Hunting equipment carried

[Stub]

I always have some thing to sit on, my bony butt cannot take sitting on bare ground any more. Also, there’s always something in my backpack to protect me from rain and wet snow. I guess I am showing my age.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

How do you carry the lube? PC/HC or plastic bottle?

I found a round wooden box aka a "pill box" at a local craft store, and melted the lube and poured it into that container.
LD

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

When deer hunting, I wear a wool vest with two large and one small pockets and a 4x6 strip of elastic sewn into slots. The slots hold four pre-measured tubes of powder, the fifth slot a flat priming horn. One large pocket carries a small loading block with four patched round balls and a short starter. The other large pocket carries some cleaning patches, a flint wallet with a couple of spare flints, a spare leather, and a small turnscrew. I have never seen the need to have more ammunition than that, having never needed a second shot on a deer. My knife, a pen (with my license), a Chapstick, and lighter are in the upper small pocket that is zippered.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[Timber Wolf]

I always have some thing to sit on, my bony butt cannot take sitting on bare ground any more. Also, there’s always something in my backpack to protect me from rain and wet snow. I guess I am showing my age.

That ain’t age, it’s wisdom. ; )

 

[Stub]

That ain’t age, it’s wisdom. ; )

Thanks I needed that!!!

 

[Stub]

One thing I carry and use is a GPS unit. I go in long before first light and out in the dark at night. If I get a deer, I want the direct path to the Jeep not just the general direction that a compass gives. I carry a compass to back up the GPS.

 

[cynthialee]

If I am hunting I bring my rifle, a possibles bag and in it is the standard powder, caps, balls, patch worm, ball puller, patches and a small bag with some food service gloves, a couple of razors and my hunting license. (I have found that 2 brand new box cutter razors make the job of field dressing much easier than a knife.)

 

[Stub]

If I am hunting I bring my rifle, a possibles bag and in it is the standard powder, caps, balls, patch worm, ball puller, patches and a small bag with some food service gloves, a couple of razors and my hunting license. (I have found that 2 brand new box cutter razors make the job of field dressing much easier than a knife.)

Last season I bought a knife with replaceable razor blade. I found the pressure needed to dress the deer popped the razor loose. I was very disappointed.

 

[andy52]

When I'm hunting on my property I don't need as much I have an elevated blind that is stocked with most of the things I need. Often though I hunt the islands on the Mississippi River and access them by canoe that's when I need the pack basket with whatever I'll use that day.

 

[Stub]

I have some Federal land I hunt some, that requires either a canoe or chest waders to get into. The canoe I can chain up, I never know how to take care of the waders. Once I hit high ground there is no need for either. The waders are too big for my backpack and too important to have someone walk away with.

 

[LSB]

My hunting gear for big game (deer) is a pocket item I made that holds two quick loads, two patched balls a short starter and a sleeve to hold caps, or if shooting a flint lock the sleeve holds my pan primer. See Pictures.

I like what you have done. Simple, yet very effective.

 

[cynthialee]

Last season I bought a knife with replaceable razor blade. I found the pressure needed to dress the deer popped the razor loose. I was very disappointed.

I just use the razors as is. Works like a scapple really. I even use them when I butcher. Takes about 5-10 of them for most deer, I buy them by the 100 so there is always plenty around. Keep a heavy knife nearby for the harder stuff.

 

[Rod Man]

There is an article in the current issue of Muzzleloader that covers this topic. Actually it’s more along the lines of “Trekking”. Have not read it yet. Got other stuff to do first. Maybe tonight..maybe not. I like talking my time with this Mag.

RM

 

[PathfinderNC]

My hunting gear for big game (deer) is a pocket item I made that holds two quick loads, two patched balls a short starter and a sleeve to hold caps, or if shooting a flint lock the sleeve holds my pan primer. See Pictures.

Brilliant !

 

[BlazingIron]

Well that list is based on what has happened to me in the field in the last 30 years... when I wasn't prepared.

LD

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

 

[sheriff john]

Long time ago, I bought a tool at Art's Hawken Shop in St. Louis that screws together and hangs by a leather thong (like a shoelace, not a lady's underwear). The whole thing's only a few inches long but converts to a nipple wrench, screwdriver, and a spring steel nipple/vent pick. It always goes along and saved several hunts.

Everyone's covered what I carry (which changes depending on what, when, and where I hunt). I'd be remiss to not admonish a cellphone in a ziplock bag as a "just plain smart" thing. I've dealt with too many injured or really sick (as in heart attack sick) outdoors people to ever go hunting, fishing, or diddlin' around without one.
The ziplock bag to actually carry the phone in will save it when you "float your hat" (fall in or step off'n a deep water hole).

Have fun and take a youngster with you.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

I use a small leather HC day bag with the basics for the rifle. I always carry a small fire kit, first aid kit, with blood stopper, a cheap disposable poncho & a good survival/blanket. If you can stay dry & fairly warm, you will usually get to see the sun come up! First aid kit is important in case you get cut cleaning the deer etc.! Not a boo boo kit, but a blood stopping kit. Everything fits in pockets etc. my small bag, my larger hunting bag.

 

[Tn poor boy]

If I'm hunting small game it's just a shooting bag with normal shooting supplies and a canteen of water. When I'm hunting deer and will be out for most of the day I carry the above and a trapper's basket with food, a hand ax, a change of socks (wool), an extra knife, a flashlight, and whatever else I may need. I rarely carry a phone.

You should always have your phone it could save your life. Ps iv had heart attack in the woods no fun

 

[user 49399]

This is my typical setup when shooting the Kentucky rifle.

 

[Snake Pleskin]

You should always have your phone it could save your life. Ps iv had heart attack in the woods no fun

I agree the phone "might" help, as long as there is a signal etc, but the chance of someone getting to you if you are in really dire shape? I dunnno, could be tough.