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Post by thebellcompany on Sept 26, 2017 21:22:11 GMT -5
 I like to hunt light. Here’s my list of things I take hunting in my waist pack. 1. Ball cap, gloves, warm hat, face mask (worn in) 2. Knife (on my belt) 3. Headlamp (on my hat) 4. Batteries 5. Lighter 6. Duct tape 7. Para cord 8. Trail cam (if setting up new stand) 9. Hooks for hanging gear 10. Zip ties 11. grunt and doe bleat can 12. Nitrile gloves 13. Wet wipes 14. Zip loc bag. 15. Knife sharpener 16. Range finder 17. Power stick phone charger 18. Water bottle 19. Compass 20. Ear plugs 21. Quick release 22. SIM card reader What did I miss? Other items you might bring: -binoculars -thermocell -sandwich/apple/granola bar for a long sit. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 26, 2017 21:59:10 GMT -5
I usually carry a stick and string, a few arrows, and a knife on hunts. I wouldn't consider your list as packing light.
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Post by jackryan on Sept 26, 2017 22:09:23 GMT -5
Sharpen your knife at home.
Wear your ball cap, get one with the light in the bill.
Lick your fingers if they need it, wet wipes are for the baby's butt.
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Post by deadeer on Sept 26, 2017 22:19:40 GMT -5
Yeah thats hardly packing light. Lol. Every year I start the season with too much stuff, and by the end it has dwindled to very little. We dont have any big tracts to hunt, so the truck is only a stones throw away. The only time when we pack in more than usual is on a park hunt or all day afair, which is very rare.
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Post by antiwheeze on Sept 26, 2017 23:02:11 GMT -5
Yea I've never needed a knife sharpener.
Might think about some super glue. It's small and light and has lots of uses including gluing cuts shut. It burns a bit but it works.
Hard to beat a good smart phone!
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Post by duff on Sept 27, 2017 3:49:51 GMT -5
Past 8 yrs most hunts have been behind my house. One doe hunt had me walking back to reload my muzzleloader...2 times!
This year I have opportunity to hunt a few other spots away from my house. Decided to get a backpack.
Gloves and tobogan hat
Knife
Flaslight
Grunt tube
Pen and paper
Hand warmers
Safety rope and harness
Tp
will pack snacks as needed
Screw in gear hanger
Mainly becaus i have been so disorganized in last few years i wanted to be able to grab and go.
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Post by beermaker on Sept 27, 2017 4:48:16 GMT -5
My pack changes with the weather, season, and where I am hunting. I always take the following:
Water
Phone
Two Knives
Zip Ties
Hand Wipes. I find these valuable for both my hands and my rear.
Field Dressing Gloves
Blaze Orange Ribbon
Unwrapped Snickers
Recipe cards for tags. I put an address label and my license # on them at home. Just add date, sex, etc.
Copy of lifetime license and CCDW.
Spare Gloves.
S&W .38
I'm sure that I am missing something,
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Post by 76chevy on Sept 27, 2017 4:49:55 GMT -5
I put all my stuff in pockets, each item goes in a certain pocket.
No pack or bag to carry in
-Lifetime License in wallet
-rope cocker
-havalon knife
-small rope to pull up crossbow
-iphone
-small screw in hook
-nite core headlamp
-Evercalm stick (sometimes)
Carried or worn in (typically)
-Viper stand
-HSS harness with rope/linemans belt stuffed in pocket
-Crossbow or firearm
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Post by 76chevy on Sept 27, 2017 4:54:09 GMT -5
Sharpen your knife at home. Wear your ball cap, get one with the light in the bill. Lick your fingers if they need it, wet wipes are for the baby's butt. Yes, most of that stuff could stay at the truck. Get away from the mindset you have to carry it ALL in and only carry in what fits in pockets. It really simplifies things and lets you hunt more mobile. Big deal if you are hunting large tracts of public land. |
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Post by hornzilla on Sept 27, 2017 6:17:13 GMT -5
I hunt my property or a couple other private pieces 95% of the time. So any of the "extra" stays in the truck. Because most times the truck or 4 wheeler will get to the downed animal or very close.
So I normally travel with only a couple extra arrows, a couple extra shells and a snack and bottle of water if it's going to be over a 4 hour stay.
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Post by dbd870 on Sept 27, 2017 6:57:35 GMT -5
light
spare string and stringer during bow season
gloves and mask
phone
pull rope & 1 screw in step (unless I'm on the ground that day)
knife
Thermacell (if needed)
license
calls (when time is right)
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Post by steiny on Sept 27, 2017 7:45:29 GMT -5
Looks like a good list, but don't forget TP.
When blood trailing I tear little pieces of TP and place them where I spot blood. In the event the blood trail peters out and I have to return later, this allows me to easily get started back up. One good rain and the stuff is gone, so I don't feel like litter is an issue.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 8:13:26 GMT -5
I'm the same as hornzilla, but a little more food (lunch) if I think it's an all day hunt. Even then, sometimes I will take a 20 minute break from stand (around 1-2pm). Quick bite, shed cloths etc. It all depends what day it is, weather, and how the deer are moving that day.
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Post by jackryan on Sept 27, 2017 9:43:48 GMT -5
If I'm going light I carry what I need to shoot with. Sometimes a knife, not always. A phone most of the time. I always were a ball cap, with a light, and wear or take a mosquito net for camo and to keep mosquitoes from making me wave my hands around all the time.
Sometimes I bring a thermos of tea, as much entertainment as anything, may be an apple.
IF I'm carrying a tree stand, that's not going light any more, but my light one is a Summit with the open front and it only has the part of the seat that touches my butt. Rest of the seat is history. IF I bring a stand, it has little bag on it with any calls I want, pull up rope on it.
Most times I'll bring my Leatherman Wave = knife, saw. If not, the bag on the tree stand will have a folding saw in it. Anything with leaves on it that I cut, from the time I hang it on the tree, to the top get's stuck on the tree stand somewhere for cover and camo. I've got strings tied all over the tree stand like it's a pitiful looking gilley and weeds or limbs can get poked through those to stay on the stand.
I've got one self tapping screw stuck on the side of the top bar for a bow holder and use the same one to wrap up the pull up string.
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Post by jackryan on Sept 27, 2017 9:51:23 GMT -5
Looks like a good list, but don't forget TP. When blood trailing I tear little pieces of TP and place them where I spot blood. In the event the blood trail peters out and I have to return later, this allows me to easily get started back up. One good rain and the stuff is gone, so I don't feel like litter is an issue. Where I hunt the ground is covered, absolutely piled up with butt wipes. If I need to blood trail anything it will be with the bow and I carry three arrows just for the situation. One arrow is for shooting, the other two for blood trails. I'll stick one in the ground where it's shot if he's still wearing the one I shot him with. Then I'll stick the next one in the ground at the next blood. Every time I find new blood I'll move an arrow to the new spot and the arrows have reflective tape right by the nock. It's easy to see from a good ways. I don't get all these guys packing around "gear hangers" and screw in steps to hang gear on. Those are illegal on public land just the same to hang gear on as to climb a tree #1. #2 don't your trees have limbs? In a tree stand I ALWAYS climb AT LEAST to the first limb and there are usually a few dead ones to hang stuff on or little nubb'ns. If not I just hang it off the tree stand or set it under the seat or between the back and the tree. Quiver, thermos, jacket or what ever between the stand and the tree is like it's made for stashing that stuff. Sometimes I'll tie a loop at the top of the pull up rope and hang the thermos on that so I barely even have to move to refill a cup. |
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Post by duff on Sept 27, 2017 12:51:14 GMT -5
I like to hang the weapon on the tree and no there is not always a suitable hanger.
Now i will hang my weapon and my backpack from hangers.
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Post by henson59 on Sept 27, 2017 13:35:05 GMT -5
Looks like a good list, but don't forget TP. When blood trailing I tear little pieces of TP and place them where I spot blood. In the event the blood trail peters out and I have to return later, this allows me to easily get started back up. One good rain and the stuff is gone, so I don't feel like litter is an issue. You and I pack TP for completely different reasons. LOL! I carry a backpack in with me but what's in it all depends on the time of year. |
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Post by esshup on Sept 27, 2017 19:13:24 GMT -5
Ditto on carrying a backpack. It keeps my hands free.
My only truly essential hunting gear is my hunting license, weapon of choice and clothes, along with at least one extra projectile. Other than that, everything else is "extra" and depends on where, when and how long I am going to be out.
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Post by butlerj on Sept 27, 2017 20:54:34 GMT -5
Backack: Camel back, hands free, no crinkleing bottles, requires none to minimal movement to take a drink. Extra shells if gun season. Knife Pen n paper Rope Lighter Headlamp Hand saw (never needed, never know.) Bino Grunt and bleat can Gloves, socks, Rain coat and pants orange ball cap in case toboggan gets hot or vice versa pending weather, also hang it in tree when I had to go look for blood can look back to directly where I shot from easy. Wet wipes (when the leaves are too dry  Ziplock bag for trash or waterproofing electronics. Truck keys Food Rangefinder A small stool Fanny pack holds scents and drag, cotton scent hangers, a piece of trail tape I tie up to keep track of wind, And phone. I hunt an hour and a half away from home, I stay all day and stay in the big woods. I Rather have it, than need it! I still have room to pack extra layers out if it gets hot, it's a big back pack. |
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Post by chewbacca on Sept 28, 2017 12:48:21 GMT -5
I carry a backpack loaded with most of the things you all have mentioned above. The one thing that I always have with me, and the main reason I carry a backpack, is because I always have 1 or 2 video cameras with me and all the gear it takes to mount one to a tree.
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