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Would Rather Be Fishing
06-25-2022, 03:27 PM
For a fly-in hunt (float plane within province) - how do you transport your rifle... soft/hard case or does it not matter really?
bighornbob
06-25-2022, 03:34 PM
Just wedged between the back packs. No case.

bhb
CheesyLimper
06-25-2022, 04:04 PM
Just wedged between the back packs. No case.

bhb

Same with me.
Everett
06-25-2022, 04:07 PM
Tossed in with everything else
Cody66
06-25-2022, 04:33 PM
Personally used a 2 gun hard case last year when we flew
Downtown
06-25-2022, 05:43 PM
Gun Sock nothing more. On a Bushplane every ounce counts.

Cheers
Stresd
06-25-2022, 07:50 PM
Rifle only. snuggled in with the pack.
180grainer
06-25-2022, 08:20 PM
First fly in was rapped in my sleeping bag and placed in between the gear. Second fly in, wedged in between the gear without the sleeping bag.
RiverOtter
06-25-2022, 08:33 PM
My last fly in was via Otter. I used a Kolpin gun boot.
Not that I'm uber concerned about nicks and dings, but it definitely adds a bit of buffer against scope knocks or crown bumps.

Nothing wrong with tucking your rifle in the plane naked, as others here do, just depends on your OCD levels.
BCbillies
06-25-2022, 08:45 PM
Pretty sure the rifle is just between my legs and I hold it. I keep it simple with my pack and my rifle and no extra stuff. When you fly into one lake and get picked up in another you don’t bring extras.
BCHunterTV
06-25-2022, 10:02 PM
I use https://www.airarmortech.com/scopecovers/p/extreme-coyote

For flying in...and hiking
Avalanche123
06-26-2022, 06:04 AM
No case. Rifle (or bow) goes where the pilot wants it.
Stone Sheep Steve
06-26-2022, 06:11 AM
Never a case of any kind.

SSS
MRP
06-26-2022, 07:55 AM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/PXL_20220626_143024316_copy_921x297.jpg

IMO the best all round case, 3lb can be strapped to anything from pack, quad, horse. This one is 60 years old
JAGRMEISTER
06-26-2022, 10:17 AM
this is my rifle. and this is my gun.
this one is for shooting, the other for fun!
Would Rather Be Fishing
06-26-2022, 01:09 PM
Ok THAT is BEAUTIFUL!!!!




http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/PXL_20220626_143024316_copy_921x297.jpg

IMO the best all round case, 3lb can be strapped to anything from pack, quad, horse. This one is 60 years old
Redthies
06-27-2022, 08:15 AM
I would throw it in a small soft case. ie: not one of those ridiculous tactical bags. They weigh about 6 ozs and will give some form of protection.