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I have been shooting for many years. Over the years I bought some range bags, etc...
It got to be where I was carrying a lot of **** I didn't need. I have seen the caddies, and carts, etc...
But I wanted something simple and easy to load up and find things.

The five gallon bucket fits my needs. Light weight. Carry Handle. Water proof. Can carry ~ 75 pounds. Makes a seat when needed. Cost less than five bucks. Carries my staple gun, stick pins, bull dog clips. My stick on targets, and paper. The five gallon bucket will hold a lot!!!

Let's say we are going .22lr shooting. I just drop in a brick or so, a set of binocuars, a bore snake, and a bottle of water.

The bucket always has some eye glass wipes, some extra ear plugs, and a multitool in it.

You can put any kind of sticker on it. I leave mind plain.

It has caught on at our range. So now we are the bucket brigade.

Anybody else tried this?

Guy22
 
I used to have a crude uncle that carried one in his boat fishing. Dont ask what he occasionly used it for!
 
He was able to rinse it out and put the fish back in.
 
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Haven't used one as a range bucket but several years ago while I was still an active Scoutmaster, we used them on many a canoe trip. Lots cheaper than a good drybag. Added bene was that if you tied it, or them, to the yoke it made it much easier to right and get back into an overturned canoe. Not that the boys ever turned one over. Dry storage, seat, bath tub, there are many uses for the lowly 5 gal bucket. I will have to try one next range trip.
Larry
 
I've been using 5 gal. buckets as a, gear type, "bag" for decades.
I always have one with me, in my van, no matter where I go.

It all started when using one for ice fishing.......:cool:
 
How about accessories?

I have a lid made for fishing with live shiners. I clip on a battery powered air pump.

Also have a tool belt that's made for it so you can store smaller tools. (really handy)

I have many so buckets, I need a list. ;)

None of mine are orange. :rolleyes:
 
Oldiron said:
Ogy, is an ice fish a panfish or bass. I can't find them on my limit chart.
Larry
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Larry, all of the above, plus any other fish that you catch while sitting on a 5 gal. bucket
in front of a small hole in the ice, a hole which you, hopefully, pull the fish through.
 
I collect them.:D I use them for everything, my garage is full of them. Two in the back of the SUV with range stuff.
 
I work for an oil company so I pretty much have an unlimited supply. If you get the ones with a sealed lid w/spout, you can cut the slots on the side of the lid and make the lid removeable. Also, inside the lid is a gasket which is nothing more than an oversized O-ring.....they're great for stretching around the top of a garbage can to hold the garbage bag in place.
 
In my dove shooting days (won't call it dove hunting :D) we spent many afternoons sitting on 5-gallon buckets and then hauled our birds out of the field in them. I keep a small supply of them that I use for a variety of purposes, and often give one away when a visitor or guest remarks how handy it would be if they had one. I like the 3-gallon ones, too. Sometimes they are handier when you don't need the extra room.
 
The Lowes Special ... Makes for a decent "bug-out" bucket too. A few different models to choose from in the containers aisle. I have several at home filled with once-fired brass. Beats the heck out of bags stuffed with cartridge boxes.
 
If you think you carry a lot to the range and you can fit it in a five gallon bucket, then you don't even want to go with us. I've got three good sized "range bags"(2 tool carriers and an honest range bag), not to mention the guns, ammo, and water/snacks. Then, there are the target stands and bases. A military poncho liner adorns the table I shoot from. We have this down to our own science. No buckets for us even though they make good sense.
 
My Prairie Dog equipment includes a 7 gal bucket, with a padded seat that swivels. Carries all the ammo, range finders, binoculars, rifle rest, rear bag, water bottle. Darn near too heavy to carry! But when you are picking up your portable bench it sure makes work easier to move. It is also handy for dove hunts, place to sit on, and also hold your birds.
 
5 gal buckets....
Use mine for
Collecting the dog poop I pick up in the back yard.
Trash can in the shop
Drogue to slow my drift when fishing ( tie one of those orange toilet seat life jackets to the handle to keep it on the surface)
Marine head for the girls (#1 only no #2) again using the orange toilet seat life jacket.
With a swivel seat for just sittin' in the back yard, the duck blind, the headlane shooting doves.
Carrying stuff (tools etc).
Keeping the fish
keeping the bait
Keeping the crabs/shrimp/crawfish.
A 5 gal plastic bucket has as many uses as a roll of duct tape.
Give me a five gal bucket, a roll of duct tape a hammer, vice grips, Channel locks needle nose pliers #1 phillips 4" slotted screw driver, 1 quarter inch socket set and I can pretty much rule the world. :D
 
My normal range bag is a heavy canvas bag that you see on many power company boom trucks(at least in my area) hanging off the back. It’s the size of a 5 gallon bucket and can handle a lot of gear. It has a heavy rope type handle. Have had this thing for over 40 years and it’s still going strong.

A linemen friend owed me a favor and I asked him for a bag. Two days later still in plastic a brand new bag showed up on my porch. I used it for rifle, pistol ammo and supplies and in the past carrying skeet and trap ammo.

Of course you cannot sit on it like the 5 Gals!:D
 
I use a light yellow colored bucket when I go up in the attic. Turn your big light on and drop inside the bucket. It lights up like a large yellowish lantern.
 
Years ago some enterprizing feller figured out how to use a five gallon bucket as an organizer with seperate trays for different sized screws, etc. It has a screw on lid and unless you get careless and tip it over it works perfect. The same guy developed a canvas gizmo that fits inside the bucket to hold all your tools, mine must weigh close to the maximum but nearly always has exactly what we need to get a job done. They also sold a lid that fits into the opening that has a bit of cushion built in, perfect for my streamside fishing...the interior holds just about everything I need and is easy to carry with the provided cushioned handle. My brother has been providing me with these big plastic buckets since his early days of dry walling, they are useful for everything around the house, camping, etc. I've even got a couple of them stashed that are full of beans and rice just in case.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Drogue to slow my drift when fishing
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Odd that I've never heard the term "drogue" before. I'd have called that a "sea anchor."

CAJUNLAWYER said:
Give me a five gal bucket, a roll of duct tape a hammer, vice grips, Channel locks needle nose pliers #1 phillips 4" slotted screw driver, 1 quarter inch socket set and I can pretty much rule the world. :D
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And we all probably wouldn't be too much worse off. And would probably eat better. Go for it.
 
Sprefix said:
If you think you carry a lot to the range and you can fit it in a five gallon bucket, then you don't even want to go with us. I've got three good sized "range bags"(2 tool carriers and an honest range bag), not to mention the guns, ammo, and water/snacks. Then, there are the target stands and bases. A military poncho liner adorns the table I shoot from. We have this down to our own science. No buckets for us even though they make good sense.
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Yeah I used to do that also. I just simplied! I now carry only what experince tells me I need. I don't have to carry target stuff besides targets and card board. A few golf balls, and clays are in the bucket.

I didn't say I carry guns in it. But it does carry everything I need at a range.

One buddy of mind takes a new roll of duct tape and wraps it around his bucket. Never know when duct tape will win the day. Another wraps his in parachute cord. I usally put a few clothes pins on the handle.

I pick up spent brass at the range and just throw it in the bucket.

When I get home I take the bucket out and sit it in the garage. Any ammo or expensive stuff I remove. The basics are there for the next trip.

I clean and replinish as needed. I used to take everything and the sink.
Just cut back and a five gallon bucket is right for me! Just wondered if others used them?

Guy22
 
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