On my way back to my truck this morning, while climbing a steep dirt slope, I stumbled and poked the muzzle of my rifle into the dirt. No harm done; I was almost back to the truck, and I was certainly done hunting for the day.

But it made me think--if I had done this miles away, early in the day, it would have been a lot more irritating. Is there any good way to deal with this sort of stupidity in the field? Should I be carrying some sort of cleaning kit? Do you put some sort of cap on the tip of the barrel? I know, I know, the real answer is " don' t trip and take core samples of the dirt." But sometimes not very ideal things happen; I' m hoping to hear how y' all deal with this sort of thing.