Hunting Bag

[C1295]

Okay Guys.. What is your must haves in your hunting bag that you make sure you always have.
1. Toilet paper/ Dude whips.... they stay stocked in the bag year round.
2. My outdoor Edge Razor Lite and extra blade.
3. My water bottle
4. Cliff bards/ Honey buns
5. extra ammo
6. a compass
7. LighterS
8. extra pair of Socks
9. Multitool
10. clean rag.
11. Nebo Flash light
12. Extra batteries.

 

[Jcalder]

Tp, drinks, and junk. Useless junk

 

[Wolverine72]

Depends on where I'm hunting. But...
Harness and rope tether
Pull rope
Whistle
Drag strap
Dead down wind wipes (nature calls)
Toilet paper
Range finder
White acorn scent wafers (bowhunting)
Tree strap with hooks for gear
Thermacell for early season (not used 1 time this year)
Orange hat/vest for daylight walking bow season
Headlamp

More stuff when I am hiking over a 1/2 mile and/or staying all day.

But today. Short hike. No bag.
Gun / powder
Rifle rest
Drag strap
Stadium seat for ladder stand
Flashlight
Grunt call
Wallet and keys

 

[C1295]

Depends on where I'm hunting. But...
Harness and rope tether
Pull rope
Whistle
Drag strap
Dead down wind wipes (nature calls)
Toilet paper
Range finder
White acorn scent wafers (bowhunting)
Tree strap with hooks for gear
Thermacell for early season (not used 1 time this year)
Orange hat/vest for daylight walking bow season
Headlamp

More stuff when I am hiking over a 1/2 mile and/or staying all day.

But today. Short hike. No bag.
Gun / powder
Rifle rest
Drag strap
Stadium seat for ladder stand
Flashlight
Grunt call
Wallet and keys

Never heard off the white acorn wafers. what you use those for?

 

[Wolverine72]

Never heard off the white acorn wafers. what you use those for?

Supposed to be a " cover scent" . Made by hunters specialties and getting harder to find. Mine are a few years old but still work.

 

[Wolverine72]

I'm not sure they really work, but they seem to bring me some luck. Mostly a superstition for me

 

[C1295]

I'm not sure they really work, but they seem to bring me some luck. Mostly a superstition for me

Amazon as acorn scented soap.... not even gonna lie you might get if you use it.

 

[Wolverine72]

Amazon as acorn scented soap.... not even gonna lie you might get if you use it.

That's downright funny!
buddy that started me hunting 15 years ago swore by the acorn wafers. Been in my bag ever since. Call ot superstition or nostalgia... I don't know, but I've been fortunate to kill about 60 deers in 15 years.
Every time I hang the wafer, I think of my buddy

 

[Wolverine72]

Amazon as acorn scented soap.... not even gonna lie you might get if you use it.

Wife asked me for a Christmas list...I wonder what she would think if I put that soap on the list.. lol
Or better yet, bought it for her!

 

[lafn96]

2 headlamps
2 knives
Light and Heavy gloves
Facemask
Rattling antlers
Grunt Tube
Rangefinder
Binos
Wind finder (not sure what its called)
Disposable gloves
Wet wipes
Handwarmers
Lighter or heavier headwear
Water and/or coffee
Phone

 

[Tenntrapper]

Tourniquet...cause you never know what idiots are out there.
Quick clot....again, see above. (Need to get some)
Depending on where I'm going...if crappy cell service...a hand held 2m ham radio with twin lead ant. (I can hoist it into tree for better reception)
Basic first aid kit
Otherwise, mostly stuff already mentioned.

 

[Wolverine72]

Yep. I too carry the trauma kit. Forgot about that! Tourniquet and bleed stop gauze to pack

Tourniquet...cause you never know what idiots are out there.
Quick clot....again, see above. (Need to get some)
Depending on where I'm going...if crappy cell service...a hand held 2m ham radio with twin lead ant. (I can hoist it into tree for better reception)
Basic first aid kit
Otherwise, mostly stuff already mentioned.

 

[DoubleRidge]

Gallon zip lock bag with variety of snacks.
Two or three bottles water.
Toilet paper
Knives
Flashlight
Headlamp
Muzzleloader speedloaders
Screw in hook to hang pack
Gloves
Extra lightweight jacket
Battery pack charger for phone on all day sit.
Scent eliminator spray
Range finder
Bibs and heavy coat strapped on outside of pack when its cold and I have a long walk.

 

[C1295]

Tourniquet...cause you never know what idiots are out there.
Quick clot....again, see above. (Need to get some)
Depending on where I'm going...if crappy cell service...a hand held 2m ham radio with twin lead ant. (I can hoist it into tree for better reception)
Basic first aid kit
Otherwise, mostly stuff already mentioned.

Now the ham Radio I have been looking at them. what's the deal with the license?

 

[DoubleRidge]

Supposed to be a " cover scent" . Made by hunters specialties and getting harder to find. Mine are a few years old but still work.

I've got some of the Fresh Earth scent wafers. Smells like dirt to me. Last for years.

 

[Tenntrapper]

Now the ham Radio I have been looking at them. what's the deal with the license?

You take a written test. With each upgrade, you take another test. Not that difficult.

I would have to check to make sure, but should be a ham fest the first weekend in January at the Walter State expo center I 81, exit 8. Can take the test there.


Scratch that...it's now in September, at Field of Dreams

 

[JN]

I would have to take it all out of my bag to know everything I have in there. I leave all the items in there so only thing I am throwing in it is clothes, drinks, and snacks.

I do know I have a first aid kit/survival kit in it for emergency and a battery charger backup for my phone.

On side note I go through a back pack each year. I hunt some thick areas with a lot of mountain laurel and rhododendrons and by the end of the season my back pack will have all kinds of holes, missing buckles, and broken zippers. I hate to spend a lot on them since I am so ruff with it but maybe a higher end one would hold or to more abuse.

 

[JN]

I've got some of the Fresh Earth scent wafers. Smells like dirt to me. Last for years.

I can not use those. They are worse than a cat for me. My eyes will start watering and then the sneezes come by the multitudes.

 

[deerhunter10]

To much honestly mainly junk I don't need

 

[Wolverine72]

Y

I would have to take it all out of my bag to know everything I have in there. I leave all the items in there so only thing I am throwing in it is clothes, drinks, and snacks.

I do know I have a first aid kit/survival kit in it for emergency and a battery charger backup for my phone.

On side note I go through a back pack each year. I hunt some thick areas with a lot of mountain laurel and rhododendrons and by the end of the season my back pack will have all kinds of holes, missing buckles, and broken zippers. I hate to spend a lot on them since I am so ruff with it but maybe a higher end one would hold or to more abuse.

yeah. I recommend a better pack man.
Last year I bought a $500 pack from badlands gear for like $150. Great deals the 13 days leading up to Christmas.
I'll doubt ill ever be buying another pack. It's great. And unconditional guarantee. anything goes wrong, they fix or replace. No questions.

I'm sure others pack companies do the same, but check them out. I bought the MRK3 for the times I hike in to hunt any significant distance. No more dragging dear that far. Quarter it up and pack it out. I've not used this pack to haul out yet... but it is 1000x better than the last pack i had. I would not pay full price, but they always have some good sales