Do you tend to over pack for a hunt?

[mcgroundstalker]

Look at it this way... If you didn't take along everything you own, your stuff would be angry at you for leaving them behind!  :rolleyes:  I mean, nothing wrong with taking gear for a ride.    That's why you (and me) own trucks!

... mike ...

[Wudstix]

Hunt from the house so usually just have a bow, suspension fanny pack, etra fleece top and seat pad.

[Bowmag]

Every time I pack for a hunt I wonder how we ever packed all of our gear and a weeks worth of food, got it all on an airplane, and flew to Canada. Sure can't seem to do that now.

[Mike Vines]

I want to go hunting with all of you.

[Ibow]

I haven't done that many out of state hunts but when I've flown (Manitoba & Alberta), you figure out in a hurry what the "bear" essentials are. Otherwise, while sticking close to home or the cabin, I almost always bring way too much stuff.

[Red Beastmaster]

Our group has been to Ray Hammonds several times now and have really got the packing thing down.

On our first trip we had two trucks full of gear and clothing. On our last hunt five of us rode in one truck and had all our stuff easily fit in a 6' bed with a tonneau cover and a hitch hauler w/one large cooler.

[Gdpolk]

The truck, yes.  I take everything I may possibly need plus a backup if possible.

My self, no.  I only hike in with the bare minimum of what is needed.

[Biggie Hoffman]

When Batman and Joey showed up for a short turkey hunt in Nebraska, they looked like the Clampett's moving to Beverly Hills!

After years of getting somewhere and thinking "I wish I'd have brought so and so" I overpack too! Batman, you just need a bigger truck 8-)

[David Mitchell]

I usually make a list right after a trip of things learned and what to take/leave out next time.  It works pretty well for keeping things more manageable. But my theory has usually been better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it!

[subsonic]

I used to be a chronic over packer.  I was from the "better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it school".  Now I tend to not pack as much.  It is all about the adventure.  Right? :-)

[Rufus]

Yep. That way I got it if I want it but if I really need it it's what I forgot!!!

[gringol]

in "theory" you don't need much more than a bow, arrows, and a knife to go hunting, but we all love our stuff...Most guys I know (including myself) take way too much stuff, but I suppose if you don't mind lugging it along it doesn't hurt to have it just in case.

[wtpops]

Before i met my wife i took very little with me. On our first camping trip she was loading every thing in the house, i thought we were moving or something but i kept my mouth shut as this was her first trip and i didn't want to discourage her. Well we were camping above tree line, there was not a power out let with in 100 miles of us and i unpacked a hair drier and a coffee pot (electric). I had a good laugh and poked fun at her but after a few trips i realized that even in the high country i wanted for nothing, my wife had packed it, i mean what ever you could think of i had it. Over time i grew to like it and now even if im by my self i take way to much but want for nothing.

[karrow]

Heck Yea

packing is half the fun of the hunting trip     IMO

[Roger Norris]

Every single time....

[Archie]

Putting all my gear to good use is half the fun of being out in the wood!

At the beginning of deer season, I pack up a small duffel bag with all the non-essential stuff I MIGHT wish I had with me and stick it in my vehicle... and then I go back inside and pack my essentials into my day pack, fanny pack, or Catquiver.  That way if I find myself wishing I had something, it's only as far as the car.

I hate over-packing a day pack, but do it all the time!

[Ibow]

Originally posted by wtpops:
Before i met my wife i took very little with me. On our first camping trip she was loading every thing in the house, i thought we were moving or something but i kept my mouth shut as this was her first trip and i didn't want to discourage her. Well we were camping above tree line, there was not a power out let with in 100 miles of us and i unpacked a hair drier and a coffee pot (electric). I had a good laugh and poked fun at her but after a few trips i realized that even in the high country i wanted for nothing, my wife had packed it, i mean what ever you could think of i had it. Over time i grew to like it and now even if im by my self i take way to much but want for nothing.

That's funny right there.

If we head up to the cabin for just two days, you'd think my wife was going for two weeks. I don't say anything. I just shake my head and just throw it all in the truck. I'm glad she wants to go.  

[kennyb]

I'm like Bowman-better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it! lol
I think it's the boyscout in me! Also, my wife thinks it's ridiculous. Thanks.

Kenny    

[Sam McMichael]

Mosly, I hunt from the house, meaning I carry only my bow, quiver, haversack, and possibly my safety climbing vest if hunting from the tree stand. However, on those few times when I do travel to camp, I wish the rental rate on 18 wheelers was affordable. Since I usually ride alone, I can get away with carrying a lot of stuff, but planning and preparing and packing up all that gear  is a major part of the fun.

[chinook907]

Nope.  Carrying it all on your back, and having to leave room and weight for carrying an animal out cures you of overpacking real quick.  I definitely take more on boat hunts and fly-out hunts though.