packin' a gun while riding
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I'm not talking about on the farm, i spent lots of time on farms growing up as both sets of grandparents farmed. I have killed so many gophers I could be tried for genocide in the international courts in Geneva, but I am talking up on a mountainside in a snowmobile area, not the pasture.
I am talking about the kind of area that you pay a trail fee and head up a mountainside for a day of hillclimbing, boondockin, or even just a lazy trail tour at the top and a brew in the chalet. I have never seen any larger wildlife (deer, moose, wolf , coyote, badger, wolverine, sasquatch, etc) up very far from the valley bottom. Never up high where the snow is deep. Maybe our animals are different.
And I know about the licensing for a handgun, I have mine and am aware of all the rules. I don't take one up because I have never once felt the slightest need or want to have a handgun on a ride, not because I am not allowed to.
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That is a little different, I can understand if you were hunting, hauling, and breaking trail associated with hunting and/or work. I would consider a .22 or 12 gauge possibly for that kind of stuff, depending on what was around.
I am talking about the guys that take a gun up on a recreational ride.
I think that if it was allowed it would just be a more common thing sort of like well my dad did so now I do. We think it is bizzare but but some city folk might think its bizzare that us country folk blast gophers and magpies.If it was always done when you were growing up you wouldnt think it was uncommon to not throw the revolver on when you go ridin.Now if you just bought a sled and then purchased a .45 before gettin your spare belt or beacon mabye sumthin is wierd.
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what wrong with a little recreational shooting some shiz up?
I once had a two hour argument with a man believed that there was no reason for hand guns to exist. I simply could not get him to understand that some men's P0rn is getting three holes in a piece of paper as close together as possible, and that was as valid a hobby as stamp collecting. Well, my p0rn is snowmobiling. I spend too much money, spend to much time, think too much about it...and it affects my relationships...As far as guns....I keep the hobbies separate. I can light a fire with a match, and carry an extra sandwich, I have gobbs of gasoline and I have never seen a vicious animal....but to each there own....Like Ted Nuggent says...guns don't cause murder any more than spoons cause obesity...
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Karl
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Karl
I aways
take my 22 pistol. I like to take a couple of birds (ptarmigan) and have for a nice snack back at the cabin. In the spring I carry a large bore and look for Grizz. just strap it in a Kopplin to the rack and never know it is there
take my 22 pistol. I like to take a couple of birds (ptarmigan) and have for a nice snack back at the cabin. In the spring I carry a large bore and look for Grizz. just strap it in a Kopplin to the rack and never know it is there
now I can see where we might have opposing views. where I ride there is no groomer, no trail system and rarely many if any other riders. I have not spent much time in areas that cater to snowmobiling aside from a few snow parks here and there. for me it is usually park on the side of the raod and make a trail.
When you shoot sasquatch, make sure you double tap him in the chest so you can get a nice head mount.
When you shoot sasquatch, make sure you double tap him in the chest so you can get a nice head mount.
jeezus...wouldn't that be the creepiest thing you ever saw staring at you in your living room
...Anyone ever mount a hippie?...that might be easier to take....
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jeezus...wouldn't that be the creepiest thing you ever saw staring at you in your living room
don't. the tannic acid does not get all the stink out.
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Clarke673
Somewhere between too dumb to quit and flat earth
I never packed a gun because i thought it was excess weight and compliantly unneeded.
Until... I was riding about 12 miles into the back country alone looking for two of my a$$ hole friends (they left early and turned around and went home and didn't tell me) so i rode around for a few hours looking for them and then my 900 started to bog so i was messing with the TPS and a few other things. Swapped belts, chained plugs, i even pored some gas out onto the ground and put fresh gas from my gas can in thinking i had bad gas.
It seemed to stop so i found a good hill and i was going to put a high mark on it but the sled kept going so i punched out the top and bailed off a cornice and came back down. On the way down i went over a little bump and gave her the onion to stand it on end coming down hill. It got right about at a 45 degrees wheelie and the engine shut off. This of course catapulted me over the bars and then the sled ran me over.
The sled piled into a group of trees splitting a 3" tree in half. Well i was SOL and 10 miles from the truck so i started off walking. On the way home i heard trees crashing not far away and i crossed 3 sets of different bear tracks. I was rescued by my friend when my dad called him up chewing his *** because i was supposed to be at work at 4 and it was 7. On the way back (only about 2 miles now) we seen huge sow grizzly tracks walking towards me and only 1000 yards down the trail.
Having a gun could save your life.
You can-
make it impossible for some one to steal your sled
signal people if you are hurt
hunt for food
break ice for water
shoot tree huggers
start avalanches
mark signs
Good wholesome family fun Ohh btw, in Montana you can carry a gun under your jacket if weather is permitting. And they can't search your pack so no worries there.
So I will be carrying a Touris stainless steal 1911
Until... I was riding about 12 miles into the back country alone looking for two of my a$$ hole friends (they left early and turned around and went home and didn't tell me) so i rode around for a few hours looking for them and then my 900 started to bog so i was messing with the TPS and a few other things. Swapped belts, chained plugs, i even pored some gas out onto the ground and put fresh gas from my gas can in thinking i had bad gas.
It seemed to stop so i found a good hill and i was going to put a high mark on it but the sled kept going so i punched out the top and bailed off a cornice and came back down. On the way down i went over a little bump and gave her the onion to stand it on end coming down hill. It got right about at a 45 degrees wheelie and the engine shut off. This of course catapulted me over the bars and then the sled ran me over.
The sled piled into a group of trees splitting a 3" tree in half. Well i was SOL and 10 miles from the truck so i started off walking. On the way home i heard trees crashing not far away and i crossed 3 sets of different bear tracks. I was rescued by my friend when my dad called him up chewing his *** because i was supposed to be at work at 4 and it was 7. On the way back (only about 2 miles now) we seen huge sow grizzly tracks walking towards me and only 1000 yards down the trail.
Having a gun could save your life.
You can-
make it impossible for some one to steal your sled
signal people if you are hurt
hunt for food
break ice for water
shoot tree huggers
start avalanches
mark signs
Good wholesome family fun
Ohh btw, in Montana you can carry a gun under your jacket if weather is permitting. And they can't search your pack so no worries there.So I will be carrying a Touris stainless steal 1911
Springfield XD .40 compact with a 4"
Do you know who stocks them in town? (Galco holsters)
Those XDm's are sweet. Have you seen the video of it.
We've run across bears and drunks. I ride MX and Sleds mostly with my wife in the back country and I like the idea of being protected. And if I do get stranded I will be eating something for sure.
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I just don't get it? Why is the only question I have. Personally it's not a big deal as long as the person has a clue but it seems too many don't. NFL comes to mind.
Unless you are out hunting, or need it because of your job I don't really think it's all that needed.
Each to their own though as I support being able to choose.
Unless you are out hunting, or need it because of your job I don't really think it's all that needed.
Each to their own though as I support being able to choose.
I'm 18, and I almost allways take my .22 with me while I ride. More then once I've bagged a few rabbits while riding and had some rabbit soup back at the cabin that night. There's also a lot of coyotes in the area that need to be taken care of.
all the time i got a 12 gauge pump action on me... this is how i enforce the turbo girls to go climb a hill instead of sitting at the bottom saying what there sled can do.
I never packed a gun because i thought it was excess weight and compliantly unneeded.
Until... I was riding about 12 miles into the back country alone looking for two of my a$$ hole friends (they left early and turned around and went home and didn't tell me) so i rode around for a few hours looking for them and then my 900 started to bog so i was messing with the TPS and a few other things. Swapped belts, chained plugs, i even pored some gas out onto the ground and put fresh gas from my gas can in thinking i had bad gas.
It seemed to stop so i found a good hill and i was going to put a high mark on it but the sled kept going so i punched out the top and bailed off a cornice and came back down. On the way down i went over a little bump and gave her the onion to stand it on end coming down hill. It got right about at a 45 degrees wheelie and the engine shut off. This of course catapulted me over the bars and then the sled ran me over.
The sled piled into a group of trees splitting a 3" tree in half. Well i was SOL and 10 miles from the truck so i started off walking. On the way home i heard trees crashing not far away and i crossed 3 sets of different bear tracks. I was rescued by my friend when my dad called him up chewing his *** because i was supposed to be at work at 4 and it was 7. On the way back (only about 2 miles now) we seen huge sow grizzly tracks walking towards me and only 1000 yards down the trail.
Having a gun could save your life.
You can-
make it impossible for some one to steal your sled
signal people if you are hurt
hunt for food
break ice for water
shoot tree huggers
start avalanches
mark signs
Good wholesome family fun
So I will be carrying a Touris stainless steal 1911
A 1911 might be a Good ice cube maker but wouldn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling if I was facing a griz. As some of the other guys mentioned, the wolves are everywhere and if I had to walk out a light-weight pistola would be a great thing to have handy.
Dont leave home without it!