your possibles bag

[labgrade]

& I'd think, Vern, that it has much to do with how we hunt.

Where I hunt, soon as I leave the tent, I'm hunting & although I may go that extra 2K+ to "git there," I hope to shoot somethiung much sooner. (Oh, Please God! )

I leave at dawn (no more O'Dark Thirty hikes for me ... ). Hope to shoot something at the door & as such, that's where we camp - we be right at the edge.

My "2K+' climb" (if) is a completely sneaky still hunt to & a gradual sneak back to camp. That (maybe - IF) two miles will take all day. Preferrably, I'll camp in a spot where I can just contour to the best dark spots.

Good thread, Rob. Think it gives an insight to how/where we hunt & what we'd carry for varying climes, etc.

Betcha we could take 4 of us (all good hunters), drop us off & we'd go about it in 4 completely different ways.

Good food for thought.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I think you're right. I find the elk in the area I hunt will be low, often in meadows, at night, and then start back up the mountain a bit before dawn. They have a favored route.

The problem is, you can't walk though the area where they are -- you'd just push them ahead of you. The trick is to get above them and meet them when they arrive.

The best way to do that is to go up a gully that parallels their route, but about a mile away, then slab across a steep ridge. That means going in at O Dark Thirty and climbing for a couple of hours, and being in position before sunrise.

Elk hunting is hard work!!

 

[labgrade]

Elk hunting is hard work!!"

I've found that the hunting isn't so bad. The gettin' 'em out of the woods once you're successful is the real work. Even the little elk are big.

Interesting though the various ways we (collectively) go about doing it.

We essentially backpack - although from our trucks - it's still what many would call a spike camp. We pitch & are right in where they live/directly aside dark timber, etc, I start out hunting right out of camp - 10 yards & I'm still hunting & have taken a coupla less than 100 yards from the tent.

'Course that all varies depending on where we end up, but usually pick areas where we live where, we hunt.

Too, even running chain saws for firewood & all that entails, I've yet to see that type activity really disturbs the game at all.

While sittin' 'round the fire (when in a down-turn mood), we've had elk, deer, turkeys walk right through the camp site. I've poked at least one elk & a deer while just sitting in the camp chair.

Missed many more because I didn't have a rifle handy ......

 

[Marshall]

Still Learning,

Yea, those are what I call "off season hunts." I am ready when you are.

 

[fromusa74]

Guy from USA

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[1911 guy]

Strikin' paper (T.P.)
Matches
Bic lighter
Riser cord
Emergency blanket
Compass
Whistle
Extra knife
Extra rounds for whatever cal. I'm carrying
G.P.S.
Map

If I'm squirrel hunting, I toss in a bellows call and cutting call, too. It all goes into a little fanny pack that I wear, ironically, opposite my fanny.

 

[koja48]

Magnesium fire starter instead of matches, streri-strips, surveyor's tape/ribbon, a couple leather laces, snare material, & a knife sharpener are in mine. The knives are on my person along with a multi-tool; the rest is fairly similar. Oh, and ALWAYS a partial roll of what once was called
"theraputic paper" . . .

 

[koja48]

Viagra jokes

Vern ~ I understand the sensitivity, being an old fart . . . someone stole my last mail order shipment . . . had to cancel the first date I've had in years. Evidently, there has been a lot of this type of theft occurring in this area. Police told me they are searching for a hardened criminal . . .

Sorry, couldn't resist . . .

 

[Cosmoline]

Thanks for the revival. I'm planning an epic solo quest in 2 weeks and need to revamp my kit. Too much stuff! I'm probably going to go black powder this time too. I always seem to overpack. When I did my first solo backpacking trip I packed 15 lbs of fresh water 25 miles only to camp by a stream. Smart!

 

[uk roe hunter]

in the uk a "fanny" is what we refer to a pussy as. It makes me laugh every time i see you guys write it.

 

[Ethics]

Med Alice pack
2 survival blankets
MREs/CLiff Bars
Lots of water
GI Compass
Maps
Camillus Pilot knife
First Aid Kit
Suture kit
Flashlight
Magnesium
Flint
Cell Phone
Glock 17 w/ammo
Survival tin(w/water proof matches, fishing line etc etc, water tablets)
Other stuff I can't think of

 

[eliphalet]

First and foremost is a gun and boolits, a knife and tags, all them others is extras, including binoculars but I always have those along. I don't carry much but then I am not going to hunt where I need to drag or pack some critter several miles either. Been there, done that, don't wanna repeat at my age. I will have some water and munchies along if I am out for hours, a space blanket, hood and gloves and a Bic lighter( magnesium starter is much better item), couple of plastic bags and a piece of nylon strap, a small sharpening stone, and a itty bitty flashlight, that is about it, except a spotting scope sometimes depending on the terrain.
I don't have a horse and don't plan on being one, several hundred feet of rope and a winch will and can pack a lot. The last several elk I have loaded in one piece and skinned em at home. No need to go miles in really, critters move around and all a guys gotta do is figure out where and meet em along the way, and/or be careful where you shoot em at in the first place.