I usually take at least two guns, if not for true 'backup', for variety's sake. Lately, it's been a 410 and a 20g on quail hunts. I feel as soon as a guy starts looking at buying a second gun, he starts drifting away from "all purpose" and starts looking at specific purpose guns. At least I did. The more guns I acquire, the more I look for task specific guns..
Most of the bird hunting I do is on my friend's patch. We're behind locked gates and I'll often leave the truck open as we can see vehicles entering the gates or coming up the roads into the blind canyons. It's a nice place and a nice feeling to be able to leave stuff out. I even leave the keys in the truck in the ignition, in case I get hurt and my buddie needs to use the truck in an emergency.
