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| Shake down time.... What's in your elk pack? |
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| Skillet:
--- Quote from: WSU on March 09, 2026, 10:31:35 PM ---Y’all are serious! Depending on situation, but my western wa hunting is usually a pocket of speed loaders for my muzzy and some tp? We kill a couple elk a year that way. --- End quote --- That's how you do it. If I forgot the TP, I just planned on coming out of the woods with one sock. |
| Kingofthemountain83:
This is my usual set for muzzy elk in WA... To hunt spikes... Sometimes big bulls or cows... A clip on knife in my right pocket... Phone in my right pocket... A hamerless Ruger 357 SP101 on my right holstered... Left pocket a couple reloads and primers... Right fleece pocket has a rangefinder... Left fleece pocket has bullet starter... Can of Rogue pouches in my back left pocket... A bugle tube and a few different cow calls around my neck... And my bino's of course on a harness... A Badlands 3200 pack... 4 liters of water... Lunch could be freeze dried or a sandwhich depending on how I feel and if I think the mayo will spoil by the time I eat it... So may need the stove and fuel, may not... And I always carry plenty of snacks and junk food, jerky, granola bars, cashews, hostess cupcakes, m&ms, and a Coke... Toilet paper, I start the season with a full roll in my pack so I have no excuse for running out, I'm not using pine needles and my socks are way too expensive... Buck knife with gut hook and Buck sharpener... 4 game bags and two contractors garbage bags to put meat in a creek to cool so it doesn't get wet or inside of pack bloody... Small compass... Enough flagging tape to map out a couple miles like I was a logger if needed... Wind detector which I should move to my left fleece pocket and forget until I need it... A lighter and some fire starter... A couple 25' rolls of para cord... An emergency blanket... A small first aid kit with medical tape, gauze pads, half a dozen ear swabs, tweezers, nail clippers, and Neosporin... Chapstick... A two way radio with ear bud and spare batteries taped together... A small roll of electrical tape... Half a dozen zip ties... Tags and license... A headlamp... 3 extra AAA batteries taped together for headlamp... Extra battery for range finder... Another pair of wool socks... Gloves... Light rain gear top and bottoms... And possibly many layers of clothes and puffys depending on temperature swings and movement... A little allen wrench and flat screw driver that fit my fiber optic sights... 3 or 4 more reloads and primers with a nipple pick... I just got a new butt pad last year and it's so comfy, keeps my butt dry, warm and worth the weight in gold... Without a muzzy this usually weighs in about 37-39# depending on how much crap food I pack... I drink a lot of water... So I may add 1-2 more liters if necessary... If I stuff this same load in my Elberlestock it adds 4# and I can fit so much more! I've gotten it down to 25-27# pounds by making some sacrifices last year to try it out on some short hunts for blackies... Felt like I was hiking like I was in my 20's again! |
| highcountry_hunter:
--- Quote from: Skillet on March 09, 2026, 11:10:21 PM --- --- Quote from: WSU on March 09, 2026, 10:31:35 PM ---Y’all are serious! Depending on situation, but my western wa hunting is usually a pocket of speed loaders for my muzzy and some tp? We kill a couple elk a year that way. --- End quote --- That's how you do it. If I forgot the TP, I just planned on coming out of the woods with one sock. --- End quote --- Shirt sleeves result in less blisters on your foot haha |
| mburrows:
Speaking to archery day hunts... - Pack: Kifaru Ark Frame and Gnarali bag - Kill Kit: kifaru game bags, havalon with extra blades, 550 chord, leatherman, tyvek sheet to keep meat clean and 2 contractor bags - Clothing: Layers as needed but always rain gear - Calls: external reed and at least 5 diaphrams and 1 bugle tube - 2 things of wind checker - 2 releases - Optics: Swaro NL Pure 12x42 and Maven Range Finder. Swaro STS HD 65mm depending on the game plan - Wet Wipes - Two head lights - Peax and petzl mini - Small or large battery charger depending on the game plan - Med kit - Lots of snacks and usually about 70 ounces of water and some electrolytes, love the LMNT packs right now - Minimum 5 arrows |
| pianoman9701:
I'm old so I hunt within 2 miles from camp, sometimes less, and travel fairly light. I usually hunt alone. I have a small, vacuum-packed survival kit with an SAS survival book, extra knife, extra rope, lighter and wax/lint starter, signaling mirror, extra compass. I have a small first aid pack, 3 liter camelback (usually about half full), processing knife with spare blades, two headlamps and a few batteries, garden shears, snack bars, InReach, 100 ft of paracord, multi tool and sheath knife, bugle and cow/calf calls, bino and harness, bunch of pine needles from last season, a Montana decoy or two, cell phone with OnX and the program to pair with InReach for texting. That's about it. |
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