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Butch


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Skips post on the "Ambush Hunt" and running out of ammo got me to thinking that I should share what my Son got me to doing. We have a 100 round 50 cal ammo can and a 840 round 5.56 can both will hold a case of 12 ga. Low brass shells, We have a smaller one not sure what it came with but it will hold 5 boxes. I know others are probly on to this already but have not seen it posted. The up side is it takes up less room and water proof and no boxes to fool with in the blind, Down side is you have to fill them at home before you go, I just filled the 50 cal. and the small can and it took about 20 minutes. We plan on picking a couple more up when we find them on sale, most places are proud of them and prices have been higher than I want to pay. Forgot to mention the handle to carry and the lid comes off for easy access to shells in blind. Just throwing it out there it may work well for a few on here.

 

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Good topic Butch.  When you say it takes you 20 minutes to fill them I assume you are organizing the shells in the ammo can loose without the boxes?

 

I have a few of these Stanley tool boxes (pictured below) that I use for ammo.  They were $10 at a local big box store.  They fit 16 boxes of shells.  Throw away the removable tray.  The tool box also serves as a nice working platform during the hunt.  Just crack off the yellow flaps on the top and there are 4 perfectly sized compartments to hold boxes of shells during battle. 

 

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-- Edited by Big Honkers on Saturday 25th of October 2014 02:29:00 AM

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BH,

Yes, by placing them in the can a row on each side and a row reversed down the middle you can get a case in them, if you just dump the boxes in I think it's 8 boxes. I like your way also, having a place to set my cup of coffee would be nice, and 16 boxes for the battle is a plus. I will post a pic of the cans full of ammo when we get back from hunting Mr. Crow.
Hope some others share some of things they use in the blind and it looks like I will be looking for a Stanley tool box (lol).

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Hi Butch,
Instead of having loose shells in the ammo can, why not leave the shells in their boxes? You could simply rip the top and flaps off of each box, to allow for quick access in the heat of battle. Just a thought... I actually wear a dove belt during our hunts, and I transfer boxes of shells from my ammo box to the pouches on the belt as needed. I like this approach because it allows me to freely move about the theater of operations. When ammo starts getting low, I can fight my way back to base to refill the the pouches.

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Butch:

Great question!

As Texas Matt opined, we wear our ready ammunition lockers!  That's because we typically move quite a bit to improve our positions and to respond to flight patterns.  I myself wear a reproduction WWII harness and web pistol belt with, of all things, three IDF canvas magazine pouches (for the Galil rifle, I think).  I can put a box of shells in each alternatively arrayed like they are configured in a box.  With two unopened boxes in a fanny pack on my belt, my Basic Load is 125 rounds.  I usually bring a haversack with additional boxes of shells, centrally positioned, in the event I deplete my Basic Load, which has happened.

The important thing is to have ammunition at hand with a minimum of movement and at your waist is about as good as you can get, whether you're in a blind, behind a tree trunk or displacing to another position. 



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Hi TexasMat and Lone Star Phil,

Thanks for the ideas, we mainly just blind hunt and don't move around only to pick up long birds, but we may have to try this strategy. The cans do away with the boxes in the blind. We reload a lot and use the boxes as we load, the dew destroys the boxes in the blinds plus we damage them by stepping on them in the heat of battle. We cant drive in the orchards when the pecans are on the ground and what we shoot are from 60 to 150 acres so managing space in the carts of death is vital. Here's the pics the one in the blind that are stacked holds 10 boxes the ones poured in is 8 boxes and you can put 7 unopened boxes in them. Thanks for the ideas.

 

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Butch:


That image of the shells in the first picture makes me want to go hunting!

Whatever works for you and, if you're seated in your blind, that rig may be the best way to go.



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L.S. Phil,

Blind has done well so far but on the 2nd shoots your moving strategy will be tried. That's what I like about this forum, learning other hunters strategys in the areas they hunt. Always looking for an edge on this worthy adversary. Thanks again for y'all sharing some of TCP's strategys and equipment. Always good to have a plan b an c when your own plan fails.
By the way I and others I believe are ready for more videos with TCP and the Metro Barrels!


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