Originally Posted by
RenaissanceBiker
None of my stands are more than half a mile from where I park. I can't imagine taking a stove and a shelter with me for that. I certainly wouldn't take water purification tablets when I have a canteen on me and a cooler full of water and gatorade in the truck.
The Swiss Army Volcano stove is small, lightweight and a water bottle fits inside it. So it all fits inside a water bottle pouch on the side of my pack. Since I would be carrying the water bottle anyway, the stove is almost unnoticeable. The water purification tablets are in an extremely tiny bottle that goes unnoticed as well.
I hunt further back in the woods at times and while never too far from the truck or road, it would be possible to get into a situation where I could be stuck out over night. It is like insurance, better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it.