Drilling safe carry while hunting

[pastorp]

Since the drillings are so versital a hunting gun, how does everyone carry theirs. Rifle barrel loaded with shot in one shotgun barrel & slug in the other.....Or?     Do you use a rimfire insert barrel? Hunt with the insert barrel in the gun or carry in your pack?
 
Regards,

[dougk]

Great question.

The answer depends on what your hunting and what you think you might run into.

Dove Hunting: number 7 shot in both barrels.  In the cartridge case 1 Slug, 2 (00 or no.4)Buck and 2 no.4 shot or BB plus 5 rifle cartridges.

Deer hunting: rifle barrel loaded and buck shot typically no.4 and a slug,   In the cartridge case 2 Slug, 2 (00 or no.4)Buck and 1 no.4 shot or BB plus 5 rifle cartridges.

Hog Hunting at night, i am thinking about this setup.  Specifically barrel insert or not....

[Drilling Man]

  For me it really does depend on what i'm hunting, or at least what area i'm in, and the time of year.  In the fall, i most time carry it with the 22WMR insert in place, and all three bbls loaded.
 
  In big game season, i mostly carry it with slugs in it, and the rifle bbl loaded.  Where i sit a lot, i get longer shots, so i just have the rifle loaded, and the scope on.  If i shoot a deer and it runs into the brush, i load up with slugs too, and pop the scope off.
 
  Like i said, if just all depends...
 
  DM

[dougk]

for hog hunting I am loading the rifle with the largest rifle round I can find.  The left shotgun barrel is loaded with a slug and the right shotgun barrel with buck (00 buck  for 12 ga and # 1 buck for 16 ga).  The right barrel is the  backup in case I get charged.

Doug