Thread: How do you carry your rifle?

An empty chamber means that the hunter takes his eye from the game to make sure that a round is going in the chamber...time and eye better spent on identification. When I hunt with lever gun I have one up the spout and hammer forward. With my bolt action I have one up the spout and bolt closed, safety on. I never trigger test safety when loaded. I never put finger inside guard or release safety until I have identified target animal.