"How did I live without it?" Hunting Gear

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

Tracking poles. Thermarest neo air. Onx maps. Paranta knife. 5gallon solar shower bag. Collapsible water buckets 3 gallon.

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

Luci solar lanterns

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

Luci solar lanterns

[bigorange]

Hedog Archery cam protector...never knew how much I needed one until I got it. Now I'll never have a bow without one.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009DV7PNM/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470633872&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=hedog+cam+protector

[Lucky Draw]

Ziploc bags.

[PseAZ]

For As much glassing as we do, I love my glassing chair. Also My rino gps radios, kills 2 birds with one stone have also used it many times to walk me to others in my hunting party in pursuit of downed game. Also the small portable battery chargers for the phones are amazing. My New phone takes great photos but the battery sucks im always recharging it.

[rossislider]

Tracking poles. Thermarest neo air. Onx maps. Paranta knife. 5gallon solar shower bag. Collapsible water buckets 3 gallon.

Been meaning to look into some trekking poles for extra support with a bad knee and ankle. Any particular type you recommend?

[GreyGhost85]

trekking poles were a game changer for me. especially when you're hauling meat. mine are Easton and they work great. don't really see any room for improvement. i picked them up on camofire for like $30-$40 it seems like. also, little mesh drawstring bags to keep all your goodies separated in your pack. one with knives and gear, one with snacks and an extra. nothing more aggravating than searching for something you know you have that's rolling around in the bottom of your pack somewhere

[mattys281]

trekking poles were a game changer for me. especially when you're hauling meat. mine are Easton and they work great. don't really see any room for improvement. i picked them up on camofire for like $30-$40 it seems like. also, little mesh drawstring bags to keep all your goodies separated in your pack. one with knives and gear, one with snacks and an extra. nothing more aggravating than searching for something you know you have that's rolling around in the bottom of your pack somewhere

I picked up a 3 pack of the dry storage bags at rei a few years ago and it was a great purchase. It does make a big difference. Pot, stove and fuel bottle in one, first aid crap in another, back up flashlight, knife sharpener and extra batteries in the third. I never unpack any of that stuff so all I have to do is remember to toss in the bags.

 

Havent tried trekking poles yet, but I think I need to give it a go. Last couple deer I packed out took 3x 2.5 mile round trips to get deer and all my gear out. Those are rough days on the back and knees.

[Tac]

REI has great trekking poles carbon fiber really reduces the weight but their not too heavy in the first place.

I have become a weight weenie and looking to reduce ounces to save pounds but the I grab a magnum rifle and scope that is 13.5 lbs.

The thing I could not live without is my glassing chair pick but I spend weeks on end in it and it is fantastic.

[PelaPapas]

Luci solar lanterns

 

I've heard nothing good things about these lanterns. I've been wanting to try them out myself.

[PelaPapas]

Even though 90% of the people in here are already familiar with it, I'm going to also throw the Outdoorsman's bino stud and bino/tripod mounting system. It was a total game changer for me when I discovered it several years ago.

 

https://outdoorsmans.com/collections/tripod-accessories

 

Does anyone know if outdoorsman makes one that fits Vortex 15s? Didn't see one on their website...

[Coach]

Disposable latex gloves. Right up there with the baby wipes.

[mattys281]

Probably the one purchase I've made in the last 10 years that I'm most happy about would be my climber stand. I absolutely hate the platform seat style stands after using my summit viper for the last few years. I don't know how my butt survived without it. Not bad for napping in either, as long as it's not too windy that day.

[MULEPACKHUNTER]

Any high end carbon tracking pole is good. Lecci is number one but I have black diamond carbon and Walmart cheapo. Both work well.

Luci lanterns are cheap and work really well. They just came out with upgraded models, the conpany also does a lot of humanitarian work.