless gradner snake.
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Post by: Coasthunterjay on April 20, 2009, 05:56:31 PM: a rifle everyonce in a while for coyotes..that is if i feel like hunting em while im shedding....most the time nothing.
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Post by: 7mag. on April 20, 2009, 06:00:33 PM: I don't leave my house without a sidearm, certainly don't enter the woods without one. You never know what you may run in to; bear, big cat, rabid coyote, tweakers, you get the point.
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Post by: rasbo on April 20, 2009, 06:02:27 PM: I carry when Im shopping,shed hunting,dinning :IBCOOL:
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Post by: fishing is for fools on April 20, 2009, 06:05:49 PM: I carry a side arm THE HILLS HAVE EYES :yike:
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Post by: walt on April 20, 2009, 06:10:28 PM: I don't. I probably would carry though if I owned a pistol. I have had that "somethings watching me" feeling more than once. I have bumped into a handful of bears but they always turned and burned if they saw me, cats just watch, and tweakers don't go where I go.
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Post by: Hunt4ever on April 20, 2009, 08:01:14 PM: i carry a raging bull 44 mag...
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Post by: mossback91 on April 20, 2009, 08:02:26 PM: Carry a rifle makes it more fun if the shed hunting turns into just hiking with no sheds showing up then you can start looking for yotes too.
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Post by: 509er on April 20, 2009, 08:03:34 PM: Sometimes I carry my 40 S&W Glock, sometimes I don't. Just depends on my mood I guess. :dunno:
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Post by: saylean on April 21, 2009, 01:45:12 PM: .45 glock always.
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Post by: wazzuhunter on April 21, 2009, 01:48:37 PM: I carry a sidearm every time I go shed hunting. You never know when you are gonna run into a cougar, rabbid coyote, etc. When I am shed hunting, I am out there to shed hunt, not to kill anything (but I would shoot a cat if it was within pistol range). Just my :twocents:
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Post by: bucklucky on April 21, 2009, 01:54:14 PM: Never know when youll see a wolf ;)
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Post by: C-Money on April 21, 2009, 02:20:43 PM: I always carry a side arm. I 'd rather have it and not need it, than need it and not have it!!!
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Post by: skybusterbo on April 21, 2009, 06:14:51 PM: Quote from: bucklucky on April 21, 2009, 01:54:14 PM
Never know when youll see a wolf ;)
+1 :chuckle:
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Post by: bow-n-head on April 21, 2009, 06:16:36 PM: no I need all the room I can get for horns :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: fishing is for fools on April 21, 2009, 06:17:34 PM: Quote from: saylean on April 21, 2009, 01:45:12 PM
.45 glock always.
Is that a .45 or a .45 GAP?
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Post by: Red Dawg on April 21, 2009, 06:23:00 PM: always carry a rifle. One time I didnt and I had two easy shots at coyotes. I was not happy.
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Post by: Jake T on April 21, 2009, 06:30:10 PM: i carry my 44 and my bow. bow for regular old stump busting and the 44 for those larger, more menecing stumps. 8)
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Post by: buckmaster_wa on April 22, 2009, 01:13:20 AM: I always carry my 45, You never know when you might be the next meal for a crazy cat. These days I see cat tracks in almost all the shed hunting spots that I go to.
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Post by: Swiftkid on April 22, 2009, 08:33:47 AM: Kimber .45 everytime i go outdoors , if i feel like hunting, i'll take my .220 swift for yotes.
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Post by: skybusterbo on April 22, 2009, 05:46:04 PM: Hell ya,I always take my 9mm. I"ve come across fresh cat kills more than once. I know they are watching me. :yike:
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Post by: Missing on April 22, 2009, 06:18:13 PM: I usually always carry a sidearm with me and I normally take my dog as well. I had always thought I carried the pistol to protect myself, but I went shed hunting last week and had forgot my pistol at home, once we were in the field I began seeing a lot of coyote tracks and found myself keeping my dog very close.............so maybe it isn't actually me that I am worried about protecting:dunno:
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Post by: heavy hauler on April 22, 2009, 06:28:49 PM: found 2 rattlers last year. we could see mt rainier from the spot.i always have a gun. always
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Post by: jdb on April 22, 2009, 06:34:09 PM: Quote from: heavy hauler on April 22, 2009, 06:28:49 PM
found 2 rattlers last year. we could see mt rainier from the spot.i always have a gun. always
Ive killed way more then 2 rattlers in my yard and I can see mount rainer from there also :yike:
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 22, 2009, 06:41:22 PM: I always carry. Never know when you run into something you weren't expecting...
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Post by: Slenk on April 22, 2009, 06:44:25 PM: always carry
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Post by: Caretaker on April 23, 2009, 12:25:57 AM: I always carry a sidearm when entering wildlife areas, never know what you may run into.
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Post by: mossback91 on April 23, 2009, 12:29:29 AM: I carry a samuri sword......sometimes my bowstaff too
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Post by: Huntboy on April 23, 2009, 03:16:08 AM: At least the ruger b/h 44 or springfield 45
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Post by: GoPlayOutside on April 24, 2009, 01:42:41 PM: .44 mag. "mountain gun"
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Post by: fishing is for fools on April 24, 2009, 03:50:33 PM: Quote from: mossback91 on April 23, 2009, 12:29:29 AM
I carry a samuri sword......sometimes my bowstaff too
Dude you must have skills
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Post by: washingtonmuley on April 24, 2009, 04:00:25 PM: I pack my 9mm for the Tweekers.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 24, 2009, 04:18:14 PM: Quote from: fishing is for fools on April 24, 2009, 03:50:33 PM
Quote from: mossback91 on April 23, 2009, 12:29:29 AM
I carry a samuri sword......sometimes my bowstaff too
Dude you must have skills

:chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: alecvg on April 24, 2009, 05:27:31 PM: Quote from: mossback91 on April 23, 2009, 12:29:29 AM
I carry a samuri sword......sometimes my bowstaff too

Is that what you use for the bigfoots too? Because personaly, as a professional, I use my hands. :)
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Post by: stumprat on April 24, 2009, 05:35:15 PM: Where do all of you have these encounters with tweekers in the woods? I have never run into any. And would like to know what areas to avoid.
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Post by: washingtonmuley on April 24, 2009, 06:05:31 PM: Quote from: adnahoundsman on April 24, 2009, 05:35:15 PM
Where do all of you have these encounters with tweekers in the woods? I have never run into any. And would like to know what areas to avoid.
Olympic peninsula
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Post by: grizzlygibbs on April 24, 2009, 08:04:36 PM: Quote from: Aperson on April 20, 2009, 05:55:00 PM
you shouldn't need a rifle for coyotes, unless your going small game...my opinion, not exp.

and snakes...you leave them alone, and they'll leave you alone...the worst your gonna find is an over gown, venomless gradner snake.

Maybe in lacey
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Post by: Armadillo on April 24, 2009, 08:07:30 PM: Quote from: fishing is for fools on April 24, 2009, 03:50:33 PM
Quote from: mossback91 on April 23, 2009, 12:29:29 AM
I carry a samuri sword......sometimes my bowstaff too
Dude you must have skills

Omg keep the world of warcraft in the basement please lol
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Post by: mossback91 on April 26, 2009, 10:56:33 AM: Im just gonna tell you guys that I have serious skills that one would not want to test.....

:chuckle:
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 26, 2009, 03:22:17 PM: Quote from: mossback91 on April 26, 2009, 10:56:33 AM
Im just gonna tell you guys that I have serious skills that one would not want to test.....

:chuckle:

You gonna hunt wolverines in Alaska this summer Mossback...?
Title: Re: guns while shed hunting?
Post by: mossback91 on April 26, 2009, 04:50:56 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on April 26, 2009, 03:22:17 PM

You gonna hunt wolverines in Alaska this summer Mossback...?

I can only hope my uncle invites me back up to hunt them this summer
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Post by: CoryTDF on April 26, 2009, 07:59:58 PM: Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.! ;)
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Post by: fishing is for fools on April 26, 2009, 09:09:40 PM: Quote from: CoryTDF on April 26, 2009, 07:59:58 PM
Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.! ;)
Are you talking about bad a$$ skills or about packing heat?
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Post by: elksnout on April 27, 2009, 07:52:07 PM: I long ago got out of the practice of packing a pistol while hiking, campimg, etc. But ever since that father-son duo left that poor cross country skier for dead this past winter I am back to having it on my hip. This happened not far from where I live and they really tried to kill him, for his car keys. I've been out twice this spring and it's with me. Not worried about what's in the woods, just what's at the trailheads you know ?
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Post by: MADMAX on April 29, 2009, 11:56:27 AM: Just picked up blackhawk in 41 mag, now try and find ammo
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Post by: Drop Tine on April 30, 2009, 09:44:04 PM: never go without without me trusty blackhawk 44 mag. :guns:
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Post by: bankwalker on May 01, 2009, 12:37:02 PM: Quote from: Pathfinder101 on April 26, 2009, 03:22:17 PM
Quote from: mossback91 on April 26, 2009, 10:56:33 AM
Im just gonna tell you guys that I have serious skills that one would not want to test.....

:chuckle:

You gonna hunt wolverines in Alaska this summer Mossback...?

what ya think he is gonna use? a frickin 12gauge i hope :chuckle:
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Post by: EastWaViking on May 01, 2009, 12:58:23 PM: if I am in the woods when it's not hunting season, I carry my Super Blackhawk 44. mag. You should have seen the granola eaters faces a few years back when my wife and I hiked the spider gap, image lake loop. My mag has the long barrel and it was strapped to my back pack frame, they all looked disgusted or scared as they hiked on by us. :)
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Post by: rasbo on May 01, 2009, 01:11:33 PM: Quote from: alecvg on April 24, 2009, 05:27:31 PM
Quote from: mossback91 on April 23, 2009, 12:29:29 AM
I carry a samuri sword......sometimes my bowstaff too

Is that what you use for the bigfoots too? Because personaly, as a professional, I use my hands. :)
Its only good if you get a chance to use it ;)
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Post by: big ed on May 02, 2009, 07:19:09 PM: 44 black hawk just can't leave home without it.