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Too much gear!!!

I pretty much do the same as the season goes. If you're looking for a nice small pack, I got this one and couldn't be happier. AND It's made in the good 'Ol USA!!

Does the other side also have the double buckles? Looks like it would hold two hawk minis on each side nicely.
 
You have to be really selective about what you bring. I know guys that will bring drinks and snacks for an afternoon hunt. Seems like overkill to me. I'm very minimalist in my pack. If I didn't have camera gear, I wouldn't bring much at all in the pack: headlight, grunt tube, kill kit, layers (if I need them), knee pads/cushion, limb saw. That's all I need.
 
I agree with the first aid stuff....I have a small ziplock with that kinda stuff..... @Still Kicking what do u take for bee string reaction? I sometimes have a reaction to fire ants....I have benadryl tablets I take now.....I can't afford an epipen

get a script from your doc to CVS. They have their own brand of EpiPen that is around 100 bucks for two pens. I write a script yearly to keep in the office in case of patient emergencies. A lot cheaper than name brand.
 
get a script from your doc to CVS. They have their own brand of EpiPen that is around 100 bucks for two pens. I write a script yearly to keep in the office in case of patient emergencies. A lot cheaper than name brand.
I don't have a doc.... Only time I see them is if it's a real emergency and lucky for me that's few and far between
 
what is that molle chest pack thing called? I think i could easily get rid of the pack if i had one of those and a few small molle pouches. i think id still prefer one for the back, but i dig that
It's a MCR3 chest rig made by Condor. I used it back when I first started and gave up on it because it ended up taking up too much space in my immediate operating area (hands working directly in front of me).


The reason it works now is because everything is tight to my body. The only bulky item is my water bottle pouch. It rides on the chest rig during transit and is then deployed to my hip for ascending/descending. No nothing sticks out further than 2 inches.

A word of wisdom if you're thinking about doing something like this is to keep everything CLOSE to your body. You need to be able to see what you're doing in front of you. Line of sight is key. You don't want junk hanging 4 or 5 inches off the front.
 
You have to be really selective about what you bring. I know guys that will bring drinks and snacks for an afternoon hunt. Seems like overkill to me. I'm very minimalist in my pack. If I didn't have camera gear, I wouldn't bring much at all in the pack: headlight, grunt tube, kill kit, layers (if I need them), knee pads/cushion, limb saw. That's all I need.

Usually for an afternoon hunt I am running in after work. A snack and a small drink is nice to have to hold me over especially in early season when it is hot and I won't eat dinner until really late.

A little puzzled at why you take a kill kit with you. I rarely take one in as I prefer to come back to the truck after a kill, get rid of what I don't need and then get the kill kit and head back in. At least for me I come back without a deer far more nights than I do with a deer. LOL.

I will say though that a good pack makes perceived carrying weight alot less. I have fulled around and tried to go packless, but I keep coming back to the pack as it distributes the weight alot better. I don't carry in much gear with me unless doing an all day rut hunt.

I have lost almost 40 lbs this year, so I figure whatever I pack in with me I should feel alot better than I did carrying the same pack last year. LOL.
 
Was putting up stand once and reached to the back side of tree and an Io moth Caterpillar got me. Very painful. Luckily had no other side effects other than some numbness and little redness and small amount of swelling.

Had a caterpillar land on my neck one morning squirrel hunting and man was that painful. I didn't realize that they could cause so much pain. My neck was hurting for quite a while.
 
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What I have a lot of is hunting clothing. I like having 2 or 3 of everything I use all the time, so I have clean all the time (don't have to run a washing machine after a long hunt and then hope to have them dry by morning). So, I have 2 pairs of mid weight bibs, 2 camo fleeces, etc. When I was buying clothes last year, I was always like $5 from free shipping, so I would add a pair of liner socks to orders. I now have like 20 pair of liner socks :)

A lot of my other gear was just bad ideas or things I wanted to try out but I didn't like it. For instance, I have 4 ways to hang a bow from a tree. I'll probably pick my favorite this year, but I have them.
 
What I have a lot of is hunting clothing. I like having 2 or 3 of everything I use all the time, so I have clean all the time (don't have to run a washing machine after a long hunt and then hope to have them dry by morning). So, I have 2 pairs of mid weight bibs, 2 camo fleeces, etc. When I was buying clothes last year, I was always like $5 from free shipping, so I would add a pair of liner socks to orders. I now have like 20 pair of liner socks :)

A lot of my other gear was just bad ideas or things I wanted to try out but I didn't like it. For instance, I have 4 ways to hang a bow from a tree. I'll probably pick my favorite this year, but I have them.

I am the same way. I used to have 3 different weight suits for different temps and I would have 2 sets of each weight.
 
I have a long hike in on steep terrain, better leave my sticks and just one stick to reduce weight.... My name is Gabriel and I have a problem with bringing to much junk into the woods

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Do other people have a threshold with a certain pack? With my current pack (MR Scree 32L), if I get to 18 lbs then I feel light, but if I have to add stuff (clothes when cold, survival and satellite communication and power bank when I go deep with no cell coverage) and get that thing to around 24 lbs.....then it feels way heavier and I have to take breaks sometimes when walking up hills.
I don’t feel like I’m carry that much stuff I also don’t my the load on my back. The biggest annoyance to me is hauling the crap up a tree. This bag is pretty heavy by itself too.
 
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