Your hunting pack

[washelkhunter]

After many years of carrying around just about everything under the sun and never using any of it, and after being severelly hampered last year while on the elk, i have done some serious streamlining of my day pack needs. I have a hunting partner so we fig'd why are we carrying all this crap around? when hunting we are never more than 2-3 miles apart at most, so support is not far away. So the question is: How much are you hauling around and how have you parred it all down. whats in your pack today?

[saylean]

I hunt with people lots of times (a few canyons apart or something similar) but hunt alone often (bear mostly). I normally carry the following in my day pack:

Matches (water proof), lighter, small fire starter, flint
kodiak knife set (bone saw, small knife, larger knife, sheath), very small knife sharpener
Fleece mask pull over, extra hat, extra wool gloves, (xtra coat depending)
space blanket
snacks (few high calorie bars), water in camel bladder
steripen and bottle (depending)
nylon sash cord (100ft)
game bags (3 or so, depending)
compass, extra batteries, a small sack of predator calls
small first aid kit (bandaged, duct tape, small scissors, etc)
A few instant coffee bags
Cooking burner with pot (depending)
thin hunter orange vest
almost forgot...>TP!
Flame orange ribbon
headlamp
Few extra rounds of ammo.

Thinks that bout it....sounds heavier than what it is.

[Johnb317]

I carry a bit more (just cause you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you).
Started with a Badlands 2200, little too tall for my liking.   
Settled on the Elberstock X2     

[7mag.]

Water proof matches
Wind proof lighter
Magnesium and flint
Dryer lint soaked in vaseline
Emergency blanket
Small First Aid kit
2 knives
Wyoming saw
2 rags
1 handkerchief
Zip ties
Small roll of duct tape
TP
1 pair extra socks
Head lamp and small led flashlight
GPS
Compass
Usually an extra insulating layer, like a fleece vest or fleece pullover
Surveyors ribbon
550 cord, 50 ft.
Wool glove liners
Watch cap(beanie)
Water

Writing it out, it seems like a lot, but most items are small and light. Most items stay in my pack year round.

This is my day pack, more for overnight trips.

[rosscrazyelk]

Couple knives
compact saw
matches
cotton balls dipped in vaseline in a film canister
beanie
first aid kit
snacks
water
extra socks
tp
head lamp
electrical tape
rope
sometimes my spotting scope , depending on the plan for the day

[Johnb317]

Oops missread the question

Water
Uv purify pen
Food
Knife
Line
First aid bag
Down jacket
Fire kit
Sox
Game bags
Line
Camera
Space blanket
Tp
Headlamp

[300rum]

I carry as little as possible too.  One thing I will mention that is a little different that I have added is a titanium cup, Starbucks Via Coffee and a few Esbit fuel tabs.  I have used the Stansport fuel tabs (much less expensive) and they work almost as well but sometimes I have to add another tab.  I can easily heat a cup of water, just almost to boiling (with two tabs) in below freezing weather.  If I want I also carry a Cup-of-noodles.  Since I have done this I can't tell you how good I feel to have a warm cup of decent coffee or warm food on a miserable day. 

[300rum]

Maybe this is a little off-topic but I wonder why everyone carries a first aid kit?  In my way of thinking you are wearing anything you might need to patch yourself up a little bit and if it is too bad it isn't going to matter anyway.  I guess it is a matter of opinion but this is somewhere where I shed some weight.  I would rather carry an extra bottle of water.    

[Johnb317]

Hope you're Kidding.    I carry a kit with bandages, quick clot etc.    Not always in cell phone range.  Friend of mine saved his guides life helped by the first aid gear he brought along.  Ironically the guide teased him about it earlier in the week.
It's well worth the space and weight.     
Old boy scout.    Be prepared.   

[blackveltbowhunter]

      My level of firstaid will vary based on whether im hunting alone or with friends, and length of stay in the woods. But I always have at least QC, amd some bandages of varying sizes at minimum. Your right 300, often times splints, tourniquets, bandages etc... can be fashioned out of clothing. And in an emergency that would be the case. But I would rather carry a few ounces worth of bandaging that cost a few cents, than whack up an expensive piece of clothing for a relativley minor laceration or avulsion.

    For day hunts....

 Fire Kit ( WP matches, lighter, andstarter)
 First Aid
 Some sort of food varies by season
 Stove and Cup ( again depends on season)
 100' cord
 1 Knife
 Headlamp
 Packable raingear
 Compass
 Camera and small tripod
 Space blanket
 Meat sacks ( type and quantity varies)
 TP
 H2O tabs
 

[Johnb317]

Kind of a side question.  I used to carry the water tablets, now have one of those uv pens.  Haven't gotten sick yet, anyone else use them?   

[bow-n-head]

I like 7mag's list, I also always carry game bags. I mostly bowhunt and the flies are still thick, keeping them off the meat is a must. Usually to far in to go back out to get them.

[Jason]

My hunting pack is a Eberlestock X2

Here's what I carry

Hunting license w/zip ties
Steri straw
GPS
Cell Phone
LED Headlight and flashlight
Range finder
Digital camera
Extra AA and AAA batteries
Kershaw blade trader
Knife sharpener
Cotton balls soaked in Vaseline
Wind proof lighter
Chunk of fire starter
Extra strength Tylenol and Tums
Band Aids and some medical tape
1/2 roll TP
6x8 tarp
Surveyors tape-pink
100' of Para cord
Extra Ammo
Game bags
Extra Gloves
Extra Beanie
Banana most days, but not always
Can of smoked oysters
Granola bars
Trail Mix
One to two bottles of water
Spotting scope and tri-pod depending what location i'm hunting that day

[SkookumHntr]

-Sharp knife!
-Buttwipe!
-3 beers!
-Pretty much sums up my daypack!

[ICEMAN]

I will say that at the end of the season, it is half as heavy than it was at the beginning. I re-assess at camp each night and start ditching stuff.... Then the next year, here I am jamming it full of stuff again. Happens every year.