How many loads do you take into the woods

[Gotspark]

Just wondering how many you take out when hunting deer.

 

[David W.]

I have a ball bag and don't take them out whether I am hunting or target shooting. Heck, it aint THAT much weight.

 

[roundball]

"...hunting deer..."

A loaded rifle and 3 reloads.

1 for a possible second deer
1 to replace the reload I drop in the leaves;
1 extra spare for insurance;

 

[45flint]

25 shots, I do alot of hunting alone, so if
I got hurt I may need to do some signaling

 

[Toomuch_36]

I realy don't bother counting them, just a small handful usually about 4-6 (.648 balls are easy to find in the pouch).

Toomuch
..........
Shoot Flint

 

[BrownBear]

On deer hunts I carry about 10 loads of powder in my horn and half a dozen balls. Never needed that many, but there ya go.

On hunts for snowshoe hare I carry 30 of each, and on some days that hasn't been enough.

 

[Rhett Griffith]

I usually have one load in the barrel and 6 patched balls in a loading block for deer/coyote hunting. For squirrels and rabbits, I carry a ball bag with a couple dozen balls and loose patches. (Probably overly optimistic, as I seldom shoot more than 2-3 squirrels during an outing! :wink: )

 

[Gotspark]

I have a ball bag and don't take them out whether I am hunting or target shooting. Heck, it aint THAT much weight.

True,they're not that heavy in their own right,but it's easy to accumulate alot of things that aren't that heavy (or necessary)in our hunting packs,and it quickly becomes just that.What I meant w/I like being weighted down was the more you bring the more you weigh.On a good walk in the mountains every ounce counts.Thanks for the input everyone.

 

[Little Wattsy]

"...hunting deer..."

A loaded rifle and 3 reloads.

Me too. :hatsoff:

 

[longfowler]

most of my hunts are just an hour or two before work, and since I may only see one deer all year up here, the possiblity of useing more than three shots a day are pretty remote!

 

[luieb45]

I usually have 20 roundballs and 20 patches in a pocket of my bag, then I have 3 speed loaders that I only put my measured amount of powder in due to bad personal experiences with loading a prb in the speedloader. Why I carry so much is I consider it not a bad thing to have that much stuff that's why I have the bag. Also I bet the mountain men carried a bit more than just what they needed to kill a deer with the indians being about.

 

[Gotspark]

Might I ask what happened with the speed loaders and why?

 

[buttonbuck]

3 measured loads a bag of roundballs, patches and a powder flask& measure nipple pick, ball puller and jag and rags to clean between shots.

 

[MDK_WV]

I carry a loaded rifle and four speed loads. In twelve years of deer hunting with a muzzleloader this has always been more than enough. If you only have one shot and a limited amount of reloads this will cause you to make every shot count and not waste any.

 

[rabjr]

With usually 3 tags in my pocket, I usually have one in the gun and one or two preloads. Although I have been known to go with just what was in the gun, makes the meaning, "Make your shot count" really mean something.

 

[longcruise]

1-5 23 (60 %)
6-10 10 (26 %)
More I like being weighted down 5 (13 %)

Like most polls, yours is worded to reflect your own prejudice. what with the "More I like being weighted down" option. Naturally, I chose that option! :rotf:

 

[Gotspark]

Didn't think of it in that direction. :redface:

 

[rancher]

I carry 13 roundballs, no more no less and patches for each. My powder horn holds more than enough powder for 13 shots...

 

[wvbuckbuster]

When deer hunting I fill my loading block 3-6 and have that many in a ball bag in the shooting bag. Have been know to miss :rotf: don't guess you guys ever done that sort of thing. Then also might want to take a squak or get a shot at a yote. Don't worry to much about the Injuns. :haha: When after squaks have been know to carry 2 loading blocks 10 total or 1 block and extra balls in the bag. What ever works for you.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

Forgot to mention but always carry the horn with enough powder for all the balls and patchs. :wink: