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Gun safety at the deer camp discussion
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:25 pm
So I've made this observation over several years. Every place I go seems to have its own unspoken gun safety rules to live by.
For instance, at my camp you are absolutely not allowed to have a gun with ammo in it in any way until you are in the woods, but at some camps people load their gun when they show up on friday and don't unload it until they get home on sunday (and I was even laughed at once for unloading my rifle before getting out of a stand).
Point of the thread being, anybody here in the load on friday unload on sunday group? If so, what's the point? Why do you need a loaded rifle after dark at the camp? Why do you need a loaded rifle when climbing down the stand or riding on the fourwheeler? What is your reasoning for taking that risk? It makes me nervous as hell to see somebody climbing a ladder with a loaded rifle or bouncing around on a fourwheeler with one.
For instance, at my camp you are absolutely not allowed to have a gun with ammo in it in any way until you are in the woods, but at some camps people load their gun when they show up on friday and don't unload it until they get home on sunday (and I was even laughed at once for unloading my rifle before getting out of a stand).
Point of the thread being, anybody here in the load on friday unload on sunday group? If so, what's the point? Why do you need a loaded rifle after dark at the camp? Why do you need a loaded rifle when climbing down the stand or riding on the fourwheeler? What is your reasoning for taking that risk? It makes me nervous as hell to see somebody climbing a ladder with a loaded rifle or bouncing around on a fourwheeler with one.
This post was edited on 1/1/13 at 1:26 pm
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Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:28 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Throughout the time at the camp I usually keep all 4 rounds in the magazine but none in the chamber. But when I head home I take them out
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:28 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Every camp I've been had rules that said unload while getting in and out of stand and no loaded guns in/on vehicles
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:30 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I keep 4 in the magazine all the time, but the only time one is in the chamber is when either on the stand or when I'm walking to my stand during the day in case I jump one up. I remove the round from the chamber before climbing the ladder.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:33 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I have to admit I will ride the 4 wheeler or the Stealth(I use the stealth more) with a loaded gun. I guess its cause I have had deer and pigs(mostly pigs) run out into the trail in front of me while headed to the house and I think I am doing it to get a shot off faster. I know it would only take me a second or two to bolt a round into the barrel.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:34 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
My dads camp was the load on Friday unload Sunday until one of the members across the gravel road(different club) was wiping down his gun after a hunt shot thru the door and killed his hunting partner. 7mag
I load once off the bike, unload to climb in stand then reload. Reverse on the way out.
I load once off the bike, unload to climb in stand then reload. Reverse on the way out.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:36 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Past two camps I've been a part of there was always a loaded rifle leaned up by the door. Both camps had fields in front and you could count on a buck chasing a doe across that field every year. Of course its just guys sitting around cooking and watching football. If kids are in the camp its different. Don't ever remember any specific rules about gun safety, just up to each individual to handle their firearm safely
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:44 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I was even laughed at once for unloading my rifle before getting out of a stand
I would never climb up and down a stand with loaded gun.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:52 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
At the old lease I'd load it before I got in the 4 wheeler and unload when I got back to camp. Nothing in the chamber until I start walking to the stand.
Buddy's place down the river w're not allowed to have ammo in guns until you get out the boat and in the woods. One of his dads friends died out there when they were in high school from grabbing a loaded .22 in the boat by the barrel and it went off, so the old guys are adamant about it. I rather it that way honestly.
Buddy's place down the river w're not allowed to have ammo in guns until you get out the boat and in the woods. One of his dads friends died out there when they were in high school from grabbing a loaded .22 in the boat by the barrel and it went off, so the old guys are adamant about it. I rather it that way honestly.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 1:58 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
No loaded guns in camp. Cased guns on the way to the stand. That way there is no question.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 4:25 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
No rounds in the gun until you are in the stand. Breach open at all times when the gun is not loaded. The camp we grew up hunting at was owned by a family member who used it to take customers out. They weren't even allowed to have guns inside. Guns stayed in a room in the shed. It's still taken pretty seriously, there are signs all over the camp with the rules. I just don't see a reason to have a gun loaded, even just the magazine. Doesn't take long to put a few in once you're in the stand.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 7:40 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I hunt with a bunch of guys who don't unload their guns all season. You never know when you will see a deer while riding around the lease.
On a side note, do you ride around with a loaded pistol? If so, which I'm sure most of us do, what's the difference?
On a side note, do you ride around with a loaded pistol? If so, which I'm sure most of us do, what's the difference?
Posted on 1/1/13 at 8:23 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
My rifle is loaded now in the safe.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 8:24 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I never saw a gun the entire time I was in a deer camp.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 8:52 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
climbing up or down a ladder with a loaded gun is a good way to win a darwin award.
Posted on 1/1/13 at 9:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
i always keep mine unloaded but most of my friends keep theirs loaded the entire time
Posted on 9/8/13 at 12:07 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
This shall be a yearly bump. Great discussion 
Posted on 9/8/13 at 12:19 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
No loaded guns inside of buildings
No chambered guns in vehicles unless spotlighting.
I walk or ride the ATV in and out loaded for all hunts. I walk or ride out from morning hunts, and in to evening hunts chambered (whenever there is enough light to see). I un chamber to climb up or down from a stand.
No chambered guns in vehicles unless spotlighting.
I walk or ride the ATV in and out loaded for all hunts. I walk or ride out from morning hunts, and in to evening hunts chambered (whenever there is enough light to see). I un chamber to climb up or down from a stand.
Posted on 9/8/13 at 12:46 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I'm headed home with ammo in the magazine. Nothing in the chamber though.
Posted on 9/8/13 at 4:25 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Team unloaded, but I've been in camps where nobody unloaded, Makes me nervous as hell. What are ya'lls camps rules about drinking?
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