How do you carry your shot pouch?

[RiverRat]

How do you all carry your shot pouch?

 

[charcloth]

Hey Riverat,

I got a sweet brain tanned shot pouch with a loom woven strap made by a guy named Greg Weeks. It has a measure built into the turned wood stopper assembly. All I can say is look out for this guys stuff, he'll be famous someday! I use the strap that came with it rather than hanging it off my pouch.

Charcloth

 

[RiverRat]

Yea charcloth, that is why I posted the question. There got to be a better way. I already have two straps to deal with, being my shooting bag and my powder horn. If I get a few more powder horns, maybe I can hang them from my bags and do away with the horn strap.I share the same horn with my other two bags. :hmm:
That sounds like a great idea, making the wood stopper into a shot measure. :hmm:

 

[Rebel]

I have an Irish Shot flask that has a clasp that i just snap on the right side of my belt. The spout is already down that way, and i just pull the shot spout out and pour the shot down the barrel. Easy and out of the way.

 

[Swampman]

I carry a small gourd inside my hunting pouch.

 

[Ridge]

I have a hard leather shot pouch that I keep inside my hunting pouch.

 

[taylorh]

Hey River Rat,
Do you think you could give us the contact info for your shot flask maker buddy. I really like that and would like to get myself one.
Thanks,
Taylor in Texas

 

[Itegorm]

I usually just drop mine inside my bag. Here is a pic of the flask.

 

[DCF]

Bag on right hip, shot snake with Irish charger on left side. :thumbsup:

 

[brubincam]

wahat kind of shot you got there ?

 

[RiverRat]

I got the shot pouch from Beaverman. He has a few on the TMA Trade Blanket forum. The price was under twenty dollars.
I keep a mixture of 4 x 6 shot in the pouch. Nothing scientific, just what I had laying around.
I will eventually use all #4.

 

[RiverRat]

I usually just drop mine inside my bag. Here is a pic of the flask.

Very cool looking home made shot and nice pouch :hatsoff:

 

[paulvallandigham]

I made my first shot pouch out of Elk hide, with the rough side out, but made it too big. If you fill it, it weighs about 3 lbs.!! I have an Irish scoop-type head on it, and it works fine. Just don't relay on the measure on the scoop, as it throws shorter and shorter amounts of shot as the shot size goes up. I have have an antique power dipper which is far more accurate. So I use the scoop to get the shot out of the pouch, but then pour it into my dipper measure( I know men who have made fixed measures out of antlers, horn, and wood) to make sure I get the load I patterned before the hunt. It takes a little more time, but I am not in a hurry hunting with my BP firearms. If I am in a hurry, I take the modern butt stuffers.

I carry that bag in my hunting pocket, the powder in my horn, and the rest in my possibles bag.

For my new Fowler, I was given an expensive bag with the Irish shot pouch that is sewn into the strap. It holds more than enough shot for a hunt, but the scoop has the same problem, and I still pour from the scoop into my dipper, and then into the gun. When someone complains how long it takes me to reload my gun in the field, I ask him how long it takes him to reload his cartridges by taking them home, and running them through his reloading press, and driving back out? They actually smile at that one! If hunting is only about killing birds, or game, most of us would not do it. Those quiet times between shots, when we are reloading our guns, or cleaning them, is the opportunity to stand still, feel and smell the wind and air, really see the terrain we are hunting, and enjoy the moments of the flush, the rise, the shot, and the recovery of the bird. I don't apologize for making my hunting companions stop and enjoy just BEING THERE.

 

[Itegorm]

The shot is a bit of a mix. Generally speaking everything from #8 to #2 commercial shot, a bit of drip shot (sometimes refered to as "Swan Shot" but that is another story), small lead cube shot, cast #4 and #5, cylinder shaped shot, etc. I have usually had good luck with mixes of shot sizes. I really like the drip shot as well, it is sure death for squirrels (some approaching cat size here in Southern MI), besides it is something I started making to put out on trade blankets a few years back so I always have some on hand. The pouch was made by a friend of mine, it was styled after an original one from the Great Lakes (I have made a few like it over the last couple years but carry the one that was given to me).

 

[Maestro]

Small pouch (lower left) in my hunting bag:

 

[Marc Adamchek]

Maestro - Very nice kit. Who made the bag, if I may ask?

 

[Maestro]

Maestro - Very nice kit. Who made the bag, if I may ask?

Thanks, Marc... Jeanne McDonald

 

Riverat,
I have a bag that a freind made that has the flap made into a shot pouch and an irish charger at the bottom. The weight of the shot keeps the flap from flopping! Works well and saves one more hanging item.
Mark

 

[RiverRat]

Papa, that bag sounds pretty cool, could you post some pictures of it?
Thanks
RiverRat

 

[pathfinderifh]

Nice outfit,Maestro,alot like mine,exept I don't use the tin of wads. I just scoop up dried leaves or if I've come across a hornets nest I'll use that, but again, great outfit! :hatsoff: