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  1. #61
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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    Well if you are going hunting with your wife and sleeping with your rifle, your wife might get a little jealous.
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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    I sleep with my rifle beside me no bullet in the chamber. Keep a headlamp or flashlight handy as well.

    The most important thing I do is rub bacon grease at the bottom of my hunting partners bedrolls. I figure that should buy me enough time to deal with any problems that may come in.

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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    Quote Originally Posted by Sofa King View Post
    gun sleeps with me.
    condensation or not, the gun ain't much good to you if it ain't in your hands.
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    I agree gun ain't much good to you if it ain't in your hands
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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    Had some snow drop onto the pack alarm wire last year late in november. After a week I was a little twitchy. I sleep with a headlamp on and 45-70 leaned up nearby. When it went off and shattered my peaceful sleep. I managed a pretty sweet ninja roll out of cot followed by the trip over sleeping bag move, grab rifle, and then when nothing came charging through the tent wall i went out to see what was up. 130AM... had a big whisky while unwinding and went back to bed.
    Eat your dessert first.

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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    Couple trigger-happy Canadian guys!


    Boy mistaken for bear shot, killed in campsite
    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/boy-mistaken-for-bear-shot-killed-in-campsite-210040201.html

    Camper who thought he heard a bear shoots woman relieving herself

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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    depends on where I am and the size of the tent. I have a tent big enough to walk around in. I sleep on a cot so i am not helpless on the ground. the rifle is locked and loaded on the ground beside the cot. The coleman lantern is turned down as low as possible giving heat and just enough light to see by. The sleeping bag is unzipped and thrown over me. Do not zip myself up like a burrito. I am fully dressed when I sleep in the bush, shoes and all. The cot and open sleeping bag allow me to quickly deploy myself to meet any threat. Not paranoid or anything I do not want to wake up finding myself turned into bear skat in the morning.
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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    Lol 25 years ago was in Cariboo mts with twin brother, shot an awesome blond black bear..Gerry set up2 tents..I skinned out bear..supper and for a joke I put a package of BACON under Gerries pillow in Gerries tent..wwaited for him to discover it..
    I hear WT HELL.. and then Gerry came over to my tent..not a happy camper. .and forcefully exchanged tents for the night...never did sleep that night.


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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    Quote Originally Posted by kgs View Post
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    I agree gun ain't much good to you if it ain't in your hands
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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    Quote Originally Posted by mpotzold View Post
    Couple trigger-happy Canadian guys!


    Boy mistaken for bear shot, killed in campsite
    http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/boy-mistaken-for-bear-shot-killed-in-campsite-210040201.html

    Camper who thought he heard a bear shoots woman relieving herself

    http://www.riderfans.com/forum/showt...anish-tourists
    I guess the lesson here is....don't hunt with morons.....
    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

    Collectivism is Slavery

    Support a Woman's right to arm herself.

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    Re: Sleeping with your rifle in your tent?

    Back in 1991 some hunters set up their camp not far from mine, 50 yards or so
    I keep a clean camp, they didn't
    Third or fourth night that they were there, I heard 3 shots in the middle of the night

    They claimed a bear was trying to get in their tent
    At first light they showed me the huge paw print on the side of their tent

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