And it isn't a big deal to me. As I've said, water has never tied up any of my doubles, or single barrel break action shotguns for that matter.If the whole, up to 10-mile daytrip didn't consist of extremely harsh terrain, that might be an option. I have a detachable sling on my shotgun and even that hasn't prevented me from dunking it every now and then. I've even accompanied it to the drink myself a couple of times. Like I already said, stuff inevitably happens when you spend enough time hunting so this shouldn't be such a big deal after all.