I have been thinking about a chest rig for my FNX 45. It is a big pistol that could smoke a pack a day. Stay safe out there!

 

Check out Hill People gear. They make a front pouch that you can mate with a pack.
Some cool options. Links are above my pay grade sorry...

 

one thing going thru my head is: would frame mount be better.

I will check it out. thanks

 

When riding in the Idaho/Wyoming backcountry I would carry my firearm in a simple fanny pack. Rides very nicely below the hydration pack and was quick and easy to slide to the front for access. Wrap the gun in a section of dense foam padding or something similar to protect it from damage if you take a spill. Looking cool don't matter when your ten miles from nowhere and meet up with something that might want to chew on you.

 

I had a little run in last night with a pack of 6-8 wolves. startled them at 50 yards. Gave them a bluff charge and defiantly scattered them, then got the hell out of there. But now I am rethinking my never needed to pack for protection stance. I do hunt off of a bike and have been extremely successful. But the weapons where never very handy. Glad I did not have dog with me.

So what would the pros and cons be of a chest holster versus a drop leg holster. I do need to state there is a named wolf pack in my area and this is also where I do a lot of winter night riding.

if you don't like the issue, I don't care, don't post. Most all the hikers in the area are packing something. There was also a dog killed by a wolf a few miles away from my house. And this did occur 5 miles from my house on an afterwork ride.

What area was this in if you don't mind me asking? I saw some government employees doing a wolf study at lost creek a few weeks ago and I was surprised.

 

Wolf lodge out of cda, the skitwitch pack is what I bumped into. I very rarely have animal issues in the backcountry, .
Fish and game named the pack.

 

Improvised frame holster after running onto multiple tracks on the trail. First time I ran into more than a single set of tracks. Made me rethink the 5 shot .357 and change to a Glock 29 with 11 rounds of 10mm.

I would worry about a drop leg holster for summer riding were you are moving faster in case of a crash. I sweat too much for a chest rig so mine rides in a top pocket in the pack. I throw a serpa paddle holster in the pack in case I start seeing tracks so I can snap it in the frame bag or under the pack belt. Snow riding is slow and easy so the frame bag works without worrying about losing it in a spill.

 

my 2 cents: extreme paranoia

 

I had a belt fed mounted in a BOB trailer, but I thought that might be a little over board. Besides, it was too hard to climb with and pushed me through the corners on the way down. Even the squirrels were too afraid to make eye contact.

 

Meh - carry if it makes you feel better. Not for me.
IMHO - A frame mount seems most accessible though.

 

nah, if that was it, i would have started packing after being bluff charged by a sow grizz with 2 cubs or when i was stalked by a cougar. Wolf season started today and this pack is to close to houses. I wish the forest service did not close the woods down.


I am thinking i might have to take a picture of a bike with an ar mounted to it and a fire extinguisher on the rear rack and a big knike on the seat tube.

 

mud flap just for you.

not an ar, but we can spray and pray!

 

Stupid Americans

 

don't underestimate the power of the force Timmy

 

what?

Is that a 26er?
Nobody rides those anymore.

 

Is that a 26er?
Nobody rides those anymore.

[emoji38] OH GEEZ!! Lmao

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I dunno, http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outd...m/blogs/outdoors/2013/jul/14/motorist-has-photos-wolf-chased-sandpoint-cyclist/

 

Been into wolves more than once, curious creatures that have potential to rip you apart. Why they don't and have no interest in humans is beyond my comprehension. But if you're gonna pack i'd suggest the S&W Governor with 410 shot. It'll allow your crappy aim at a time of stress and tension some room for error. A couple bb's in the rear should be enough to scare them off. Same gun also capable of a .45 round. Bring one of these with you too....just in case the 410 is insufficient. Save the last bullet for yourself ; ) IMO, much better way to go than being disemboweled.

 

Pff. Blow one of these at the stalking pack and you won't get bothered again.

You can also use this in case of date rape, which is probably a more likely scenario than this whole disembowelment hooey.

 

Why not something simple like an extending asp? A firearm seems excessive...

 

Todd, I am a stupid American,what is an extending asp?

I will say bluff charging a pack of wolves and watching them scatter, is
A friken adrenanline rush, that is for sure.

 

I guess I should have called it a baton...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/21'_ASP_Baton.jpg

 

There is no way carrying a venemous snake is a better option than a gun.

 

Ordered a Hill People Gear chest pack today. Will be carrying my FNX and bear spray. A archer on a elk hunt near here in Island Park got munched on today. Sounds like he had spray and a .44 mag. Could not get to his spray but did get some off handed shots off. He got lucky.

 

this is kind of interesting.
Bowhunter says pistol, not bear spray, was only option in grizzly attack | The Spokesman-Review

 

that thing gives a whole new meaning to "whack and stack".

 

confirmed grizzly bear up the cda river at mp 4.

 

Did you see that it's already been captured and taken to Noxon?