How many ways to put a rifle on a Dt1

[InDeep]

Hey looking for some ideas on how to secure a gun to DT1 . Thanks all first time hunting with a rifle in a long time ! For bears but none the less been a long time !!

 

[Shrek]

I use the kifaru gun bearer and really like it.

 

[Beastmode]

Medium belt pouch below the spotting scope side pocket and put the butt in that. Lash strap near the top and seems to work well.

 

[Matt Cashell]

I have really grown to like the gun bearer as well.

 

[AK Troutbum]

Gun bearer for me as well.

 

[Maah Daah Hey]

I have been using the gun bearer. I am not sure which version I am using though because mine is the one where I can lash the rifle to the side of the pack near the spotting scope pockets, not the one that mounts in front of the shoulder.

 

[Duk Dog]

Medium belt pouch below the spotting scope side pocket and put the butt in that. Lash strap near the top and seems to work well.

Haven't received my DT1 I ordered just yet but that's my plan. The similar set up has been fine with my current MR pack. May also try to carry my rifle on the back/center of my pack using a grab-it. Anyone carry a rifle that way?

 

[Shrek]

A thing to think about is that the kifaru gun bearer keeps your hands free but the rifle ready in an instant. My first use this year I was slipping along in belly high alders when I jumped a moose at 20 yards. From the time I saw some antler tips coming up to the time he was standing I had gotten my rifle on him and was sorting it out. Unfortunately I was hunting elk not moose. No sling needed and instantly ready are big pluses to me over strapping my rifle to my pack. If you are going to hunt thick cover where opportunities can come and go in moments the gun bearer is a winner.

 

[Stid2677]

I like the gun bearer, I keep a spare on the side of my pack and put a side release buckle on the top compression strap. This lets me carry my rifle at the ready or on my pack and when needed I can pack a spare rifle for somebody that may need the help, or if they are helping me.

 

[AK Troutbum]

A thing to think about is that the kifaru gun bearer keeps your hands free but the rifle ready in an instant. My first use this year I was slipping along in belly high alders when I jumped a moose at 20 yards. From the time I saw some antler tips coming up to the time he was standing I had gotten my rifle on him and was sorting it out. Unfortunately I was hunting elk not moose. No sling needed and instantly ready are big pluses to me over strapping my rifle to my pack. If you are going to hunt thick cover where opportunities can come and go in moments the gun bearer is a winner.

Good point. I also find that not only is it at the ready, but it's also out of your way when you're busting through alder patches and whatnot. Prior to getting the gun bearer, when I would carry my rifle on my pack, I was constantly getting it hung up on brush.

 

[Stid2677]

I had a friend that stuck his rifle inside his pack for a long pack back to the strip. As we approached our meat cache there was a large wolf, I had all the weight I wanted and had no desire to shoot Mr Wolf, but it was hilarious watching my friend try to free that rifle from the pack. Even more so since I had told him as much, he showed me when he packed it how quick he could get it in and out, But when it was time to shoot that rifle would not come free no matter how hard he pulled.

The other thing is when you strap a 7 pound plus rifle on the back of your pack away from your center of gravity it takes a lot of extra force to counter balance that weight and after several hour it does make a difference in the fatigue factor. The closer you keep packed weight to your body the better for long hauls.

 

[luke moffat]

This is how I do it.....the gun bearer isn't for me, so this is just another option to keep your rifle at the ready without having it in front of you all the time.

This video shows how it comes off the pack while I'm still wearing it.
http://s184.photobucket.com/user/alaska_lanche/media/Riflecarrynosound_zps7b2801ed.mp4.html

 

[Duk Dog]

This is how I do it.....the gun bearer isn't for me, so this is just another option to keep your rifle at the ready without having it in front of you all the time.

This video shows how it comes off the pack while I'm still wearing it.
http://s184.photobucket.com/user/alaska_lanche/media/Riflecarrynosound_zps7b2801ed.mp4.html

Looks like a slick set up. What system is that you are using? I didn't have sound with your video.

 

[luke moffat]

Looks like a slick set up. What system is that you are using? I didn't have sound with your video.

Took the sound off cause I was blabbing away about some nonsense, sorry about that.

 

[pacific-23]

I think it depends a lot on your terrain and where you fit on the food chain. Where I live seeing the end of your barrel can be a challenge sometimes, and things DO go bump in the night. In the timber the gun is in my hand. (I did try a homemade lash up very similar to the gun bearer last fall and liked it so I will be ordering a real one). Above the timber line or where I have ample sight distance (time) I will strap to my pack. No real one answer IMO, depends a lot on your comfort level and the terrain/predators around.

 

[Duk Dog]

Took the sound off cause I was blabbing away about some nonsense, sorry about that.

Haha no problem. What's the setup you are using?

 

[Ray]

Haha no problem. What's the setup you are using?

I believe they use a slightly modified gun slinger corral. Becca and Luke have posted up additional details about the variety of top loop systems they have tried.

 

[luke moffat]

Ray is correct,

Its a modified version of the belt holder of the gun slinger corral. Theirs uses basically a jean snap button to secure it which I found came loose too easy in the brush. So I swapped to a buckle as it only lets go when I want it it. Also instead of their silly way to secure the top of the rifle to the pack I just now use a loop of elastic around the stay of the pack frame.





Its very secure...just ask Ryan Avery how secure it is. Maybe Aron can attest to the chit show that led up to that little scene as I wasn't there

 

[mtnclimber]

I had a friend that stuck his rifle inside his pack for a long pack back to the strip. As we approached our meat cache there was a large wolf, I had all the weight I wanted and had no desire to shoot Mr Wolf, but it was hilarious watching my friend try to free that rifle from the pack. Even more so since I had told him as much, he showed me when he packed it how quick he could get it in and out, But when it was time to shoot that rifle would not come free no matter how hard he pulled.

The other thing is when you strap a 7 pound plus rifle on the back of your pack away from your center of gravity it takes a lot of extra force to counter balance that weight and after several hour it does make a difference in the fatigue factor. The closer you keep packed weight to your body the better for long hauls.

I had the same incident with a charging wolverine on last years sheep hunt! i wasn't thinking and had 3 compression straps over top of it in my MR 6500. Looking back on it, it was pretty comical me throwing the pack to the ground and scrambling to get it out but at the time it was a pretty scary moment.

 

[InDeep]

Nice I lkke this set up !! And here made here in town to boot !!





Its very secure...just ask Ryan Avery how secure it is. Maybe Aron can attest to the chit show that led up to that little scene as I wasn't there [/QUOTE]