RE: bare necessities of deer hunting...
good gun, bullets, sharp knife, dark clothing, and i never leave without my grunt call especially during rifle season. A grunt is essential, they have helped me several times in putitng a buck on the ground. Just to let ya know how well they work sometimes i spooked a deer off walking through the woods three tiem in about 5 minutes and everytime was able to grunt and he would come back. That deer ended up coming home with me too.