#2048257 - 08/27/10 07:06 PM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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gator-n-buck
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Registered: 10/22/08
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Loc: Knox, TN / Palatka, FL
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I can remember the days carrying a 35 lb tree lounge and a 25 lb back pack through the woods for miles... I think the older I have gotten, the smarter I have become... I now carry a much lighter tree stand (Summit) and now only a fanny pack..... My hunting partners used to think I was crazy.... Now looking back, they were right.... 
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#2049034 - 08/28/10 06:22 PM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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east10buck
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Registered: 02/11/10
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Loc: Gatlinburg, TN
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Pretty Much the essentials and my rangefinder.
I carry it all in a backpack but its 5 lbs max, I guess everybody has a preference on what they should or shouldn take...
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#2049073 - 08/28/10 07:14 PM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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recurve60#
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Registered: 10/22/08
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Loc: Rock Island
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weapon, knife, flashlight.
That's it.
Scents, calls etc., proved to be a waste of my money. Took me about twenty years to figure that out, but it made no diff. in the number of deer I saw or killed.
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#2049112 - 08/28/10 08:03 PM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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gator-n-buck
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Loc: Knox, TN / Palatka, FL
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You never can have to much gear.... My basement is full................
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#2049204 - 08/28/10 09:16 PM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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khawk
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Registered: 08/20/08
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Loc: Wears Valley
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I too was guilty of carrying way too much gear when I first started. I remember my first season hunting when I drew oak ridge. I carried my stand, crossbow, and backpack, which all totaled 75 lbs, 2 miles in too my spot! I now pack much lighter if I have to carry a stand in. My stand now weighs 18 lbs, bow 6 lbs and and all day sit pack weighs 10 tops. In that pack is a small bottle of scent killer, grunt tube, 2 sandwiches, 2 packs of crackers, water, flashlight, dragging rope, tinks (I never leave home without it), butt out (that things the stuff) and my journal.
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#2049607 - 08/29/10 09:31 AM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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Mike Belt
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Registered: 03/26/99
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Loc: Lakeland, Tn.
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I'm as guilty as the next guy of not only carrying what I need but what I "might" need as well. Sometimes I'm glad I have it...sometimes I'm not. I usually trim that list down as the season progresses.
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#2049726 - 08/29/10 11:53 AM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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TheAirMan
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Registered: 06/18/01
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Loc: Moss, Tennessee
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I usually trim that list down as the season progresses.
I am the same way with deer and turkey.
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#2049833 - 08/29/10 02:09 PM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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deer f
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Registered: 09/12/08
Posts: 249
Loc: anderson
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I don't take more than a fanny pack and if I'm hunting the same spot in the evening I leave everthing in the tree. Including my bow. And no, I won't devulge where I hunt.
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#2049845 - 08/29/10 02:25 PM
Re: Too Much Gear?
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10mm4me
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Registered: 09/01/09
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Loc: Tennessee
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I keep it pretty basic...
Gun/Bow
Ammo/Arrows (3 reloads/6 arrows)
Knife/small hatchet or machete/Gerber folding saw
Binos
rangefinder
Hat
Grunt/Bleet call
small flashlight
Cell Phone
Wallet
AT-4 anti-tank weapon
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