For local hunts, I fill my rifle to 4 rounds, put the rest of the box of 16 remaining in my pack because I'm OCD.
I'm neurotic so my rounds need to stay near their original box.
Exactly what I do!
For local hunts, I fill my rifle to 4 rounds, put the rest of the box of 16 remaining in my pack because I'm OCD.
I'm neurotic so my rounds need to stay near their original box.
In the Nick Adams stories, Nick says, "My father only gave me three shells a day because he said that would teach me to hunt and it wasn't good for a boy to go banging around."
In central state backwoods Maine hardware and gun stores sold bullets by the each. Local residents bought one or two to harvest their deer.
When in high school, I hunted with a buddy who only had 5 shells for his 30-30 Marlin and heard him shoot all five in the woods when I was standing on a small powerline about 150 yards away. After about two minutes, I yelled to him, "Did you get him?". He yelled back "NO!" I then yelled, "Which way did he go?" The answer came back, "He's right here, looking at me!" The buck finally wandered off and neither of us saw it again. (He'd looked right over the rear sight and put the front sight on the deer.)
In central state backwoods Maine hardware and gun stores sold bullets by the each. Local residents bought one or two to harvest their deer.