Concealing Firearms While Detecting

[CincinnatiKid]

Hi all.
On a recent deep woods detecting trip, I encountered a fellow detectorist. We had a nice talk before I realized he was "strapped" with a gun. This made me ask why. He said, "ya never know"!?
Anyone else carry while detecting?
Peace...

 

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[G.I.B.]

ahhhhh yep... always.

Concealed.

 

[releventchair]

Why would I not?

 

[dieselram94]

It's just good practice to be prepared...

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[empty_pockets]

....Nothing to hide here....

 

[dieselram94]

View attachment 993777....Nothing to hide here....

Lol! That's quite a butt scratcher the guy is carrying!

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[penzfan]

Open carry ok here. Since my fishing gear is always with me.

 

[whammy]

When I detect certain areas that are questionable, I make sure I have a little something on me ( concealed ).

 

[Keppy]

Only when i am in the deep woods … Other wise no .. I see no need for it..

 

[roaddust66]

I hunt with a WWII Entrenching Tool turned on a 90 degree angle. It hangs from my pistol belt in a mag light holder. It is far more dangerous weapon than a sub compact 9mm. I have an open carry permit but why with a shovel that could kill you quicker

 

[Msbeepbeep]

You should if you could.

I just carry sharp pointy tools, and a detector that would hurt if I clocked you up side the head with it!
I am not "permitted" to defend myself in the people's Republic of Mass.
I just have to hope the other guy is a bad shot with the illegal gun he is carrying!

 

[arkansas hunter]

Never leave the house without one on!

 

[bigfoot1]

I hunt in the forest most of the time...I gave up headphones and started packing the day after I walked up on two young bear cubs.I got the heck outta there quick.This spring I have seen two young bears but not up close.

 

[jaypop06]

Open carry is legal in Kentucky, so I make sure to exercise my right to the 2nd amendment every single day. People fought long and hard for us to have the right to carry and own firearms!!!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I carry 95% of the time everywhere I can legally carry, only time I don't carry is if I'm going in the water with my detector...






American by birth, Patriot by choice.

I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......

 

[BosnMate]

I pack legally, and sometimes when I forget, illegally. I've owned firearms most of my life, legally went deer hunting at age 7, using my .218B which was legal at that time, (talk about obselete, try and buy ammo for that gun). Back then, the state didn't require a kid to be 12 to hunt until the year I turned 12. Believe it or not, I had a concealed carry license at age 16 in California. At age 12, I was going quail, duck and dove hunting using a 12 guage Ward's Hercules double. Used that gun until it started double firing every shot. A friend and I used to hike over a mountain, and sneak into a lake where the rich guys paid big bucks for a duck club. We'd slip in there, ground sluice some ducks, grab up our birds and run for home. Fat old men can't catch motivated kids in a foot race. So yeah, I carry, and I can truthfully say I've never pointed a gun at anyone except one time in fun, never fear, or anger, or for self defense or government offense. The one time in fun was overseas when an armed guard, and I was young, don't think I would do it now, but it was funny then. Wasn't in the right place to ever shoot at anyone, but in my day the Navy hired us to kill communists, and I would have, if I had been ordered to. But I still pack. Why not? Every day, it's part of the clothes I wear, it's like the old cowboy said, "I'd feel nekked without it."

 

[Red James Cash]

"I'd feel nekked without it."

Same as with a pocket knife.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

In a schoolyard or park - no. In the woods - assume so.

 

[justdon]

After i was robbed at gunpoint at the mall christmas time 4 years ago.I got a permit and i conceal carry everywhere i go.

 

[discn]

Always.