Alright I wanna know what type of pack you fellas carry afeild to hunt with
Chris
I picked other cause I wasnt sure how to vote this.
When I hunt the ground from natural blinds I use a fanny pack.
When I hunt from my climber or treesaddle a back pack.
I carry as little as possible, so if I do have a pack, its a small fanny pack. I've found that the older I've gotten, the less I've needed in the woods.During the rut, I'll sit all day, so I'll bring a bit of food and water. The few things I do take with me, I can fit right in my pockets.
I always have just a regular backpack on when I am hunting everything but small game. People kind of look at me funny when they see me have it while walking in Ohio woods, but it is nice to be able to carry everything you might need. It saves having to worry about running back to the truck after stuff that you just can't stuff into pockets.
Deer hunting? Here?
My climber; bowhook; harness/tether and occasionally a camera.
I'm a minimalist, deer hunting. I've been afield enough times to know what I don't need. So, I don't take those things.
Depends on where and what I am hunting.I carry a day pack if being out long.I just carry a small flashlight and knife in my pocket for most morning and evening deer hunts.
Elk hunting I typically take enough gear to be able to stay out overnight, not comfortably but to survive. There are way too many hunting situations that require different levels of preparedness to pick just one type of pack.
I mostly stand hunt for deer so I carry a backpack to carry most my outer layers of clothes to stand then get dressed when im close....helps prevent me from getting too hot and sweating,espeacily when its real cold.
I like a backpack. I might want to carry alot or a little. Either way I carry a BP! Jason
I carry a backpack. I like to be prepared for whatever might happen. Water, first aid kit, space blanket, field dressing, etc. I learned long ago that it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
-Mack
This is all I have on me, plus my bow ofcourse. If you are a minimalist in the woods as I am, you will love this pack. It is designed to open when your thigh is parallel with the ground (sitting) or perpindicular (standing). You'd be amazed at this things versatility and the storage design is second to none.
best $10 I've ever spent. I say $10 b/c there is a discount supply store online that I always have trouble tracking down. But they sell this for $9.95. I would recomend it to anyone heading in the woods.
http://www.advenquest.com/gear/product/Browning-Turkey-Hunting-Hip-Pouch.html
Usually just what I can carry in my pockets.
That question was good, but we all do a lot of different hunting in different ways.
Going to my tree in the south 40 I wear a fanny pack or stuff things in my pocket.
Walking the woods in a ghillie ot just sneaking and I have things in my pockets only or maybe in a pocket of my quiver.
Going out west I always wear a pack that holds much more stuff.
The answer really depends on what hunting and where ..
ChuckC
For small game hunting I have my hunter's orange vest and my backquiver.
During deer season I take:
1) My little rotating hunting stool, fits in a little canvas bag
2) My backpack with cleaning gear in it
3) Hunting knife and gutting knife
4) Longbow and bow quiver
I want to hunt with a backquiver this year. Not sure how I'm going to swing that and my backpack. I may have to switch to a fanny pack.
Bow vest can also be a good way to take your small stuff i try to take as little as possible.
I carry a fanny pack if Im stalk hunting or using a natural ground blind. I carry a pack when treestand hunting. I need the extra space for clothes. I dress light going in so I dont sweat. I can better regulate my body temp stalk hunting by taking my time and taking regular breaks.
I always have to carry my cold weather gear in my backpack when walking any long distance and sometimes short distances.
I get really hot if i walk in with more than a t-shirt on even if its in the 20's
My buddies think im crazy but when i do this i can cover ground to my stand quicker and once i get there my body temp is pretty high so when i get all my heavy clothes out and put them on i rarely get cold.
I picked fanny pack. But other times I carry my backpack, It all depends how long I am hunting for, and what I am hunting for.
I don`t think you mean a day pack is the same as a backpack.That`s why i voted other,because of useing a daypack most of the time.Unless I`m small game hunting,then I`ll use a fannypack.Because I use a back quiver.
I usually hunt from ground blinds or still hunt so I only take the bare minimum. I use a possible bag and in it is cell phone(on mute),some munchies(trail mix, granola bars,etc), a couple of bandaids(with antibiotic stuff on them) and a canteen of water. If I decide to still hunt I will drop them at a known land mark and proceed. :archer:
I got the pocket on my Safari Tuff crammed full of stuff. Haven't used any of it either. :rolleyes:
I voted backpack... As this is normally what I carry unless hunting my Catquiver.
backpack
My Bison Gear back pack goes every where I go. If I need to spend a night out, all I need is in there. If I kill an elk, I can pack a boned out quarter in the expandable game bag.
Homemade day pack. It will hold 5 meat bags, scope, TP (most mandatory), 2 quarts water, Jacket, GPS if appropriate, assorted essentials.
Have had several fanny packs and they just don't work for me.
I have to wear a backpack where I hunt. It's too rough and too far back in there to think about dragging a deer out...couldn't get a 4wheeler back in there even if I had one. I have to bone it and pack it out.
During cold weather I have to use the backpack to haul heavy clothes in. I don't care how cold it is in the mornings I'm soaked with sweat even when I only wear one layer of long-johns and bibs. Lot of steep uphill walking.
When I kill something I'll just put whatever I don't need to wear or use in a garbage bag and hide real good, pick up next time in.
I take as little as possible. But were I live and hunt I always have a full pack with me. I carry water,knife,food,rain/snow gear,shelter,wools socks(multi uses)and my possible bag(a dry bag with frist-aid,survival). The system I use took many years to get down to just having the basics. It sounds like alot but it's only a few pounds and worth every pound. It don't take long to get into areas that you may not be found for a long time around here. I have seen blinding heat,snow,rain,wind in same day and sometimes with in the same hour here. I have one of my packs(two sizes) with me even on the short hunts and small game. Big game I usally have to quarter them and a pack is much easier. So you guessed it I'm a pack fan,sorry for rambling so much.
Badland's "Predator" with small water bladder, fills my needs. I add mimimal survival gear, a small commercial first-aid kit, some cording, 4 good game bags, and a combination meat saw, good flash light and spare batteries. Small camera, and spare batteries for GPS and 1 extra space blanket...Very light!
Just about all of the above fits in a seperate comp on bottom of pack with the exception of meat saw and H2O
I usually pack that part before season and just leave it alone until needed.
Leaves plenty of room if I have to start stripping excess clothing, or packing loaded game bags out.
Arrows will ride alongside this year in a Dukier Model S.Tuff quiver.
Gene :wavey:
Bumbag (fanny pack), and back-quiver.
Backpack for me... or nothng at all.... If i know Im gonna go out all day its backpack... If i just get off early from work and wanna run out for an hour.. Its just bow knife compass and water......
Twitchstick, I carry about the same gear as you hunting here in Montana. Your weather sounds about the same.
It's said that the weather changes so quickly in Montana, that it is one of the few places:
You can slip on the ice,
Fall in the mud,
and get up and dust yourself off.
:biglaugh: :biglaugh:
I voted for fannypack but it really depends on what kind of hunting I'm out for. If I'm going to be setting in my stand I'll carry a backpack. But, since most of my hunting is on the ground I will mostly carry a fannypack.
I use a badlands monster fanny pack for all day hunts and when packing extra gear. but mostly just use a good fanny pack.
I agree with ChuckC what I carry depends on where I'm going and how long I'll be there. Possible bag always(never leave home without it)and a fanny on short or back pack on longer trips.
I either carry a backpack or a fanny pack depending on how much gear I need to lug. I haven't hit the woods with a bow yet, so I'm not sure what I'll use with the bow.
The only thing I carry is my Safari Tuff quiver which has a small comparment. I only put a few items in there and if it won't fit in there it stays in the truck.
I did other as everything for the climbing part is in a 3 pouch arrangement on my waist and on the ground it's in my Arrowmaster. I try to travel light.
I use an other the shoulder bag made of heavy cotton camo material. Have use one of these since the early 70's.
I chose back pack.
For just one pack to do it all I would say my badlands 2800 pack.
I have used the 2800 for bivy hunts up to 4 days and just day hunts. Very comfortable pack and great for hauling out deer!
Depends where I'm hunting.
Bow season 90% of the time finds me in my ladder stand right across the road,about 200 yards from the front door.So I'll grab my bow,a travel mug of coffee,and my cell phone.A deer down means a call to the house,and the old man will come down on the wheeler and load up the deer.I gut my deer at the shop so there's no gut pile in the woods near the house.
The other times that I hunt else where I'll take a fanny pack with the obvious (Knife,camera,food,water,thermos,drag rope,etc).
I use a possible bag and attached to the strap is my bushcraft/skinning knife. Inside is energy bars, calls,water. Cell phone in pocket on vibrate although I carry it for emergency calls out, not to take incoming calls. My back quiver has an outdoor knife strapped to it (Ka-Bar Marine Corp knife). I carry no extra clothing. I wear wool underwear, a wool top, and a wool hood. I go in at a pace that keeps my temperature down and my awareness of sounds and movement high. I stop frequently to glass the area and it ensures I stay cool.
I carry my day pack - it is an old Cabelas day pack that I modified. I added Army Alice pack shoulder straps and hip belt. I added an Army 5qt soft canteen, modified with a straw on the inside. I also added an old 8-arrow bow quiver from an old compound - mounted on a piece of leather. I use a small velcro mounted 3-arrow bow quiver on my recurve.
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I mostly just carry any extra hunting gear in my pockets. I'm not in any danger of becoming lost or needing a lot of "survival" stuff where I normally hunt.
Cool poll idea :thumbsup:
a bologna sandwich, heavy on the mayo
Always a backpack, but that ranges from a small 2300ci expandable for day hunts where I carry my gear in 1-5 miles with the plan on bringing that and a quartered or boned critter out.
Backpack hunts of 3-12 days it is a 4500ci with camping and hunting gear on my back for all situations and the ability to pack out my gear and game in one trip, though depending on the situation it may require multiples trips, ie hike out is up to the truck.
Most commonly, I don't cary a pack at all, because most of my hunting is done on my propety about 10 minutes from the house. When I am taking ghillie suits or folding turkey decoys, I have a fabric pack that I got seceral years ago from Cabellas. Most of the time my vest carries all the extras I need
Toilet paper.
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Toilet paper.
I don't go anywhere without a roll of TP in a ziplok bag :thumbsup:
I carry a bow, some arrows, a pocket knife, some TP, and in the summer hunting hogs, a bladder canteen. Bill
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I carry my day pack - it is an old Cabelas day pack that I modified. I added Army Alice pack shoulder straps and hip belt. I added an Army 5qt soft canteen, modified with a straw on the inside. I also added an old 8-arrow bow quiver from an old compound - mounted on a piece of leather. I use a small velcro mounted 3-arrow bow quiver on my recurve.
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Thats awsome! I love seeing something that was made to work.