All I can say is, "Where's your Pack Alarm"? And if the wife has the "sniffles", best leave her home.
All I can say is, "Where's your Pack Alarm"? And if the wife has the "sniffles", best leave her home.
".....It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of a Trudeau government than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their prime minister......"
If it's your first time sleeping with a rifle my advice is to make sure it's well lubed.
On a serious note just make sure neither of you does any crazy sleepwalking stuff. Buddy of mine does on occasion so our rule is only I have rifle with me in tent. Don't need to wake up to him acting out his dreams waving a gun around!
Twist and pull.
A pistol in a chest rig, accessible with either hand is the best option imo but this is banada so 12g beside me, wearing a big fixed blade knife accessible with either hand
I sleep with a 12ga pistol grip chambered with a 00 buck shot, slug and more 00 buck. Hanging beside my cot on a horsemans hitch around the grip, so it's always in the same spot and pointing down and close to the ground. If the game pole isn't sleeping alone I sleep with a hand lamp on my wrist as we'll, hate to Chaney a friend.
My Rem M870 Defender fully loaded including one in the chamber if sleeping out in a Tent for me ! RJ
Last edited by REMINGTON JIM; 10-25-2015 at 11:02 PM.
Let's see . . . so far this year:
Spring grizz hunt - 375 Ruger in tent
Fall grizz hunt - slept under the stars but 375 Ruger close by
Fall goat hunt - 270 Win in tent (lots of grizz in the high country)
Fall bighorn hunt - 270 Win in tent
Fall muley hunting - no overnighting so far
Yup! Basically don't sleep without it. Finally bought eye glasses this year after 20 years of wearing only contacts . . . nice to throw on a pair of glasses when things heat up around the tent. Really sucks when wolverines and bears come in to camp at night and I can't see them!
"Every time is a once-in-a-lifetime experience . . . all different" Glenn St. Charles
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My question to the o/p is...? You want to sleep with a loaded gun in the tent (good idea) but how well do you like your wife?
In G-bear country ...... rifle loaded across my chest, sleeping bag fully un-zipped, me ..... fully clothed, including clean running shoes on.
Rifle is useless in the truck ......
I sleep with my gun bolt ready to close, but...
you have a better chance wrestling a bear alone, than some fool freaking out winging bullets at you wrestling a bear
Last edited by skibum; 10-26-2015 at 10:39 AM.
You'll be fine with just your wife.....but make her read this first
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showth...heep-adventure
https://oceola.ca/
http://bcwf.net/index.php
http://www.wildsheepsociety.net/
I Give my Heart to my Family....
My Mind to my Work.......
But My Soul Belongs to the Mountains.....