OK let's try to get something going here

[Duane]

how do you guys carry your horn and pouch, I tend to carry mine quite high, the top of my bag 6 " or so above my hip and my horn almost under my armpit above the pouch, also what would be practical for horse travel.

[idmountaineer]

Yea pretty much the same as you Duane. It just don't make since to me to wear it low where it will bounce all over the place. Anybody else?
I think for horse travel it would be the same. Here's food for thought that is kinda along the same lines. How to carry your rifle a horseback.
I've seen across the pommel and strapped across the back. I heard the argument this past year that carrying it on your back is not a good idea cause if your are bucked off and land on your back that rifle could have the possibility of breaking your back. Just a little wood to add to the fire.

[Jon]

Hello the campfire! I've been busy and haven't had the opportunity to be on here for a while. I'm not very knowledgeable about a lot of things and I apologize for not contributing more. I'm glad to find you guys still on here. I'm like you guys. I tend to wear bag and horn high although i'm trekking on foot now as I don't own any horses any more. It seems to feel more secure that way to me. I had a friend get bucked off a horse with a shotgun slung on his back and it hurt him pretty bad. I don't recall it breaking his spine but he was laid up for a while. When shooting percussion, how do you guys carry your caps in your bags? I keep my bag with just whats necessary to operate the firearm but sometimes still find my setup to be slow and cumbersome I guess you'd say. Thanks for the conversation starter. I learn a lot from you guys.

Jon

[gregorio]

Howdy boys, everyone seems to have their own likes and dislikes on horns and pouches. I tend to switch mine depending on what I'm doing. I have carried flintlock guns quite a bit horseback, some across the saddle in the double hole leather thing you see in pictures, sometimes a leather string tied at the balance point with a loop over the horn. I do have a 40+ inch smoothie I carry mostly in a blanket scabbard with a sling attached to it, sometimes across the back but mostly kind of diagonal butt up barrel down to one side. Mainly due to not real open county here, Wash. St. , lot of timbered area so cross ways  however you do it is dodging hang ups mostly with the barrel, equal to broken ram rod if it sticks out past the barrel. The other hang up is items hanging up on the saddlehorn  if your getting of fast  or not careful, neck knives , ball blocks anything a little loose. The unplanned dismount is usually not good anyway.

[TurkeyCreek]

Howdy fellers. Good to know y'all are still wearin' yer hair. And good to be back here at the fire with ya.

Since I don't have a horse anymore I do everything a foot. I'm right handed and I wear my bag hanging at hip level on my right side. My horn is attached by straps to my bag strap so when I grab the bag the horn comes with it and the horn hangs about mid bag.  When I'm still hunting I actually put my knife belt OVER my bag strap which secures it to my body quite well so it doesn't move around and stays secure however I move around.  The horn straps stay outside the belt but doesn't move around much since it's attached to the non moving bag strap and this gives me enough play to lift the horn to pour powder into my measure.  This works for me and actually back in the day when I DID spend time in the saddle the hip level bag worked just fine for me.  Back in the horse days it was pretty much just carrying the gun across the pommel or the leather  saddle horn thing that Gregorio mentioned.

[Leifer]

Currently I have both my pouch and horn on my left side. To begin with I had everything hanging WAY too low. Now I have my pouch above my hip and my horn next to my ribs.

Leifer