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Wing master
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The thing I worry about more than anything is water. I
drink a lot of water every day at work. If I am hiking I really drink a lot of water. I am thinking I would like to have a hydration bladder that holds either 2 or 3 liters and a one liter bottle of water on each side of my pack in the pockets made for them. I think I will have to pace myself so I don't run out of water before noon. Also water is heavy. Wing master |
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RobertMT
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I often hunt by myself, so I plan on at least 3 days, to week, before I'm missed. You need at least 1/2 gallon to gallon a day, water's about 8lbs a gallon. You can't carry enough water, you need way to treat it. Iodine is easiest, water filtration bottle is probably best currently. No matter how you treat water, water flavoring, makes it taste better. Either the little packs, meant for single bottle of water or drops meant for case of bottles, would be worth while.
Remember, in a survival situation, you can go without water, for max of three days. Food for min of week, to max of month and you don't want to eat, unless you have water. If you can count on being missed, within day, you need only to worry about comfort. I've considered PLB and if I still hunted backcountry, would probably get one. |
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Wing master
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Please excuse my ignorance, but what is a PLB?
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CB900F
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Wing;
It's a Public Library Book. If you get lost, sit down and read, let them find you. Don't give the rescuers a moving target. 900F |
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Birth certificate!? He don't need no steenkink birth certificate!!
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Pastrami , Limburger, and bacon sammich....in case you get hungry and also the smell of the pastrami breathe can be smelled for miles!
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...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!
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RobertMT
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Wing master
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I don't get far enough into back country to warrant a
PLB. A lot of the places I hunt doesn't even have trees. I do hunt in the black hills and the Big horn mountains. The chance of getting lost isn't the biggest concern but I have gotten into bad weather a few times and can see where an accident or twisted ankle could happen making the time it takes to get out a lot longer. I could even see knocking down a deer or elk shortly before dark and I am thinking that with some kind of shelter I wouldn't mind getting the animal quartered and setting up a makeshift camp and walking out the next morning in the daylight. Especially if it was a couple hour hike back to the truck. In that case, A public library book and a pastrami,Limburger and bacon sammich would be nice to have. Wing master |
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MtElkHunter
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I don't carry anything with me. All I have is an empty pack to take the game out in. You guys are all doing it all wrong. I will tell you how to do it. I take most of the stuff other people do I just don't take it in my pack.... I have conned(convinced) the kids... now the grand kids that it is an honor to carry the pack with all the supplies in it and the one carrying the pack also gets the privilege of first shot on any animal we see. I have never told them that I would give them first shot anyway and that I carry all the stuff when they are not there, so they are happy to lug all the stuff wherever we go and if I ask to help they refuse because they want first shot... It works pretty well....
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Wing master
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That sounds like a pretty good plan.
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I usually go light because I'm typically hunting in areas I'm familiar with
and would be able to walk out of in the dark. The time of year tends to vary some items needed, so I don't always take everything. Early Fall: Fanny pack and bellows shirt/pants pockets Always have Kbar size knife, and ittybitty knife Short length of string for tying closed anus when field dressing Red lense flash lights, big'un and little'un Compass Length of paracord with one end tyed in a loop, other end secured to center of hikery stick, used to drag out deer. Little ziplock bag of wet-ones, latex rubber gloves, TP Extra ammo, wallet with licences, truck keys. Couple chem-lights One of those handheld butane mosquito repelant machines with extra consumables. Headnet, camy hat, gloves, face cover. Lense paper Binos Some surveyer's orange tape Empty plastic wtr bottle taped up to be quite, to pee in. Full wter bottle Something to eat Phone Cold weather gets a few changes: Mosquito stuff is left home Add extra sox Add warm-up pocket warmers/toe warmers. Change to warm cammy gloves and orange hat. All that stuff above easily goes into the fanny pack. If i'm huntin away from home in cold weather, I add a day pack with extra food, firemaking stuff, extra layers of clothes, maybe gortex top/bottoms too. |
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I take just a half of a water bottle, and usually bring
most of it back. 40 years ago I got all knives over 4 oz out of my hunting pack...I'm only staying one day, not camping for 2 weeks. Pack rule...keep it light! |
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Goatlocker
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Im with you bear, the lighter the better in my book. I adjust it really,
according to the situation. My list above is what i generally carry for deer. An afternoon walk about for squirrel will get xtra ammo, and maybe a knife and light. The phone goes everywhere nowadays. On the otherhand, if i were making a day trip into unknown territory a ways from civilization, roads, and cell phone coverage, I think harder about what I carry in with me. Especially in cold weather! Most of what I carry, I expect to actually use. Some is for contengency though. For example, I carry a big knife to cut through the rib cage when field dressing, and the littke knife for that delicate work around the rear. Some guys roll their eyes when they see i'm carrying a standard compass while hunting in areas I could walk out of in the dark. What they're missing is how handy a compass can be when one takes a shot at game way out there in non-descript terrain, needs to find a downed animal they can no longer see. Taking a fix with a compass, combined with knowledge of the range to target is mighty helpfull where everything looks the same, like in a growed up cut-down. Edited by Goatlocker |
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BEAR
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I carry two small plastic compasses anytime I hunt.
For exactly what you say. I'm on my 3rd GPS (they do die). Any place I hunt that I can't see the truck, the GPS is with me. Hiking 10 days ago, I ran across two excited ladies on horse back. Young attractive 65 year old. They were lost. didn't know where they where or where their horse trailers were parked....women! They kept saying their GPS didn't work. laugh. My GPS was working fine, but as usual in that area , no cell service. I gave them a map with an X for where they were, some directions toward the closest town. I tried but failed to get them to understand...they didn't have a real GPS. Just a cell phone app. And that doesn't work unless you have Verison with you. |
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They were riding two very good gps, horses know where the trailer, camp, or barn is.
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Wing master
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Thanks Goatlocker for the suggestions.
In my part of the world, I can walk 20 miles and look back and see my pickup. I do carry a GPS though. It has a program that tells me if I am on public or private land. Wing master |
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