Bayonet while Hunting?

[Blue Brick]

Has anyone ever heard of a hunter defending themselves from a dangerous game attack with a rifle that still has a bayonet attached?

Note: I do understanding that hunting with a rifle that has a bayonet attached is illegal in some areas.

 

[MCgunner]

STILL HAS? None of my hunting rifles have ever had a bayonet lug. Remington M7s, 722s, and Savage 110s don't come with a bayonet. The reason is that it would be useless dead weight. Why not carry your grenade laucher attacked to your M4? That way, if attacked by a gang of polar bears on Harleys, you can successfully defend yourself.

 

[Usertag]

I wouldn't put a Bayonet on my guns for hunting. But it will help such as if a random animal attacks you straight ahead and you miss your life shot. You can always stab him very quickly. Also it can be an alternative to finishing off the animal.

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

not since 1972

 

[BHP FAN]

an M44 with a folding bayonet would be pretty good for hog hunting. you'd have a rifle that could ''transform'' into a boar spear!

 

[scythefwd]

I know some people have hunted with SKS's. I could see a folding bayo still folded away on a rifle being used for hunting. On a rifle designed for hunting... no bayo to be fitted (I do think there is a difference between a hunting rifle and a rifle used for hunting, a target rifle and a rifle used to shoot targets competetivly, etc.)

 

[Blue Brick]

STILL HAS? None of my hunting rifles have ever had a bayonet lug. Remington M7s, 722s, and Savage 110s don't come with a bayonet. The reason is that it would be useless dead weight.

Surplus rifles.

 

[Art Eatman]

Out of all rifles used for hunting in today's world, very few are regular military. I have better hunting rifles than my Garand, for sure. However, its bayonet is shaving-sharp. In case of social work, you understand.

 

[Blue Brick]

Not everyone can afford a new or even a used commercial hunting rifle. Surplus fills that void.

The only story that I have ever heard was: a hunter in Arizona used his bayonet to stab a deer after he shot it. He was stopped by the Game Warden for a routine deer inspection and was cited for “spearing” a game animal. He lost his hunting license.

 

[hq]

Has anyone ever heard of a hunter defending themselves from a dangerous game attack with a rifle that still has a bayonet attached?

Not personally, but that's exactly what bayonets were originally designed for. Military applications came later.

I've thought about that when hunting bear in thick bush, but as some people pointed out, bayonet lugs on hunting rifles are pretty rare and I'm not exactly thrilled about having a gunsmith install them on my bolt/lever rifles. My Winchester 1895 (russian contract) used to have a lug for Mosin-type bayonet but it's long gone now.

 

[Harley Quinn]

I have a Yugo SKS with a bayonet, thought it would be good in the brush for Hogs

 

[Gunnerboy]

Hey my cousin and i were coyote hunting once a few years back and we had one of em yugo sks with the blade bayonet and we stuck a wounded coyote with it ( first shot busted the spine) and we didnt wanna waste another round on a coyote, mainly due to the fact mr obama jacked the price of 7.62x39 up to 16$ a box here.

 

[rcmodel]

Mercy!

I do believe I would rather spend .50 cents on another round then clean the mangy coyote blood off my bayonet when I got done.

I imagine the coyote would have preferred a humane coup de grâce shot too, rather then being skewered on a steel spike to slowly die.

rc

 

[627PCFan]

Easy guys, I like the way he thinks very cost effective, much more than hunting with claymores

 

[Art Eatman]

Ah, but with any luck at all, the Claymore will do the field-dressing for you.

 

[interlock]

I have been thinking of welding a lug near the muzzle of my miroku 12 bore for when ducks go bad... it can be kill or be killed ou there

 

[Bobson]

I do believe I would rather spend .50 cents on another round then clean the mangy coyote blood off my bayonet when I got done.

I imagine the coyote would have preferred a humane coup de grâce shot too, rather then being skewered on a steel spike to slowly die.

The bayonet was just as humane, effective, and quick as with bowhunting, if you ask me.

 

[wankerjake]

Has anyone ever heard of a hunter defending themselves from a dangerous game attack with a rifle that still has a bayonet attached?

I can honestly say that in all of my 28 and a half years, the topic of defending yourself with a bayonet while hunting has never come up (until now of course). I reckon if I'm ever attacked by dangerous game, I'll shoot it with my bayonet-less hunting rifle.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Not personally, but that's exactly what bayonets were originally designed for. Military applications came later.

WHAT?

Sorry IF that was the fact, then the use of knives that fitted into or on barrels of hunting guns would've continued after the military application appeared, unless for some reason wild boar and other dangerous game suddenly became less dangerous when the military started using the bayonette. Yet..., civilian hunting bayonets vanished, as did the guns made to except them (unless they were all plug style).., or were they every there?

The guns didn't suddenly become more lethal.., otherwise the hunting sword wouldn't have continued for centuries after the bayonet's appearance. The idea that the bayonet was first invented for hunting is mere conjecture from a single source. An interesting idea, but the extant evidence does not support it.

LD

 

[zorro45]

bayonet

I think this would be very useful especially if you get lost in a "time-warp" and your hunting position is overrun by Redcoats!

 

[Leonidas]

I can't speak from personal experience as I never have mounted a bayonet on any of my rifles, but I imagine it would just add some weight to my rifle and it would get caught on bushes and branches.
I carry a sidearm in case my rifle malfunctions.

 

[Sunray]

"...that's exactly what bayonets were originally designed for..." There was no such thing until the military stuck a knife in the muzzle of a musket. Bayonets came along as a replacement for the pike.
In any case, if 'dangerous game' is close enough that a bayonet would ever be used, it's too late for the hunter. Even a wounded deer can cause extreme injuries. A hog would slash you into next week.

 

[Sav .250]

That question has to be ..........one for the books.

 

[desidog]

Has anyone ever heard of a hunter defending themselves from a dangerous game attack with a rifle that still has a bayonet attached?

Yes. I've shot more than one rattler with an SKS; and if you count potentially rabid raccoons as dangerous game (i don't) then chalk one up to my M44 as well.

Note the OP's question does not ask about using the bayonet itself; just a gun with one still attached...

 

[Bwana John]

Ima gonna be ready for dove season this year... FIX BAYONETS!

And how about using tracers, to kill em AND cook um!