How many people have taken two guns to go hunting if not for the reason of having a brush gun or an open sighted rifle for those times when the brush is so thick it's not practical or smart to be using a scope. How do you deal with the vast diversity of hunting conditions with just one rifle. Then there's the problem that will at some point happen and that's when someone in the group will have a mechanical or optical failure with the gun or the scope and after spending considerable money for license and tags and gas and accessories and has driven several hundred miles to his favorite hunting location without a functional firearm. Let me know what you take along and your reasons for it. I always had a "behind the front seat" military rifle or 30-30 lever.