Do you tend to over pack for a hunt?

[Don Batten]

Loading up today for a trip in am. Started thinking that I was glad I was driving by myself. I tend to take way too much stuff. If I was traveling with 4 people in the same truck, I'd find a way to make do with less.

It is the first trip down and some stuff will stay for a while. Gonna be nice to get out of town for a few days.

[Alexander Traditional]

I tend to want to take all my little gadgets that I don't really need to take.  

[maineac]

I'ld say you are prepared.  Have fun!

[Car54]

And I thought I was the only one.  Lol

[nineworlds9]

I'm seriously guilty of this as well.  My first hunt this season I hiked out in the woods before sunrise and when I got to my tree I looked at my pack and said "wt$%$ do need all this @$%@ for!?"  LOL I think being the first outing of the season I was just overeager and wanting to be ultra prepared for any contingency.  I have since disciplined myself to only take the essentials.

[Duncan]

Don't forget your bow.  

[Whip]

I find it easier to just take every piece of hunting gear I own rather than try to decide what I might need.  :rolleyes:  
That is why I tend to drive to most hunts rather than fly.  Can't afford to charter my own personal 737.

[twigflicker]

Guilty... Way too much crap... this was for 2 days... and the back seat was full of tubs and more crap... Ridiculous...



Jonathan

PS  Gotta figure a way to pare some stuff down.... always thinking I might need it and it gets out of hand quickly...

[Bow man]

We always take everything that can fit in the truck. It's better to have and not need thad to need and not have  

[Birdbow]

That's why I pefer to drive to distant hunts! Rather have it and not need it, etc.....
Merry Christmas

[Don Batten]

Glad to see I'm not alone. Ive added alot of stuff since I took the pic. The back is full but I did manage to leave the reese hitch rack home.  

One time Me and Cory Mattson left my house for a 2 day hunt only about 2 hours from my place. I'll never forget what he said when We got ready to get in the truck.  " Dude, It looks like we're going to f.....g Texas for a month" LOL

[nineworlds9]

Originally posted by twigflicker:
Guilty... Way too much crap... this was for 2 days... and the back seat was full of tubs and more crap... Ridiculous...

 

Jonathan

PS  Gotta figure a way to pare some stuff down.... always thinking I might need it and it gets out of hand quickly...

Hey, what's that thing underneath all the gear?  That your dog?            

[nineworlds9]

seriously twig, nice kill

[leatherneck]

Thats nothing Don. Wait until you see our 16' trailer loaded up!!!!! See ya soon.

[Mike Most]

I usually fill up the 8 foot bed, and then start on the back seat before, I am ready to depart, go figure....

[Stump73]

The first trip or so you learn what you need and what you don't. By the end of the season I'm down to necessities. Hunting every weekend and every day off I get tired of packing stuff around.

[Iron Man2]

I have the same addictive tendencies when I travel in my vehicle, however, air travel has trained me to curb my appetite for over indulgence in the over redundancies.

JL    

BTW, whats the chalking tubes for?

[Terry Lightle]

Just the opposite for me

[ron w]

I always take to much stuff......But I never need anything while I'm gone...LOL!

[randy grider]

i usually try to get all my gear to fit in a large cooler, minus my treestand,bow,quiver. If i do get lucky I have a cooler to get the meat home in, otherwise, it makes a nice tote.