Some people say you should run a fowler shot first before hunting, WHY?
Sight your gun in on a clean barrel then the shot that counts, this one, right on, today or tomorrow, with no rust or fowling in your barrel.
I clean to strorage clean for hunting ( no petrolem ) , spotless, load, run a lubed patch down the barrel to coat any dry spots after loading, then cap the barrel with dutch tape , and the nipple with melted wax.
Carry a candle with you on the hunt, it will come in handy anyway ,......
No rust, no problem mis-firings. Even when hunting in sleet/rain, not on a stand but stalking......
I've a few rifles used 2-3 years like this, I don't use these guns for a fresh hunt. But they have flipped a bunch of woodchucks in the garden, without a miss, 2-3 years after loaded with same point of impact (head). :thumbsup: