It's a common problem. I've gotten into the habit of refilling my horn as soon as I get back to the house. That way I know it's always ready for the next outing.
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GreyWhiskers
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Looks like I'm in good company. My last ML range session was with Fat Jack and another friend. I forgot my possibles bag and powder horn. Other guy forgot his ramrod. Without Jack we'd have gone home early. GW
I've been a commercial photographer for over twenty five years. I work on location for the most part shooting a variety of projects. I carry a pretty hefty pile of equipment to do my work and I always have a check list to fill out before I leave and to check again when I return. Maybe I should work up something like that for the Saturday outings and one for camping/hunting. Anybody else do something like this?
Mike
Mike
I often do for certain events or trips...ie: September 1 opens dove season and I've been invited to join a group on a pay shoot at a big farm 100 miles away. Since I'll be using a Flint smoothbore, as you know there's a little more involved than putting a Remington 1187 and a couple boxes of shells in the truck...and, the distance itself brings all sorts of other things into play.MikeF said:
So I've been building a list on and off for the past couple weeks...everything from food & water to a spare Flintlock, complete Flintlock supplies, change of clothes/boots, first aid kit, and the list goes on and on...can't remember all that stuff at the moment I'm loading the truck so checklists made ahead of time as I think of things are invaluable...perfect example, I'm in a hot dusty cornfield all day, and get a piece of grit blown into an eye...a bottle of eye wash in a first aid box could save the whole day.
I've got two hunts coming up, one for deer and one for elk. I'm still new enough at all of this that I am just building my pile of hunting and camping equipment. I lived in San Francisco for over twenty five years and got away from the outdoors life. I really missed it. Now living in Tucson I can get back to were I feel very comfortable. Black powder rifles have been on my mined for a very long time and now that I can put the interest to work I need to put some organization to the process or I will be leaving powder at home more often than I want to admit. By the way I intend to keep my pile of stuff as simple as I can without sleeping on rocks.
This makes me think of a posting I will make over on the Hunting threads.
Mike
This makes me think of a posting I will make over on the Hunting threads.
Mike
not a dumb hunting thing but;;;;had a blizzard several years ago,couldn't go to work because of about a foot and a half of snow,spent half a day digging my driveway open,didn't see my next door neighbors doing any digging,,,so,,,i dug out their entire driveway open,still didn't see them come out,other neighbors told me my next door neighbors were in FLORIDA,,,,AAAHHHHHHH,,,,let me say it again,,,,AAAHHHHHHHH,,,now i feel better,,,live and learn,,,at least it was still a good deed,,, :yakyak: :yakyak: :yakyak: one more time,,,AAAHHHHHHH
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Mike,
I'm a wedding / portrait photographer by trade. I used to carry 4 Hassy's and every lens from 30mm fisheye to 250 tele, 8 backs, 3 strobes, etc. Now I'm digital and can do it all with just 3 bodies, a few zooms and a couple of strobes in just 2 bags!
As far as list making, I always make a hand written checklist on a legal pad. Everything from water in a cooler to my emergency kit with CO2 ball discharger. I'm doing a customized list for this Sunday, when My son and I will be conducting a seminar in pistol shooting with both single-shots & revolvers. Extra Eyes & Ears for potential participants that don't know if they are going to shoot or not, paper towels, baby wipes, gun cleaning kit, steel targets, paper targets, Shoot-N-See targets, etc., etc., etc. You get the idea! I always bring at least twice as much as I think that I'll need to do a demo, this way I never run out of supplies and have to tell someone that wants to shoot that I don't have enough stuff!
Bottom line: At a wedding, there's no such thing as a "re-shoot"! I HAVE to get it RIGHT the FIRST time, cause it's the ONLY time!
And BTW, One time I did leave a Bogen tripod & head at a wedding hall, tucked underneath a table. Didn't realize it to I got ALL the way home! An hour and 15 minutes later after the round-trip to pick it up, I could put my feet up after a 13 hour day! :redface: That's when I started doing the checklist BEFORE I started home.
Dave
I'm a wedding / portrait photographer by trade. I used to carry 4 Hassy's and every lens from 30mm fisheye to 250 tele, 8 backs, 3 strobes, etc. Now I'm digital and can do it all with just 3 bodies, a few zooms and a couple of strobes in just 2 bags!
As far as list making, I always make a hand written checklist on a legal pad. Everything from water in a cooler to my emergency kit with CO2 ball discharger. I'm doing a customized list for this Sunday, when My son and I will be conducting a seminar in pistol shooting with both single-shots & revolvers. Extra Eyes & Ears for potential participants that don't know if they are going to shoot or not, paper towels, baby wipes, gun cleaning kit, steel targets, paper targets, Shoot-N-See targets, etc., etc., etc. You get the idea! I always bring at least twice as much as I think that I'll need to do a demo, this way I never run out of supplies and have to tell someone that wants to shoot that I don't have enough stuff!
Bottom line: At a wedding, there's no such thing as a "re-shoot"! I HAVE to get it RIGHT the FIRST time, cause it's the ONLY time!
And BTW, One time I did leave a Bogen tripod & head at a wedding hall, tucked underneath a table. Didn't realize it to I got ALL the way home! An hour and 15 minutes later after the round-trip to pick it up, I could put my feet up after a 13 hour day! :redface: That's when I started doing the checklist BEFORE I started home.
Dave
