If it don't fit in my pockets, it's stayin' home!

... mike ...

Yep dude on 90% of my outings the hardest thing to figure is how to carry the water.  Tag, knife, smokes, couple snacks, bow arrows, and car keys. Lol got a buddy that drags out a 20 pound pack just for hunting squirrels! The long bow I carry weighs only a pound or so! What a joy compared to carrying a 6 pound shotgun or 4-5 compound.

I am actually in the designing phase of a back quiver that will safely and protectively carry a 3 piece takedown, extra strings, wax, skinning blade, wyoming or similar saw, some parachute cord, etc...basicly a "jump kit" for trad.  After I make my prototype I'll post it on here...

Loren Freeman

I'm usually good with what is in my quiver for after work hunts but most weekends I like to stay all day or overnight. Thats when a few creature comforts are nice. A hot meal and a hammock can lift your spirts after a long day. I also have been enjoying the lack of movement it takes to sip water out of a Camelbak.

I've had a trad bow for three years now and noticed every time I hunted with it bow I like packing it over my wheel bow!  So this year it's my old bear black panther hunter, case folding hunter, streamlight stylus, and most important Therma cell!

Every year I think I'll go back to a fanny pack. I start unpacking the day pack and filling the fanny. Then I put everything back in my day pack because the fanny is over-stuffed.. My pack pretty much stays packed for all my local hunting which is 95% of my season.

I don't use several things in the pack but they are there if I need em. I hunt so close to home I could go with just the bow and arrows. I wouldn't even need a knife.

Stealth, claws, teeth and abundant quarry may be all that is required.

Bow with a 3-arrow EFA quiver, fanny pack with a 3-legged stool strapped to it, and I'm good for the season.

Man... Given where I hunt, I make sure I have a minimum of 4 liters of water with 2 or 3 more in the vehicle. Might as well carry a pack all the time then, eh? But I do keep the rest of it to a minimum.

QuoteOriginally posted by moleman:
This evening I rounded up my gear for this upcoming season....I think it took a heavy 3 minutes.
Over the yrs. Ive learned to not burden myself with things I dont need and take only what I may have to use, which in turn has made my time spent afield much more pleasurable than ever.
" Keeping it simple " for me, is more than just a term , but a philosophy worthy of practicing.
How many others have finally found that delicate balance between too much and to little when going afield ??      

X2 brother...last year I was creepin down the side of a valley, loaded with too much gear. Caught some movement in front of me. A few moments later, a fox came in from my left within 10 yards..coulda been my 1st trad kill. After that, I hunted with minimal equipment.

I sure can echo the fanny pack switch.    Did not need the back pack at all for my type hunting.