whats in your pack??

[300rum]

I carry a 15 minute fusee (basically a road flare but it is supposed to burn hotter).  If you want to start a fire quick in the worst conditions just pop this and put on some pine bows and you will have a rip roarer in no time.   I only carry it for emergencies.  I hate that it is heavy, I try to keep things at a minimum but it is the best fire starter I can think of in bad, bad weather including rain and wind.  I think that they make a smaller one, a 7 minute one but I haven't seen any.

[Aperson]

cool, i'm thinking about getting one too, but i'm not sure i should get one(fore deer i'm just doing day hunts right now, unless i get a buddy).

[ICEMAN]

I carry a 15 minute fusee (basically a road flare but it is supposed to burn hotter).  If you want to start a fire quick in the worst conditions just pop this and put on some pine bows and you will have a rip roarer in no time.   I only carry it for emergencies.  I hate that it is heavy, I try to keep things at a minimum but it is the best fire starter I can think of in bad, bad weather including rain and wind.  I think that they make a smaller one, a 7 minute one but I haven't seen any.

Rum, I cut a road flare in half and re-dipped it multiple times in wax, and keep it in my river fishing pack, in a vacuum bag...  Read a story where a fisherman went into the river, and came out 1/2mile down stream, so cold he could not operate his fire starter stuff with his frozen hands...died...

[300rum]

That is a good idea cutting it.  I am going to see if I can't find some of the shorter fusee's.  I have three firestarting options.  I have strike anywhere matches that are double zip locked.  These matches are for general use.  I also have strike anywhere matches in a screw top "waterproof" match case that are double baged and in the bag I have some wood chips that are waxed, a candle witch I always light first after striking the match to save matches and I also have some pitchy wood, you know, the kind you find on the forest floor that feels like it is 5x's the weight of a similar piece of wood because it is full of pitch, you can find them pretty easy, the woods color is usually yellow.  Find a lightening strike or a blow down that was a live tree not long ago, not a snag, you want the wood that hasn't wintered on the ground.

The last one that I never use is the fusee. 

[wadu1]

 
I carry...
Ammo of the type of weapon I'm using
Water
Baby Wipes
Extra Knives
Gerber saw
Rubber gloves
Wool gloves
Game (1 canvas and plastic) Bags
Wind proof lighter & Matches
Rhino GPS
Compass
Map
First Aid Kit
Headlamp and Mini Mag light
Trail Marking tape and reflector push pins
Mini Crock sticks for sharpening my knives
Flint/Fire Starter
Two way radio in GPS
Foam Camo Butt pad if I'm planning to sit (logs are getting hard for an old hunter)
Some sort of high energy food
and goes in a Kelty Camo Ram 2000 day pack with hunter orange cover built in.
 

[75johndeere]

okay so i'm 17, and can't carry a side arm(desides my knife), what should i bring with me for protection?

A condom           

[archery288]

okay so i'm 17, and can't carry a side arm(desides my knife), what should i bring with me for protection?

A condom          

That was good!!! 

[75johndeere]

well if your worried about getting water/mud/pine needels ect.. ect...  in your barrel you can zip tie it to the barrel and it will keep everything out plus you can shoot through it.

[Ghost1941]

Water
Toilet Paper
Hatchet/Knife
Matches
Military MGRS Map
Headlamp
Poncho
Stone for sharpening my knives
Radio
2 MRE's
Gurkha Knife
Camel Back with water
Flash light
Camera
10 Extra Rounds
1 5 round drop box magazine
Wool/fleece lined gloves
Mixed bottle of pain killers should anything happen
Down filled pants, extremely light so they're nice to have when u sit
My rifle of course


I carry them in a pack I ordered from cabelas.

[Huntbear]

Fire Starter, and tinder, just in case it just might rain  .  Extra socks, food, water, knife, wyoming saw, camera, headlamp, marking ribbon, extra batteries for the radio/gps, copy of the game regs, map of the area I am hunting, 8x10 blue tarp.

[Gobble]

Boned out Deer meat and antlers if everything goes right 

[addicted]

i carry a rubber band, a paper clip, and a gum wrapper. I'm like friggin Macgyver, with those few tools i can kill an animal, fix a cracked head on a truck, or cure a blind man lol

[actionshooter]

Heres my 3 day list,

 Dana  Design terraplane Pack
REI Kilo -20 down bag
ridgerest pad
1 extra pair of wool and liner socks
wool coat
head sock
bowl w/ spork
hunting knife
survival gear, fire starter, ribbon, signal mirror, extra lighter
head lamp
rifle, tikka .300 short mag
15 rounds ammo
camera
1 game bag
mountain money
GPS
liscense and tag
1/2 gallon water
3 mountain house dinners (2 person entree, I eat myself 
4 pack instant oatmeal
3 hot chocolate
3 cliff bars
3 emerganc E packets
3 gatorage powder
4 string cheese
3 peperoni
hard candy
snow chains for boots.

-Gear to be shared with partner.-
Go lite shangri-la 3
50' 550 cord
jet boil
caping knife
1st aid kit
gerber bone saw
leupold 15-30 spotting scope and tripod

I packed this today for a trip coming up in central Idaho 

My pack weighs 41# 140z with half of the shared gear

Can anyboby think of anything else?

[ICEMAN]

In the first aid gear....some immodium? Blister treatment? Map? Compass? Paper and pencil....spare batteries for light and gps?

[actionshooter]

In the first aid gear....some immodium? Blister treatment? Map? Compass? Paper and pencil....spare batteries for light and gps?

You nailed it in the 1st aid,all of the regular stuff+ immodium tablets, moleskin, batteries. The map and compass,not listed, go in my pants pocket along with my range finder. I've never packed pencil and paper  ,