do you take too much equipment in the woods???
12-13-2003, 09:05 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lancaster, PA
Posts: 3,240
RE: do you take too much equipment in the woods???
[ul][*] Clothes[*] Backpack (w/ water bladder)[*] Gerber knife[*] Rope...to drag a deer if I'm lucky, and to attach the tag[*] Binoculars (10x32)[*] Cell phone[*] Gun[*] Some extra ammo[*] License[*] Food (most important
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12-13-2003, 09:18 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NW Montana / SW Alberta Rockies
Posts: 3,258
RE: do you take too much equipment in the woods???
I pack a lot of gear, it gets damn cold and being prepared is the name of the game. You gotta plan every case senerio, from having to spend the night in fridgid conditions to bringing an elk/bear outta the bush. You gotta be prepared in all aspects and the what ifs that may arise.
12-13-2003, 10:42 PM
#13
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
Posts: 11,474
RE: do you take too much equipment in the woods???
I keep all my gear in my Jeep. I seldom get more than 100 yards from it. I park back over the rise from one of my Ambush points and go to my ground blind. All I carry in my vest is 4 or 5 extra shells, my Buck folder. Small folding saw, my tags and two or three gallon bags and ties for the heart and liver. I sometimes have about a ten ft long 3/8 rope in the blind. I have about 1000 feet of rope on a couple of hose spools in the jeep in case one makes it to the bottom of one of the canyons where I hunt.
12-14-2003, 07:37 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: 20' up, NJ
Posts: 2,031
RE: do you take too much equipment in the woods???
i carry a bunch.
just in my back pack:
two pairs of latex gloves
buck folding knife
swiss army knife
leatherman tool
flat head screwdriver
grunt call (at all times)
binoculars
cell phone
head sok
neck warmer
two pens
TOILET PAPER
hand warmers
gloves
cover scent
wind checker
predator call (at all times)
digital camera in ziploc bag
two extra ziplocs
a hand muff
tow line
walkie talkie (normally)
walkie talkie headset
two flashlights
all of this and some i probably forgot all in my fanny pack. the walk back to the truck is only 10 minutes, but having the stuff makes me not haveta leave. i have had to use everything in my pack atleast once. and if i go, "ohh, i shoulda had" i put one or two in as soon as i get home.
just in my back pack:
two pairs of latex gloves
buck folding knife
swiss army knife
leatherman tool
flat head screwdriver
grunt call (at all times)
binoculars
cell phone
head sok
neck warmer
two pens
TOILET PAPER
hand warmers
gloves
cover scent
wind checker
predator call (at all times)
digital camera in ziploc bag
two extra ziplocs
a hand muff
tow line
walkie talkie (normally)
walkie talkie headset
two flashlights
all of this and some i probably forgot all in my fanny pack. the walk back to the truck is only 10 minutes, but having the stuff makes me not haveta leave. i have had to use everything in my pack atleast once. and if i go, "ohh, i shoulda had" i put one or two in as soon as i get home.
12-14-2003, 07:55 AM
#17
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: summerville sc USA
Posts: 120
RE: do you take too much equipment in the woods???
In a small fanny pack-
folding saw
30' cord
1 bic lighter
extra bolt for my climber
flashlight with (2) extra batteries
emergency poncho
turkey call
ziploc bag with bright eyes
bottle of water
ziploc bag with beef jerky
snickers bar
In my pockets-
4 extra shells
1 bic lighter
pair of gloves
face mask
grunt call
compass
in the truck-
evrything but the kitchen sink! Thank God for camper shells.
folding saw
30' cord
1 bic lighter
extra bolt for my climber
flashlight with (2) extra batteries
emergency poncho
turkey call
ziploc bag with bright eyes
bottle of water
ziploc bag with beef jerky
snickers bar
In my pockets-
4 extra shells
1 bic lighter
pair of gloves
face mask
grunt call
compass
in the truck-
evrything but the kitchen sink! Thank God for camper shells.