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Howdy guys.. New to the site.. I'm 16 in SC and have been doing a little weekend hunting for about 3 years now. But now i want to get more serious about it. My best friends brother hunts about 1000 acres that he invited me to hunt with him this year. I own a mossberg 500, NEF pardner 20ga and a Hoyt bow. I've always hunted shotgun but most of the place were huntingyou need a rifle so a friend of mine has a 7mm-08 with a scope that my dads gunna get for 200 bucks. So I should be set gun wise to hunt. We also have two box blinds and a stand set up for bow down on a swamp near my house. I've always hunted at the same time as my dad so i've been able to use his stuff but this year i'll be hunting diffrent places. Gun season starts here on Sept. 1st so i need to get a list togeather for stuff i need all the way down to camo since i've outgrown all my camo.

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also does anyone have any good ideas for making feeders?

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bump?

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MrP,
Since you have weekend hunted over the past few years and have only added the 7-08 and outgrew the camo then i would say all you need is new camo and some 7-08 shells.
Sight it in and go hunting.
Of course i'm assuming that since you hunted the last three years you have a lot of the essentials as far as flashlight, rope, knife, cleaning gloves, backpack etc.
It might be better if yiou list what you have and we can add to it.

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well now i'm hunting seperate from my dad and most of its his..

i have a
flash light
camo gloves
camo hat
rattling bag
boots
knife
misquito net
pretty much it..

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Quality scope.

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if you plan on bow hunting out of the box blinds, you need a safety harness. Some of these can be purchased fairly cheap, or if you ask around, you may find someone who would give you one. for instance, i have 2...one which never gets used. I'd be glad to give to a friend.

If you have the gun and bow... then everything else is much cheaper. Stuff like

scents. If you need to go cheap on the camo...by some cheaper camo in a size large enough to get layered up on cold days.

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well the 7mm i'm going to look at tomorrow and get some pics of it.. i've got my bow.. if i had my hunting licence i could have gone hunting this morning i havent gone to get my licence yet.. but i've had my hunters ed (law in sc to have it) i just have my saltwater/freshwater fishing licence

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You need some safety/survival gear. Don't take this lightly. No one thinks 'it' will happen to them, but if you asked everyone 'it' happened to, 'did you think that was gonna happen,' the answer is, of course, 'no.' Maybe you're as safe as can be, but what if some idiot shoots you? If you're depending on a cell phone, forget it. Ever try to stop arterial bleeding with a cell phone?

Here's some stuff you should have in your first aid kit:
a few band-aids
compression bandages
elastic bandages (for wrapping a turned ankle or knee)
maybe some adhesive tape
maybe some disinfectant
any medications you may require. Yeah, you plan on being home by nightfall, but what if you aren't?

You should also ALWAYS take some means of starting a fire. Waterproof matches, lighter, a chunk of a tapered candle, whatever.

Good luck.

Good luck.

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You need to be asscent free as possible, especially when bow hunting. Go buy some scent free detergent(sport wash or HS detergent), scent free soap, and scent free deoderant. You can buy Arm & Hammer scent free deoderant a lot cheaper than the brand name scent free deoderants. You can get these at Walmart. Brush your teeth with baking soda. Get a good pair of rubber boots. I wear Muck boot. If you want to get a cheaper boot, Bogs or Lacross will do fine. Make sure you wash your clothes only in the scent free and UV brightener free detergent. I keep all of my hunting clothes in trash bags. They never come out unless I'm hunting. I can't stress how important it is to be as scent free as possible.Some will say just hunt the wind. That's not always possible. The wind can change direction in a heartbeat, so if you are scent free, you won't have to worry as much.

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thanks guys.. i do wear a full body harness.. and i was in the boyscouts so i'm freekish about my 1st aid kit.. even on light thunderstorms i get it out and handy.. it has a lighter matches etc. in it.. we have clothes wash at the house that we wash the hunting chlotes in multiple times.. then we line-dry them, rub them in pine needles put them in a new trash bag outdoors and then put pine needles in the bag. i havent gotten into the scent free toothpaste and crap before so thats new.. i need to get my personal Scent-Away too.

more to the list!

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I agree with superstrutter you need to buy some scent free spray. If you go to Academy they sell gravity feeders for $20 and it's harder to make one cheaper than that. Also, I would suggest to start buying some clothes right now, because it takes a while to build up a wardrobe.

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yeah i just got paid like 2 minutes ago.. so i'm headed there tomorrow probally

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ive been hunting for 13 years now on my own...they way ur talking is gettin me fired bout this season! scent control is a deff. must, make sure all ur weapons are sighted in and u have the proper ammo. get u some good camo and find the right pattern.i would invest in a good grunt call also. are u allowed to put out mineral licks or any kind of salt licks? a good all around knife. im sure u learned a lot from ur dad about hunting, but being on ur own and figure things out for urself is pretty cool too..u might be able to find a good hunting area ur dad might not know about! take ur time and be paitent with it all and pay attention to everything in the woods...find game trails, feeding areas, beding..etc do some exploring! there alot of good guys on thses forums that will answer any questions, good luck this yearand i hope smoke monster buck.. soon deer hunting for u will be 365 day past time for u

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Heres a picture of a deer feeder you might want to consider


PVC piping. Thats it.

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my grandpa has some old 4" laying around.. i can probally make what i need from him i'll see tomorrow...

i'm hoping i'll get a monster this year :)

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We used to make our feeders out of a 5 gallon plastic bucket, and about a 3 or 4 foot piece of that flexible black corrugated pipe. I wish I had a pic to share, but I never took any. Anyway, it was easy to make.

1. Flip the bucket upside down
2. Place the corrugated pipe on the center of the bucket and trace a circle around it.
3. Cut out the bottom of the bucket on the inside of the circle you just traced.
4. Make about 4 cuts on the end of the corrugated pipe that are a few inches long.
5. Push the cut end of the corrugated pipe up through the hole in the bottom of the bucket.
6. Bend the flaps over from where you made the cuts on the end of the corrugated pipe, and shoot a screw throught the flap to hold it in place.
Do this for each fo the 4 flaps.

That's it. The screws keep the flexible pipe from coming out of the bucket. Then you just screw a hook or a hanger in a tree at a height that will let the end of the pipe be a few inches off the ground when you hang the feeder on it. The bucket and pipe will hold about a 50 lb bag of corn. As the corn spills out of the bottom of the pipe it will spread a bit on the ground around the end of the pipe, but that will keep the corn from continuing to spill out of the pipe. Then as the deer eat the corn off of the ground, more corn will spill out of the pipe to replace what they have eaten. Oh, don't forget to put the lid back on the bucket after you fill it to keep the rain out. Hope that all makes sense. They are a piece of cake to make and only take a few minutes.

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1. Thermacell !!!!!

if you are hunting enclosed blinds, you don't need camo for the most part. i find it quite hillarious when i watch hunting shows and see hunters in full camo sitting in a tower box blind looking through windows.

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Also don't forget to thank everyone who has made this opportunity possible to you.

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i forgot to add that to my have list.. i bought one at the palmetto deer classic =D

oh and i will.. espically after i shoot that big one