Ammo carry type

[9x56MS]

I carry my spare hunting ammo in a folding pouch on my belt. Not going to drop or loose it and it is always at hand. Unless it is a clip fed rifle in which case there is a spare loaded clip in my left coat pocket. I see a lot of butt stock elastic ammo sleeves on rifles but they always seem to be missing a round or 2. Not to mention that on a sunny day brass is very shiny. Not my cup of tea, although it is quiet. I prefer leather to elastic for easier filling and removal of rounds. Just one hunters preference.

 

[troy fairweather]

I'll either put 5 rounds in a pocket, pants or jacket depends what I'm wearing. I reload for most guns I hunt with and use the 20 round cartridge boxes, sometimes I'll just put that in my backpack if I have one that day. Either way I like having a few extra rounds, things happen it's nice to have them then not.

 

[gyp_c2]

I carry my spare hunting ammo in a folding pouch on my belt

I always loved those things. Safe and handy and...cool. Never had luck with elastic anything, wears out and loses stuff right when I need it.

 

[doubleh]

I always carried my spare rifle ammo, 5 rounds, in a pants pocket. I never needed even one round of it. Back in my bird hunting days I wore a shell belt with elastic loops . It's still summer weather in dove season and also quite warm at the start of quail season so I didn't want an extra layer like a vest would provide. The belt was cheap and when the elastic began to loose strength I would just buy a new one.

Dove hunting is the only hunting I'm capable of now because it's easy. Stick a folding chair up close to a mesquite bush at a water hole and wait for them to come in. I haven't gone in years because the extended drouth resulted in no wild sunflowers which meant few dove. This year it's wet, sunflowers are everywhere, and I'm seeing quite a few birds at my house now so I might get to go again this fall.

 

[troy fairweather]

I always carried my spare rifle ammo, 5 rounds, in a pants pocket. I never needed even one round of it. Back in my bird hunting days I wore a shell belt with elastic loops . It's still summer weather in dove season and also quite warm at the start of quail season so I didn't want an extra layer like a vest would provide. The belt was cheap and when the elastic began to loose strength I would just buy a new one.

Dove hunting is the only hunting I'm capable of now because it's easy. Stick a folding chair up close to a mesquite bush at a water hole and wait for them to come in. I haven't gone in years because the extended drouth resulted in no wild sunflowers which meant few dove. This year it's wet, sunflowers are everywhere, and I'm seeing quite a few birds at my house now so I might get to go again this fall.

I always wanted to go dove hunting, it looks fun Especially when a few friends get together. Shame we can't hunt them in N.Y.

 

[doubleh]

That's a shame. What is the thinking that prevents hunting in NY?

I really don't care for their taste. My wife, son, and a couple of grandsons love them. They will eat liver too. Yuck. One of their favorite ways is to cut slits in the breast and add little slices of jalapeno peppers. I just consider it a waste of good pepper. If not for them I wouldn't hunt them even though they are great shotgun game. At the start of the season they are dumb and pretty easy even if fast targets. It doesn't take them long to wise up and realise what's happening and then they become very erratic targets. No more just flying straight in to the waterhole and by the end of the season they will be coming in mostly when it's so dark you can barely see them. They duck and dodge and know what faces looking up at them means.

 

[Varminterror]

Not to mention that on a sunny day brass is very shiny.

You’re doing something terribly wrong if shiny brass on your buttstock is of any concern.

 

[9x56MS]

You’re doing something terribly wrong if shiny brass on your buttstock is of any concern.

You are obviously not a still hunter.

 

[troy fairweather]

That's a shame. What is the thinking that prevents hunting in NY?

I really don't care for their taste. My wife, son, and a couple of grandsons love them. They will eat liver too. Yuck. One of their favorite ways is to cut slits in the breast and add little slices of jalapeno peppers. I just consider it a waste of good pepper. If not for them I wouldn't hunt them even though they are great shotgun game. At the start of the season they are dumb and pretty easy even if fast targets. It doesn't take them long to wise up and realise what's happening and then they become very erratic targets. No more just flying straight in to the waterhole and by the end of the season they will be coming in mostly when it's so dark you can barely see them. They duck and dodge and know what faces looking up at them means.

There considered song birds here, sham we have a ton around.

 

[Varminterror]

You are obviously not a still hunter.

Nah, I just don’t make lame excuses about itty bitty brass spooking game...

 

[armedwalleye]

I've got an ammo wallet I got from Cabelas a number of years ago. Holds up to 10 rounds, camo, folds in half, secures with velcro. Depending on the gun, loaded magazine for bolt rifle in my coat pocket, spares in the wallet in the backpack, or, in the event I'm carrying my 99 Savage, loose in the pocket for one fill of the rotary magazine, and maybe a spare or two in the coat pocket, additional in the ammo wallet, again, it a small backpack.

 

[herrwalther]

My primary hunting rifle is a wood stocked lever action. When leaving I will normally load a few in the magazine tube, empty chamber, with a handful of extras in the elastic ammo cuff. The ammo cuff holds 7 which is how much a full tube holds on the rifle. For same day hunting trips, I will have 10 rounds or less between the rifle and the cuff. Longer trips mean more ammo.

The cuff was $5 when I got it. I put a small hole in it to go around the sling stud. Other than that it has held up fine for years.

 

[IdaD]

I just keep an 5-10 rounds in a strip type carrier in my backpack. I don't recall ever needing more than I have in the rifle on any given hunt but I like the extra cushion.

 

[.308 Norma]

I really don't care for their taste. My wife, son, and a couple of grandsons love them. They will eat liver too.

Not to wander off topic, but I think the fact your "wife, son and a couple of grandsons" will eat liver kind of explains why they love doves. To me, doves taste a little bit like liver, only milder.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

For deer hunting. I only carry a mag full of ammo. And my SBH as a back up. Small game i carry extra shells in a field bag.

 

[doubleh]

Not to wander off topic, but I think the fact your "wife, son and a couple of grandsons" will eat liver kind of explains why they love doves. To me, doves taste a little bit like liver, only milder.

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That is what I meant. To me they taste a lot alike and I really don't like liver.

 

[DTL]

Whenever someone asks about carrying ammo I'm reminded of John Wayne in True Grit. His jacket pocket had cartridges & a skinnin' knife.

 

[BC Jr]

For Centerfire Rifle ammo I use this folding, Nylon and Velcro belt pouch. Probably the same as described above. Shown with mixed ammo for illustration only, never carried with mixed rounds. 22-250, 7.7 Japanese, 30-30.

 

[BC Jr]

For Rimfire Ammo this ancient block of rubber with a total of 52 holes was made for carrying any mix of 22 Short, Long or Long Rifle Rounds. It will even bend slightly to fit in my Bluejeans back pocket. No Markings, no idea where I got it and I’ve used it since my teen years, now over 60 years ago. Precisely made, rounds will not shake or drop out but can easily be lifted with the tiniest bit of fingernail. Loads Top and Bottom.

 

[9x56MS]

I have one of the nylon and Velcro style but too noises for still hunting. I now use the leather with hole and post closure. Silent waterproof and instantly accessible.

 

[Armored farmer]

I like carrying my model 24 savage .410/22lr combo gun. It has a centerfire rifle ammo sleeve that holds 9 .410s. I have a mix of my 2.5" #4 shot loads, and factory 3" #6 loads. I also stick a couple of speed strips of .22lr under the elastic ammo sleeve.

 

[BC Jr]

I have one of the nylon and Velcro style but too noises for still hunting. I now use the leather with hole and post closure. Silent waterproof and instantly accessible.

You are correct! My Velcro sounds like I’m ripping a ream of copy paper when opening it. The only consolation is…..I’m only opening it after firing a shot (or two) to reload and replace fired rounds. At that moment that little Velcro noise is a moot point.

 

[Skylerbone]

Most animals aren’t so cagey as many believe. I shot my first deer after she woke me up (I was snoring so she gave a snort whistle).

I had a batch of 209 Primers that were hard as granite another time. 2 primers and 7 metallic snaps from my Knight later I bagged a doe.

To this day I sit around in a field with a shiny SS muzzleloader and I’ve yet to have a season where I didn’t bag at least one deer. Sometimes that’s behind a skirt blind, others just leaning against a tree while seated.

I use a speed load tube for black powder, a spare magazine in a shirt pocket for rimfire, and loose round get carried in a breast pocket or pack, depending on the endeavor.