How do you carry?

I usually carry the rifle with minimal accessories, because in the mesquite universe, humans are the soft fuzzy half of the velcro like combo that mesquite and humans make when they come together.

occasionaly, if i plan on spending the day out plinking after a short morning hunt, i will strap an extra rifle across my back REMF style carry another rifle or two while pulling a duffle on a cart with ammo,targets, snacks and such... yes it is a spectacle, LOL, specially when the whole thing ends up upside down in the creek bed.... But I wouldn't trade it for the world.
 
I carry my rifle in my hands, cradled in my arm. Spare ammo is in a buttstock cuff.
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The sling is for steadying the rifle in field positions ;) ....

I carry my knife, hatchet, rangefinder, handgun, compass, first aid kit, shooting sticks, and water bottle on a GI pistol belt...... GI rain poncho and liner in a bag the Army issued us to carry a MOPP suit in. I usually just sit on the bag ....
 
I use a safari sling. I have many many miles carrying that way in the Army guess it just stuck with me. Plus I can't tell you how many times I've had a barrel pointed my way by someone carrying one over the shoulder.

I do like that idea with the scabbard in the back pack.
 
Rhodesia carry,...

the sling set for "hasty" and the butt above the right shoulder, muzzle forward (with black tape covering bore). If needed then drop the right hand while left goes thru loop, and then uo to shoulder.

Five in mag and chamber, five on stripper in left pocket.

20 in box in backpack. [Not going out by myself with only 10 rounds]
 
I use a sling for my rifle when hunting. I carry my spare ammo in a the old military first aid pouch attached to my belt (holds 9 rounds.....used the plastic shell holders that came with boxed ammo which I cut and installed in the pouch). I also tote a small fanny pack with first aid kit, some cord, map, compass, matches (strike anywhere in waterproof case), small flashlight and usually a sandwich and granola bar. Water is carried in a military canteen attached to belt along with a small hatchet. I also carry my Super blackhawk with its belt and holster.

Sounds like a lot, but its just rifle and 2 belts.
 
I carry sling over my right shoulder muzzle up with rifle behind me.

AR I carry over chest with muzzle down to the left. This is when hunting coyotes so if I see one while moving from one stand to the next I can pull up quickly.
 
I hunt within walking distance of my parked truck.

GEAR: Binos around my neck, water bladder on my back.
On my belt, small flashlight in holster, knives (2) in a double holster, ten rounds of ammo in a removable carrier. I put 4 additional rounds in the magazine of my rifle, and carry one loose round in a front pants pocket, to be used to "top off" my rifle when I actually begin to hunt.
I wear BDU style outer coat and pants, so have a total of ten exterior pockets. I carry two compasses, lens pen, license, ball point pen to fill in the tags from my license, buck grunt call, range finder, bottle of doe pee, plastic squeeze bottle of chalk powder (wind direction indicator).

RIFLE: If I am going to sit in a box blind or a tree stand, I use the sling attached to the sling swivels on the stock, to walk, in the early morning darkness, from my parked truck to the blind. The rifle is slung muzzle up, behind my back, 4 rounds in the magazine, empty chamber. If I decide to "sneak and peak" (still hunt), I carry the rifle in my hands, one around the pistol grip (trigger finger outside the trigger guard), the other under the fore end of the stock, with the muzzle pointed upward and across my chest at a 45 degree angle. However, after an hour of so, my arms get tired, so I slip the buttstock into another sling I wear over one shoulder, so that the weight of the rifle is on my torso. The muzzle is then almost straight up, and only the hand on the fore end of the stock is needed to steady the rifle.

Note that I don't carry food, because I go back to my truck for a lunch break, then back to the woods about 2:00 pm, and stay until total darkness.
 
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