Top 10 Bowhunting Essentials.

[bobcat]

Baby wipes are the only way to go! I never go hunting without them.

Do they come in skunk, elk rage and deer estrus scented.

I get the un-scented ones from Costco.   

[coachcw]

After packing blue towels  I've always came back with my sleeves ! A  imodiam a day good idea too.

[RadSav]

Baby wipes are the only way to go! I never go hunting without them.

Do they come in skunk, elk rage and deer estrus scented.

I get the un-scented ones from Costco.   

Un-scented doesn't mean scent-free. 

I tried them when a guide in Canada told me how wonderful they were.  I was left horrified!  To think I would intentionally use wet paper to wipe the backside...Eeeeewww!!   I'd rather dry scrape with a shop towel.  But every girl is different, I guess.

[kentrek]

Baby wipes are the only way to go! I never go hunting without them.

Do they come in skunk, elk rage and deer estrus scented.

I get the un-scented ones from Costco.   

Un-scented doesn't mean scent-free. 

I tried them when a guide in Canada told me how wonderful they were.  I was left horrified!  To think I would intentionally use wet paper to wipe the backside...Eeeeewww!!   I'd rather dry scrape with a shop towel.  But, every girl is different, I guess.

My thoughts exactly....us "rough riders" are a dying breed tho

[BULLBLASTER]

In my pqck for hunting i usually have some paracord and only 2 gamebags.. i can hang meat without a bag while i haul the first load out. Carry some black pepper to put on the meat if your worried about flies or bees. I take a lighter and tp. Also a pack of quick clot because i dont trust myself with my havalon.

[LeviD1]

Starting this year, which I have been meaning to buy the past two years was a good second release I like. Now I will be packing a backup release. I dont want to be any amount of miles in and break my release somehow. Now my old one is my back-up.

[GEARHEAD]

I'm Joining the 50 club, so heres my revised list.

1. comfortable tent
2. comfortable cot
3. comfortable chair
4. nice fire
5. young guns to cut and carry wood
6. young guns to cut and carry meat
7. young guns with big expensive pickup trucks
8. chow (lots)
9. beer
10. knife
almost forgot my Bow....guess thats eleven. whoops.

[Greg Mullins]

Anyone ever need a flashlight?

[Band]

Anyone ever need a flashlight?

Headlamp, extra batteries.  Much better to have hands-free light when you need it.

[RadSav]

The first ten years I hunted I never carried a flashlight.  Never really needed one.  Then one night my buddy Bone and I found ourselves in the bottom of a canyon in the Strawberry Wilderness.  We would usually just snuggle into a spot and wait for daylight and hunt our way out in the morning if we were in tough terrain.  But it started to snow and the mercury was falling out the bottom of the thermometer.  So we decided to hike the three miles out in the dark.

We were young, we had good eyesight and there was never a night you couldn't find your way if you went slow.  Well that ended that night.  You would think that in the wilderness it would never get so dark that you couldn't see a tree trunk until it hit you in the face.  Well, each of us found bark in our teeth at least a dozen times before we hit the ridgeline.  We would have probably missed the truck by about 50 yards had it not been for a guy lighting a cigarette.  Knowing that was my truck he was waiting for us to return to ask us for help finding a bear.  Never been so happy to see a smoker in all my life

[GoPlayOutside]

When bowhunting, I go as light as the scenario allows.

For hunting closer to camp or truck:
Fanny Pack - 
1.  knife
2.  water
3.  latex gloves
4.  headlight
5.  spotting scope
6.  Binos
7.  snack bars
8.  bone saw
9.  truck tie down (ratchet strap for hanging quarters and animal)
10.  Large Garbage bag or Game Bag

[RadSav]

Both of these Atwood products are Sweet!  Microcord is 100# and the tactical is 275#.  Super small packages yet very tough for a multitude of uses.  Western Filament braided Dacron is what I carried for years until I stumbled upon the slick little tiny spools of the Atwood stuff.

[Smossy]

Both of these Atwood products are Sweet!  Microcord is 100# and the tactical is 275#.  Super small packages yet very tough for a multitude of uses.  Western Filament braided Dacron is what I carried for years until I stumbled upon the slick little tiny spools of the Atwood stuff.

I've added some of the blue shop towels to my pack. We actually had some in my garage, whoda thunk it?
That cordage looks like a good alternative to paracord. Does it have an inner layer that can be removed or is it a solid multi-braid?

[Fullabull]

I use those small pencil bags the kids use for school and put emergency medical stuff in one and emergency bow stuff in another. Forceps are a good idea for a emergency! You might want one of those straw type water filters also, they can come in handy on a hot day or when you use up some of you drinking water cleaning off some meat after a kill

[elk247]

Ten things? We going hunting or camping? 

Windicator
TP
Rangefinder
Knife
Tags/ID
Pack board
Paracord/mule tape
Elk calls
Copenhagen