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What is in your daypack?
« on: September 25, 2019, 12:00:00 PM »
I am headed to Wyoming on Sunday to chase antelope and will be hunting during the day and living the life of luxury staying in a hotel at night. This will be my first antelope hunt and first hunt that I was not hunting out of a tent.

This may be stupid, but I feel like I am missing something important.

So far my pack only has a few things in it, what am I missing?
-5 extra rounds + 4 in gun
-binos + rangefinder
-wind checker
-kill kit, game bags, knife, paracord
-first aid kit, bandaids, leukotape, glue
-contractor bag
-tripod/bino adapter, rifle rest adapter
-headlamp
-tags
-camel pack

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2019, 12:02:50 PM »
Snacks extra food

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2019, 12:06:58 PM »
camera?

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2019, 12:07:43 PM »
pretty much everything minus a tent and sleeping bag ........wait last year i carried a tent and didnt even realize it for a few days lol

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2019, 12:08:36 PM »
something to light a fire

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2019, 12:09:59 PM »
Some times even my buddy's pack on back of mine

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2019, 12:10:03 PM »
I always have some sort of fire starter.  You never know...

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2019, 12:22:35 PM »
Whistle

electrical tape, compass or GPS, map.
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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2019, 12:41:34 PM »
Looks pretty good, I like a flashlight and a headlamp. I also carry fold up trekking poles at all times but I’ve never used them on an antelope hunt. I have used knee pads and a small piece of close cell foam pad on antelope hunts. Nothing worse than getting cactus ass on day one of your antelope hunt! A few years ago, I laid down to shoot an antelope and had a 4” cactus spike go in under my knee cap, knee was In pretty bad shape for a few days after that.

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2019, 01:00:18 PM »
Thanks all,

I have grabbed my Garmin inreach for a gps, and a fire starter.
The food is a given, I need to put my snacks together still we will be stopping on the way down to pick up groceries.

I will ask the guys I'm going with if I should grab a foam pad or knee pads, might get a few laughs about the knee pads. I am not familiar at all with the vegetation or terrain that we will be on.

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2019, 01:01:57 PM »
I always have tape and zip ties.. do i use them often no..



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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2019, 01:19:31 PM »
All good add ons so far,  i would check the weather and add sunscreen and TP/Wetwipes and i carry disposable gloves. also bottled water even with the camel back  :twocents:
Also i always wonder why some people carry some things in there pack, i like to keep it useful but simple and light as possible (not an extremist backpacker by any means) but 2 things i would change 1) ammo in holder on your belt or on the rifle stock 2) whats in your kill kit that you need other than the knife, bags and para cord mentioned separate?
To hunt and butcher an animal is to recognize that meat is not some abstract form of protein that springs into existence tightly wrapped in cellophane and styrofoam.

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2019, 01:20:25 PM »
Are you flying or driving?  Big winter storm warning for some of that area.  Mostly north I think but......

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2019, 02:36:28 PM »
My kill kit is 2 extra blades for an outdoor edge, small thing of orange flagging, 1 oz bottle of H2O2, nitrite gloves and game bags. I typically always bone out deer and elk in the field but I know for antelope these guys typically gut them and pack them out whole.

TP was the big one, I totally missed that all important item.


All good add ons so far,  i would check the weather and add sunscreen and TP/Wetwipes and i carry disposable gloves. also bottled water even with the camel back  :twocents:
Also i always wonder why some people carry some things in there pack, i like to keep it useful but simple and light as possible (not an extremist backpacker by any means) but 2 things i would change 1) ammo in holder on your belt or on the rifle stock 2) whats in your kill kit that you need other than the knife, bags and para cord mentioned separate?

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Re: What is in your daypack?
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2019, 07:57:42 PM »
Trekking poles . dry sack . extra socks and sports tape. Couple rolled up garbage bags and some para cord ...puffy top and bottoms.headlight with extra batteries. I download the area on hunt onyx so I can use GPS in phone.

 


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