What's in your pack?

[PelaPapas]

Would like to see what everyone carries in their pack for either rifle/archery hunts.

 

So what's in your pack???

[Workman]

Water, snacks, GPS/radio, havalon, fire starters, game bag, gloves, mule tape, poncho, extra pack of smokes, geovid 15's, tripod, bottle of fireball, and a pistol on my side.

[2 Full Curls]

Water, snacks, GPS/radio, havalon, fire starters, game bag, gloves, mule tape, poncho, extra pack of smokes, geovid 15's, tripod, bottle of fireball, and a pistol on my side.

Hahaha! Thanks for the laugh at work

[6ANut]

Lol my buddies would be dying if they saw this question. My backpack is like Noah's ark, two everything that is essential. Only thing I take out of my pack is my calls/ ammo for elk, deer, ducks, varmints etc... Okay where do I start. Like I said I have a back up for everything essential: cabelas outfitter backpack, garmin rino 120 radio/gps, Motorola walkie talkie, bushnell back tracker II, zeiss binos, bushnell rangefinder, flatline map of 6a, forest service closed rd map of 6a, 2 ponchos, 2 space blankets, large black bags, small white trash bags, few random zip lock bags, cabelas brand torch lighter with a compass and mirror, simple compass, waterproof matches, lighter, magnesium fire starter, cotton balls, a small tube of petroleum jelly, wood shavings, hard pine sap, lots of tp in a plastic bag, duck tape small roll, waterproof repair tape, hunter specialities windicator, extra keys for trucks and locks, havlon knife, Alaskan guide series fixed blade buck knife, two plastic handle buck knifes, swing blade, leatherman wave, lansky knife sharpener, scent lock wipes, lifestraw, iodine tablets, gun strap, flask of jack Daniels, surefire flash light, small maglight, 50 plus feet of para cord, 2 sunglasses, scope dope, cabelas sportsman first aid kit I have added to the kit-super glue, quick clot, deet, aquaphor, and snake kit. Gerber bone saw, extra batteries of all the kinds I use, Princeton tec fuel handlamp, browning headlamp, ear plugs, scent wafers-pine,cedar, dirt. Trail marking tape, pen, minox 15-30 backpack spotter and tripod, workman style gloves, face mask, snacks- hi protein based, and Water.

 

Who wants to go hunting????? I got calls this last elk hunt from my aunts making sure I was hunting with their husbands. My motto is safety first.

[PelaPapas]

Workman - Bottle of fireball is a must for the celebration of a nice kill!

 

6ANut- Sounds like your ready for anything! How much does your pack weigh with all that?

[huntjunkie]

Usually a dead animal. Lol JK.

Man I re-evaluate this every year! PITA! Survival equipment is most improtant!!!! I have the small Gerber kit it has an assortment of survival components, very small and light weight. I take 3-4 lighters, magnesium fire stater, paracord, knives ( havlon and a cold steel pendelton hunter) sports tape( good for many things, splinting, taping blisters, cuts, you name it) water filter, always, always, always take quality rain gear(even if it doesn't rain it's a good wind breaker and helps retain body heat) extra batteries, flashlight and a head lamp, GPS, map, and most important TP!!!!!! Cutting your shirt selves off not only gets expensive it makes you cold!!!

 

For meds I take Tylenol, Advil, Benadryl, Claritin , cortisone cream.

 

Food depends on the trip. Best enventon EVER, jet boil.

 

Then hunting gear. Once again depends on the hunt. I hunt backcountry most of the time so I try to stay light.

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

SALT, BAKING SODA, BAKING POWDER, VANILLA EXTRACT, FLOWER, BROWN SUGAR, BUTTER, EGGS, AND CHOCOLATE CHIPS. THATS IT.

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

On a serious note I do both mule packing and backpacking so my list is a little funny here and there, basically I try to run my backpack rig with the mules so I don’t have much to change. I do add some items I wouldn’t due to the extra carry help. In my backpack I just minus the mule stuff and run smaller tent and pad. (43 lbs for backpack 5 days) The mule set up I can go 5 days or more if feed exists for the mules.

One Mule runs 150 lbs of pellet feed (will pack out meat since he is empty coming out)

One mule runs my camp as follows (160 lbs):

PACK PAD- SAWBUCK SADDLE- 2-MANT ROPES- 2-MANTYS- 2-SLING ROPES

HALTER AND LEAD

SLEEPING PADS x 2- SLEEPING BAG- 5 man TENT

HIGH LINE & SWIVELS- TREE SAVERS (old cinches)

Portable corral with charger

HOBBLE ON SADDLE

MED KIT MULES (ASPERIN, FLY SPRAY, DEET, BANNIX, WRAPS, WOUND PADS, WONDER DUST, UDDER CREAM, ELECTROLITES)

3 BUCKETs

HYDRATION HAY (16 blocks) (20 lbs)

SWEET FEED SALT PELLET MIX (8 bags ) (40 lbs)

COOK SYSTEM

WATER FILTER

FOOD BAG

HUNTIN BOOTS

EXTRA CLOTHES

HORSE BLANKETS

And I ride one mule as follows:

HALTER AND LEAD- SADDLE PAD- SADDLE- BRIDLE

SADDLE BAGS

SLICKER

DUCT TAPE- COMB- BRUSHES- UDDER CREAM- KNIFE

CAMERA

1-HOBBLE ON SADDLE

MISC SADDLE BAG ITEMS

SPOT SCOPE AND TRIPOD

SCABARD AND 30-30 or 45/70

BACKPACK WITH BOW (DAY FOOD, MED BAG, GAME PREP KIT, WATER)

[Kaffer62]

/>SALT, BAKING SODA, BAKING POWDER, VANILLA EXTRACT, FLOWER, BROWN SUGAR, BUTTER, EGGS, AND CHOCOLATE CHIPS. THATS IT.

Um.... Lets go hunting.. I will bring my sweet tooth.

[Mocha1545]

Surefire flashlight

headlamp

gps

spare batteries

compass

paracord

lighter

matches

magnesium fire starter

cottonballs soaked in petroleum jelly

water bottle

snake bite kit (only used once)

hatchet ( almost never used but I've been carrying the darn thing for over 40 years and can't quit now)

2 knives

leatherman multi tool

gamebags

ziplock bags

trail marking tape

map

TP

rangefinder

spare can of Copenhagen

flask of Laphroaig single malt

 

Almost forgot to add tag (actually tags since the unused tags are still in there!)

[Guest 300ultramag.]

2 flash lights-

compass/whistle-

GPS-

magnesium? stone with spark strip

medic kit

batteries

knives of AK

FOOD

WATER

TP

CORD/ROPE

EXTRA CELL BATTERY

[Eagle mountain ranch]

Mocha, can you elaborate on the only used once snakebite kit ???

[az-6.5-284]

a pack of beer LOL

[Mocha1545]

Mocha, can you elaborate on the only used once snakebite kit ???

 

It got tested on my leg back in 1976. Got nailed by a Diamondback in the Superstitions. It was Feb. and I wasn't smart enough to realize snakes go by temperature and NOT the calendar! It worked good that time so I still carry it!

[Eagle mountain ranch]

Mocha, can you elaborate on the only used once snakebite kit ???

 

It got tested on my leg back in 1976. Got nailed by a Diamondback in the Superstitions. It was Feb. and I wasn't smart enough to realize snakes go by temperature and NOT the calendar! It worked good that time so I still carry it!

Wow that's scary stuff well apparently everything turned out ok thanks for sharing, I guess that kinda stuff really does happen. It Definately makes my butt pucker just thinking about it ..