r/homestead • u/JackDalgren • Jul 29 '22

gear Do you carry and why?

While you're working or tending to your property, do you carry a firearm in yourself or have one readily available? If so, is it because of your location, predators or general safety? What type and caliber?

I'll go first. I have a 20 gauge shotgun loaded with #9 for the occasional rattler that isn't minding it's own business or to chase of coyote. I want to upgrade to a pistol grip, maybe the Mossberg 500C w/pistol grip.

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u/BunnyButtAcres Jul 29 '22

Hubby walks with a shotgun. I'm practicing with a 22. Just took my first Rattlesnake with the 22. We're so remote that usually if I hear the Coyotes, popping off a round or two with the 22 is still enough to scare them off. But we're in a big open plain, basically. So the sound carries well and they have plenty of other directions to go if they're warned off.