The most important thing is a first aid kit? Come on fellas, I ain't been gone so long y'all done fergot everthin'. The mos' impotent piece of equipment you got on a elk hunt is yer boots an' socks...period. Second would be yer hat. Third place is pretty much a tie between yer compass an' yer pack mule. Fourth would be your rifle. Fifth yer knife. Sixth yer whiskey flask.............I reckin' thet's far enough. Finally got the trail to my computer shoveled and salted. Y'all take care.