Filling A daypack
06-30-2004, 04:07 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,672
RE: Filling A daypack
knife, lighter/matches, rattling antlers, calls, scents, scent-away, toilet paper, food, rain gear, first aid kit, cell phone (for emergency) 2-way radio if you are going with a friend, drink, lots of ammo, and a flashlight just in case. maybe some rope but i dont know the conditions of your hunting day
06-30-2004, 04:42 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: palm bay fl
Posts: 4,504
RE: Filling A daypack
thermocell, water, knife, ammo,muchies, lighter, flashlight,drag, camera
cell phone,first aid kit,potty paper,no scent wipes or spray,compass......probably left something out but i'll remember, lol.....
cell phone,first aid kit,potty paper,no scent wipes or spray,compass......probably left something out but i'll remember, lol.....
06-30-2004, 07:14 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Gypsum KS USA
Posts: 1,289
RE: Filling A daypack
I can't even begin to tell you how long this is about to be, I almost always wear a "fanny pack" on an A-Harness I picked up at an Army surplus store:
2pair extra gloves, 2pair latex/nitrile gloves, 20mL syringe and needle+40mL vials, cover scent, scent lure, hatchet, 2 gut knives+2sharpeners, bone saw, drag lines, glow sticks, 2 flashlights+extra batteries, cell phone, maps (where needed), pliers, multitool, water (usually worn in a "Camelbak"), extra socks, 1st aid kit, beef jerky and a sugary snack, torch lighter, matches, dry tinder, fishing line and needle (instant stitches), wallet/tags, 2 pens, extra ammo (in case I have to fire for someone to find me), extra head covering, shooting sticks, extra tree climbing steps, a gear tow line (into the stand), orange ribbon/tape, blind material and pickets, and anything else I think I might just need that day....I also usually lash a small folding stool, 3legged or X-squared type, to my camelbak, so I can sit anywhere at any given moment, I wrap them in electrical tape around padding to silence any metallic scratching or clanking.
I also carry a small notebook/planner/diary to chronicle and map where and when I'm seeing deer or how the day conditions are, it's in a small pouch I sewed onto the front of the A-Harness...absolutely invaluable tool for hunting!
I know it sounds like a lot, but it really doesn't weigh that much, I'd imagine the whole kit and kaboodle weighs in around 10# with ~2L of water, the hatchet, the stool, the blind, and all the small gear, nothing really since I haul it the right way (around my hips that is)...My rifle or bow are far more cumbersome than any of my gear, unless I'm handgun hunting!!!
2pair extra gloves, 2pair latex/nitrile gloves, 20mL syringe and needle+40mL vials, cover scent, scent lure, hatchet, 2 gut knives+2sharpeners, bone saw, drag lines, glow sticks, 2 flashlights+extra batteries, cell phone, maps (where needed), pliers, multitool, water (usually worn in a "Camelbak"), extra socks, 1st aid kit, beef jerky and a sugary snack, torch lighter, matches, dry tinder, fishing line and needle (instant stitches), wallet/tags, 2 pens, extra ammo (in case I have to fire for someone to find me), extra head covering, shooting sticks, extra tree climbing steps, a gear tow line (into the stand), orange ribbon/tape, blind material and pickets, and anything else I think I might just need that day....I also usually lash a small folding stool, 3legged or X-squared type, to my camelbak, so I can sit anywhere at any given moment, I wrap them in electrical tape around padding to silence any metallic scratching or clanking.
I also carry a small notebook/planner/diary to chronicle and map where and when I'm seeing deer or how the day conditions are, it's in a small pouch I sewed onto the front of the A-Harness...absolutely invaluable tool for hunting!
I know it sounds like a lot, but it really doesn't weigh that much, I'd imagine the whole kit and kaboodle weighs in around 10# with ~2L of water, the hatchet, the stool, the blind, and all the small gear, nothing really since I haul it the right way (around my hips that is)...My rifle or bow are far more cumbersome than any of my gear, unless I'm handgun hunting!!!
06-30-2004, 10:18 PM
#10
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Auburn WA.
Posts: 1,396
RE: Filling A daypack
Ammo
bore snake
compass
gerber pakaxe
gerbersaw
rope
space blanket
matches
flint/ magnesium starter
water(built in bladder)
food(MRE) one at least
extra socks
pair of gloves
cold weather hat
flagging tape'
2 knives
roll of electrical tape
T.P.
couple plastic bags
there's probably something I'm forgetting but I got lost once w/out anything but a rifle....I ain't never going w/out that stuff ever again.
bore snake
compass
gerber pakaxe
gerbersaw
rope
space blanket
matches
flint/ magnesium starter
water(built in bladder)
food(MRE) one at least
extra socks
pair of gloves
cold weather hat
flagging tape'
2 knives
roll of electrical tape
T.P.
couple plastic bags
there's probably something I'm forgetting but I got lost once w/out anything but a rifle....I ain't never going w/out that stuff ever again.