Well, I guess if you are carrying a rangefinder, level, barometer, thermometer, anemometer, calculating cosines, coriolis, etc; would it really be that big a deal to carry a set of caps and swap that out?
Don't forget your Dowsing branch! 
Indeed, by the time you figure all this out you'll definitely be thirsty or the animal will have walked off.

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