First hunting trip out of state

[haugenna]

Pick up a propane boot dryer.  They are nice and much easier on the boot leather than baking it next to a wood stove.

[deerhunter_98520]

Good idea on the boot dryer

[Tbob]

I also do MH on most hunts (chili Mac is my go to). Camp dishes are my worst enemy! I do bring my small (table top) propaine grill on "truck" hunts though! Braughts straight to the bun equals no dishes! I'll to kabobs and steaks and eat with fingers. NO DISHES and yummy!! Hot meals are amazing in the field!
    One thing I always bring now is my neck gator! Love that thing and increases warmth when it's extra chilly out! Especially when sitting up top and glassing for awhile! I think it actually makes me stay a bit longer when it's cold out. Never leave home without it anymore! I also always put a few hand-warmers in my daypack as well. Love those things on the late season hunts!

[deerhunter_98520]

Yeah I'm with ya on camp dishes....paper plates for me...when I get back to camp I sit by the fire and relax I don't wanna clean 

[M_ray]

  Thats why I'm big on vacuum sealed meals ... just boil the water put in your meal for 10-15 min use paper plates and toss them! 

[RadSav]

Thats why I'm big on vacuum sealed meals ... just boil the water put in your meal for 10-15 min use paper plates and toss them! 

Forget the plates.  Single servings right out of the bag.

[M_ray]

Thats why I'm big on vacuum sealed meals ... just boil the water put in your meal for 10-15 min use paper plates and toss them! 

Forget the plates.  Single servings right out of the bag.

True, done that too! 

[deerhunter_98520]

I think I'm gonna do the vacume seal meal....I like that idea

[3nails]

 I'm going to vote for eating like a king. If you can get your truck to the campsite then you can get a couple coolers of great food. Tubs of potato salad, fried chicken, dogs, burgers, eggs and bacon, etc... You get the idea. LOTS of snack food. I've hunted out of state 19 years in a row now for 2 weeks at a time and every year I bring MORE food! I hunt all day away from camp and require a ton of good food to keep my energy up. Nothing worse than being away from home with cruddy food. It takes very little time to prepare a meal. One guy cooks while another takes care of camp chores works well. Just my opinion.

[deerhunter_98520]

Now your making me hungry 

[Karl Blanchard]

One thing I didn't see mentioned and its something I ALWAYS bring, is a spare weapon.  Your a long ways from home and you never know what will happen.  Dont want to end a hunt early because you took a crash on your scope.

[3nails]

One thing I didn't see mentioned and its something I ALWAYS bring, is a spare weapon.  Your a long ways from home and you never know what will happen.  Dont want to end a hunt early because you took a crash on your scope.

That's no joke! I had a rifle freeze up on me as I was getting ready to shoot a BIG buck. Litterally couldn't pull the trigger. Fortunately I killed the same buck a couple days later with my back up gun. Also an extra clip if your gun uses one. At least an extra box of ammo too.

[NRA4LIFE]

A lot of extra socks.

[RadSav]

One thing I didn't see mentioned and its something I ALWAYS bring, is a spare weapon.  Your a long ways from home and you never know what will happen.  Dont want to end a hunt early because you took a crash on your scope.

I had a hunting partner leave his bow on top of the truck.  We might have missed it, but the log truck behind us sure didn't

I had killed elk before so I loaned mine to my partner to hunt with while I made us lunch.  Had a 5X6 bugle right through camp!  Was kind enough to stop broadside at 40 yards and torture me for a while then just worked his way across the hillside.  So much for saving a little space in the truck since I never break my stuff

[deerhunter_98520]

Great idea.I wouldn't have thought to bring a spare rifle.....I planned on spare ammo though....only problem with that is I'm so used to my weatherby ultra light that I may have to leave my pack at camp if I have to carry the Remington