RE: What do you take in your pack?
I carry much of what is listed previously, just depends on what I'm hunting and where. But being kind of a boy scout, I usually find I have what I need when needed (hence the signature). I know some of my hunting buddies give me crap when they see my pack contents, but end up eating thier words when I pull what they need out of my pack.
If there are two items I try totake all the time, it would be a knife and some water (or something to purify water).