How much is too much?
11-14-2006, 10:23 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Illinois
Posts: 73
How much is too much?
So I'm packing for the Wisconsin Deer season, and I'm starting to realize that I have way to much stuff for one person. On top of that, I'm drivingmyself andtwo others. If the other guys have as much as I do, there is no way it will fit in my Ram 1500.
Treelounge (and all the goodies), 2 rifles (ammo bag), boots, bibs, parka, all the necessary items to stay warm anddry, GPS, knives, compass, saw, chainsaw (fallen trees blocking fire trails),radio... Plus food... you get the idea.
Just for hunting, I'm starting tothink it would be much more enjoyable if I just take the clothes I need to stay warm\dry, my knife, radio and the 30-30 (no scope), and just sit on the ground.
Anyone else feel like they have just too much stuff?
Treelounge (and all the goodies), 2 rifles (ammo bag), boots, bibs, parka, all the necessary items to stay warm anddry, GPS, knives, compass, saw, chainsaw (fallen trees blocking fire trails),radio... Plus food... you get the idea.
Just for hunting, I'm starting tothink it would be much more enjoyable if I just take the clothes I need to stay warm\dry, my knife, radio and the 30-30 (no scope), and just sit on the ground.
Anyone else feel like they have just too much stuff?
11-14-2006, 10:28 AM
#2
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: WI
Posts: 165
RE: How much is too much?
He who dies with the most toys, wins!!!
I am definately in the race....
Every year I go to fleat farm for hunting supplies. Every year I buy what I think I need. Every year I get home to realize that I already have three or four of everything I bought. You'ld think I'ld learn, but I don't.
I am definately in the race....
Every year I go to fleat farm for hunting supplies. Every year I buy what I think I need. Every year I get home to realize that I already have three or four of everything I bought. You'ld think I'ld learn, but I don't.
11-14-2006, 10:52 AM
#5
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Gainesvegas, Georgia
Posts: 789
RE: How much is too much?
I wear a turkey vest when I deer hunt. I can fit 20oz bottle, Knife, calls, gloves, tobogan, neck warmer, gun mags, compass, cell phone, food, ect..., and I still have room. My vest has a fold down butt pillow and a back pad. I only carry a rifle, and stay in the woods for up to 12 hours. I started out carrying way too much stuff though!
11-14-2006, 10:57 AM
#6
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location:
Posts: 50
RE: How much is too much?
All you need is your gun, ammo, knife, clothing for the conditions you hunt in, and a rope or something to drag the deer out. Maybe a map and compass and few survival items if hunting in a wilderness area. Anything else can be done without, especially since the majority of hunters hunt within a few hundred yards from a road! But if someone likes the idea of hauling a thousand things around with them, go right ahead.
11-14-2006, 11:05 AM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SE WI
Posts: 118
RE: How much is too much?
i would have to agree he who dies with the most toys wins is true, imagine 3 people with all of there **** going up north. We have treestands, our backpacks with all of our goodies in it, also 3 guns, cooler, suitcases, as well as our deer rack for the back to bring those bad boys home on, and our deer hauler out of the woods. that is why we drive a gas guzzler 2000 FORD EXCURSION
11-14-2006, 01:36 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: MN USA
Posts: 1,489
RE: How much is too much?
To me - packing way too much crap and cramming it in your truck is all part of the fun. I drive a dual cab Ford F-350 and I filled the back seat completely full this year for deer camp. I don't even think I unpacked half of it when I got there....
