Yes, I took more than one rifle.....5 rifles and 1 handgun. Rifles were .17hmr, which was a blast. Used it to perhaps 175, maybe 200 yards. Some days it was not usable as the wind did blow 30mph plus. That was a Cooper LVT model. I ran about 400 rounds through it. Next rifle, and the one I shot the most, was an AR15 that I built just prior to going out. It has a Douglas premium barrel chambered for 223 Ackley. Built another just like it for a friend of mine that went along. I shot that rifle 600 rounds. (all the Black Hills ammo that I was able to buy prior to going out) Had to case that rifle when the ammo ran out. Longest shot with that rifle was 540 yards, give or take a couple yards. Laser range finder. I also had a 22-250 Ruger, an old Sako in 243, and a Cooper model 16 in 243WSSM. Scopes included 20X, 6.5-20, a 20 Unertl and a 10X Unertl. The trip planned for this May will find me taking only 3 rifles, 17HMR, the 223 ACkley and the 243 WSSM, unless I find time to build a 20 Tac on an AR.
Hunting area........I knew someone would want the top secret info......lol I tell ya what.....if it were not for the fact that the landowners need hunters to show up and shoot dogs I would not tell you where I was hunting. I would protect it and keep it quiet. But they really do appreciate people showing up and helping control the populations. Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. It's just under 3 million acres and much of it is open to hunting. Call the game dept. on the reservation and they will send you a packet of info with landowners names, phone numbers, maps, etc. You can call the landowners ahead of your trip and gain permission. Out of approx. a dozen landowners I called, only 1 denied me permission. That was due to the fact that he "holds" his dogtown for the same bunch of guys that show up each Memorial Day weekend. After that, he said I was welcome. There are 3 kinds of land on the reservation, Tribal, Allotted, and Deeded. Translated, I think that would equate to Indian Public land, Tribal member owned, and non-Indian owned. Tribal member land is what I hunted, and requires a 75 dollar annual permit. Non Indian owned takes a state license. Tell ya something else.......if anyone in this country has a right to turn a white guy down that is asking permission to hunt, it would be the members of a Tribe on a reservation, but they were without a doubt, the most accommodating, friendly, bunch of people you could ever want to meet.
Oh, and the other 3 guys that went with me......they all shot about the same amount of ammo as I did. What a trip!