BJ, sounds like volume and weight are the enemies. Couple of thoughts:

1. In addition to your quart and " dip and filter" (empty or full at the start?) bottle take along a second container of water and drink it all in the first half hour to an hour as you are riding/hiking to your sunrise spot. Yeah, you may whiz like a race horse but you are starting the day out well hydrated. If you are like me you have to have that coffee in the morning. Folks that supposed to know say that you need a glass or two of water to offset each cup of coffee -- so this " race horse" water helps do that.

2. Sounds like once the quart is gone you may only reach one of your springs in the course of the day and load up your " dip and filter" bottle. Most of these I' ve seen are definitely less than a quart so it gets quickly used up too. As a solution, you might consider carrying more than one " dip and filter" bottle OR carry a water filter (not as handy I know) and refill your quart container so your refilled water containers have enough capacity to run you the balance of the day. If you don' t want to carry more than a quart at any one time later in the day you can always use the " race horse" technique and filter or " scoop" a quarts worth PLUS some extra and then just drink the extra right on the spot. The " scoop and drink" filters are quick and simple but they lack the capacity to let you cruise long range before needing another watering hole.

It' s a trade off, $ vs weight vs room in the pack vs the body complaining when its dry. Your call. Depending on whether you are up in your hunting area prior to the season the " stashing" water idea may have merit.

EKM