How do you carry a rifle when woodland stalking?

When woodland stalking there are many ways in which you can carry the rifle.

By Deer stalking

Friday, 09 December 2011

What is the best way to carry a rifle when woodland deer stalking?

DEER STALKING
George Wallace
We are all different but whatever you find best must allow you to bring the rifle into action swiftly and with the minimum of movement.

My own method is to carry the rifle upside down with the sling on top of my shoulder.

The muzzle faces forward and scope is underneath the rifle and also under my arm to protect it from the weather etc.

To bring it into action, raising the rifle very slightly with the right hand allows the sling to slip off the shoulder, left hand goes to the fore-end and right hand to the small of the butt and I’m in business with very little movement to alert the quarry.

There are lots of other ways of carrying a rifle and every ‘expert’ seems to have his own method - which some of them then say is the only proper way.

However, as long as you can carry your rifle comfortably so that it doesn’t get damaged or go off and shoot someone but can be brought swiftly into action with minimum movement, then what suits you is the right way to do it.