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Title: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: DXH on November 10, 2010, 01:40:00 PM
What items do ya'll use or are considered mandatory on a hunt?
Jackets? Scent covering? hats..gps, thermal undies, hunting pack etc
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: rastaman on November 10, 2010, 01:42:00 PM
My bow and arrows!  i could probably get by without the other pack full of stuff i take!  :D
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Post by: Spinealigner on November 10, 2010, 01:51:00 PM
My safety harness, I won't go in a tree without it.  I hate heights.
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Post by: Stumpkiller on November 10, 2010, 01:56:00 PM
I really like my Jack Bowers side quiver.  I like my Bushnell 8x26 WP binocs, but they are not essential.  Don't use scents or attractants.  In another thread on knives I realized I carry five when hunting!

One little gizmo I really like is the solo-stalker broadhead sheath I lash to the upper limb and then a chopped Piggy-Backer lashed to the lower.  Makes a one-arrow bow quiver for the fast second shot or to hold the arrow when stalking.

   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Stumpkiller/HPIM1065.jpg)

   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Stumpkiller/HPIM1068.jpg)

I've got an old floppy ASAT polar fleece "boonie" style hat with a longer brim front and back.  No idea who made it (I got it from Three Rivers years ago).  Perfect bowhunting hat as the brim doesn't interfere with the string but keeps rain and snow off my neck and glasses.

Here's both in action.

  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Stumpkiller/Bowhunting/deer02A.jpg)
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: Gray Buffalo on November 10, 2010, 02:11:00 PM
This is all I need.

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/graybuffalo/IMG_1283-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: Cottonwood on November 10, 2010, 02:15:00 PM
The Bow and quiver for sure, but soft fanny pack for rope, extra knife besides the one on my belt and some water and TP.  I don't need anything else.
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Post by: ron w on November 10, 2010, 02:24:00 PM
Always have a good knife,,,,,whether hunting or not!!
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Post by: The Vanilla Gorilla on November 10, 2010, 03:33:00 PM
Randal blade, thermacell, toothpicks, Beechnut chaw and Petzel headlite. Sometimes I remember to bring my bow and arrows.
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Post by: YORNOC on November 10, 2010, 03:44:00 PM
Merino wool long underwear and socks. It will save your life!  Best stuff out there.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on November 10, 2010, 03:58:00 PM
The tiny piece of private land I am allowed to walk on without hassle, and alone.....priceless.
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Post by: Airborne on November 10, 2010, 04:01:00 PM
Out west your binoculars are as important as your bow.  Buy the best you can and let your eyes do the walking!
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Post by: Izzy on November 10, 2010, 05:24:00 PM
I gotta say my fleece balaclava and my thermax long undies.
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Post by: buckster on November 10, 2010, 05:34:00 PM
Toilet paper!   :laughing:
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Post by: Kapellmeister on November 10, 2010, 05:39:00 PM
Wool!  Outerwear, underwear, socks...
I don't know why, (considering all of my own "built-in insulation") but I get cold easily.
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Post by: The Night Stalker on November 10, 2010, 07:16:00 PM
body heater suit
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Post by: Mojo Rising on November 10, 2010, 07:57:00 PM
Swarovski optics!
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: lpcjon2 on November 10, 2010, 08:00:00 PM
Poly pro underwear,Longhunter shirt,Compass,flashlight,knife,bow,and arrows. Thats about it and some time to go hunting would be great.
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: Chris Shelton on November 10, 2010, 08:02:00 PM
you guys should see me walkin around the woods of western Maryland! It looks like I'm hunting the back woods of Colorado or Alaska! I think I could actually live in the woods for a couple days with the crap I take with me!

no not really, but I do carry alot, I've got a big pack with aluminum frames hidden within.

My camera is almost as important to me as my bow! But really I ditch the pack sometimes and just walk into the woods with my bow in my left hand and my camera on a tripod in the right:)
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: Bowwild on November 10, 2010, 08:06:00 PM
This year:
The Stick 58", 46# LH Recurve, 4 Beman MFX Classic arrows, Helix broadheads, 1 judo point, Mathews twist on/off Bow Quiver, Sika day pack with: Beanie, nylon head cover, two gloves, extra haul line, roll of orange tape,compact folding saw, two tiny flashlights, down vest and Under Armor sweat shirt. Thin gloves UA which I almost never wear. Hunting license and ink pen. Please don't puke...range Lieca rangfinder.

Cell phone in case I fall and can't get up.

Most of the time I'm hunting less than 1 mile in the woods and field behind my house.
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Post by: Forrest Creature 1 on November 10, 2010, 08:13:00 PM
KOM wool.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: ronp on November 10, 2010, 09:05:00 PM
Compass.  Asbell wool pullover.  Bow, arrows and a good sharp knife.  And plenty of home-made jerky and trail mix that I manage to eat up on the drive to the mountains.  There is seldom any left to take in the woods with me.
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: Steve O on November 10, 2010, 09:09:00 PM
Safety harness and Main Beam flashlight.
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on November 10, 2010, 09:17:00 PM
The only things beside my Shrew and arrows that I NEED, are:

Main Beam light
toilet paper
a Trapper style knife
compass
drag rope
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: Day Dreamer on November 10, 2010, 09:17:00 PM
I really like my Vitcorinox hunter knife has multi use, small saw and gut knife even the cork screw came in handy. When I dropped my small tree hook that holds my pack, I just used my cork screw. Also I like my small prunners to clear shooting lanes. Got to have my dayone pack with me, holds all my other luxury items.
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: Nole on November 10, 2010, 09:17:00 PM
I'm with Steve O... Safety Harness and Main Beam Flashlight but I will add Thermacell during early/mid-season (mosquitoes are bad down here in the south).
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Post by: 2wfstlhunting on November 10, 2010, 09:34:00 PM
I have used my 6" uninsulated LL Bean pac boots for 20 yrs and they are now reaching the point of no return.  Then again, maybe I can get another year out of them.  

Oh yeah, and I really love my CatQuivers too.  They have been a lot of places with me.

Steve
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Post by: Jock Whisky on November 10, 2010, 11:06:00 PM
Linemans belt for putting up treestands. don't know how I did without it before.

JW
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: excelpoint on November 11, 2010, 03:13:00 AM
My Badlands Bino Bivy and Jetboil for a nice hot coffee or cup of noodles.
Title: Re: Your Favorite / Essential Gear
Post by: Andrew Downs on November 11, 2010, 04:51:00 AM
1/3 roll of toilet paper - squashed flat and in my cargo pant left front pocket.

White gold.