Well after having some bad experiences with leaving the rifle loaded, and then finding it does not fire when I need it, I shoot the thing off on the way out of the woods at night and clean it. My hunting mates always kid me that they know when I am coming out of the woods. They hear me. I built a range at my house for the purpose of shooting my rifle off. You can just put up a dirty pile somewhere near your cabin and shoot into that. We used to shoot at an old refrigerator (old beer fridge that finally gave up theghost)until we finally started cutting it apart. Back at the house, clean it, then load it the next day.

If your hunting mates object to you shooting caps off in the early morning (which I can understand), clean the rifle the night before and pop your caps then. Push a patch on a jag into the bore and pop off two or three caps into that cap. Then pull the patch. It should be black. The cap will not fowl or rust your barrel over night or even for some time. The nipple and breech will be clear and you can load it the next morning with no noise.