What do you carry when in the wild?

catdriver

.22 pistol with hollow points in it an a big long rambo style knife.

Ron

robinhoodpse

just baught a new taurus tracker 44mag and a ruger "youth" model 308 bolt action. I also carry a springfield arms XD 45. Every one laughs when I say a 45acp for a bear gun. but with 180gn. nitro express bronze tip home loads I don't think that I would have a problem with a bear coming at me. I know that I wouldn't want to go into a "hive" of 45's flying at me. I figure 15 rounds of 45 flying at him should do the trick as appose to 5 44's

DCTCJT

Well, back here in PA, most of the time, I could carry a "pea-shooter" and be pretty well protected. icon_mrhappy

Although, on one occasion, we did have a couple of wild dogs chase us. My son spun his CAT around in the wink of any eye and went right at them. They decided to stop chasing us in a hurry. Yellow-badgrin

Since that time, I always carry my Kershaw hunting knife... just in case.

If I lived up in Alaska, that S & W 500 Mag in 50 cal. would be my choice if I was just riding my quad. That's a sweet "piece".

robinhoodpse

Ahh the 500 is nice but you get almost twice the velocity and a pistol you can group with at 200 yards with the 460 much sweeter gun and you can shoot 454 460 and 45long colt out of it. far better gun for around the same price.

HondaCrazy

A pack of matches, a tow rope, a cell phone, and 2 cans of tire foam

pjok · Coyote Joined: Oct 08, 2006 Posts: 64 Location: Washington

Ruger MK2 .22 cal for snakes, mostly.

CanAmCanuck

It all depends on the time of year, in the fall if I'm walking I usually have the shotgun for grouse, usually my Browning BPS 28ga. In deer and season I have my Browning BLR .300 WSM and Ruger M77 MKII .25-06, or if I'm wolf hunting or varmint hunting I have my Browning Sporter .220 Swift.

Dogma · Badger Joined: Mar 22, 2009 Posts: 122

catdriver wrote:

.22 pistol with hollow points in it an a big long rambo style knife.

Ron

"It's better to have a .22 in your pocket, than a .45 in the closet." A guy in our area about 2 weeks ago killed a Black Bear tearing up his camp site. ONE SHOT with a .22!!!! 2gunsfiring V1

Anywhere we go we carry either a .22 or the .40 cal, cant be too careful. In our quadding we have seen several things that made me uncomfortable and alert, mostly in our desert riding.

snw629

s&w 629 4 inch or my s&w 460xvr 5 inch.