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What do you put in your day pack for:
Oct Elk in the Rocky Mnts
July in Nambia
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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Same things I put in it for September Caribou on a Squirrel River tributary or a spring hog hunt in deep south Texas.
Ed
"Not in an open forum, where truth has less value than opinions, where all opinions are equally welcome regardless of their origins, rationale, inanity, or truth, where opinions are neither of equal value nor decisive." Ken Howell
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No idea on Nambia. For the mountains where I don't plan on being out overnight.  - Space Blanket - Waterproof lighter (I have one of those torch lighters) - About 10 feet of paracord - Flashlight or headlamp - Couple of powerbar like munchables - Nalgene bottle of water - Stocking cap/gloves And obviously the stuff that is with me on any hunt - Knife(s) - Binos Stuff I didn't need but has now become kinda mandatory - reading glasses - cell phone (For the camera and if in range the weather radar) - GPS - if I'm in unknown country - otherwise it stays home.
If something on the internet makes you angry the odds are you're being manipulated
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Campfire Oracle
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What Pugs said...except in Namibia I let 'the lads' carry everything and/or walk back and get the truck
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Pretty much my list, too, but I just can't leave camp without a compass. My old Suunto goes with me everywhere.
Ben
Some days it takes most of the day for me to do practically nothing...
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Pretty much my list, too, but I just can't leave camp without a compass. My old Suunto goes with me everywhere. Ah, good point - mine too. It's always in the jacket pocket so not a pack item.
If something on the internet makes you angry the odds are you're being manipulated
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Add a small 1st aid kit and some TP.
Let's Go Brandon! FJB
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I put a super heavy-duty trash bag in royal blue color (easier to spot than orange in most conditions) instead of the space blanket.
I can get inside, put a little hole in the side for visibility and breathing (DON'T stick your head out of a hole in the top!), hunker down and keep my entire body and my rifle dry in a rainstorm. Space blankets aren't that fast and easy to use.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing -- Edmund Burke
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Same things I put in it for September Caribou on a Squirrel River tributary or a spring hog hunt in deep south Texas.
Ed Well, you gonna share or are we playing 20 questions? 
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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I always have a ziplock bag of clean cotton rags. They usually get used on my foggy eye glasses. I also usually have a chocolate bar.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Same things I put in it for September Caribou on a Squirrel River tributary or a spring hog hunt in deep south Texas.
Ed Well, you gonna share or are we playing 20 questions? Probably includes a bottle of Rebbecca Creek
Member, Clan of the Border Rats
-- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
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Rockies in Oct.
Off the top of my head & in addition to standard stuff (i.e. water; headlamp; gps; radio; extra batteries)
piece of tyvek
lightweight rain pants
heavier rain jacket
gaiters
leaf bag
parachute cord
lighter weight synthetic string
superglue
bandaids
lip balm
ibuprofen
paper towel (tp sucks, especially when it's raining)
steripen
waterproof lighter
cotton balls packed in vaseline
aluminum cup
cliff bars
dried fruit
nuts
fruit snacks
tang (hot tang warms the guts)
What would Porter Rockwell do?
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Small LED flashlight, knife sharpener, water filter or UV light, 40 ft paracord, chocolate and snacks, space blanket, 10 ft duct tape, GPS, iphone, meat bags, latex gloves, 2 lighters, large trash bag, small pulley, headlamp, ibuprofen, large bandaids, roll of gauze, batteries.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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No idea on Nambia. For the mountains where I don't plan on being out overnight. - Space Blanket - Waterproof lighter (I have one of those torch lighters) - About 10 feet of paracord - Flashlight or headlamp - Couple of powerbar like munchables - Nalgene bottle of water - Stocking cap/gloves And obviously the stuff that is with me on any hunt - Knife(s) - Binos Stuff I didn't need but has now become kinda mandatory - reading glasses - cell phone (For the camera and if in range the weather radar) - GPS - if I'm in unknown country - otherwise it stays home. This and I have a very small thermos of coffee. And for Namibia aside from fire, compass and knife on my person, I pay for a Gunbearer
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Yep, it's light and waterproof.
What would Porter Rockwell do?
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Empty Bud Light can refilled at our spring on the property then tightly resealed with duct tape. It works. 
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Rockies in Oct.
Off the top of my head & in addition to standard stuff (i.e. water; headlamp; gps; radio; extra batteries)
piece of tyvek
lightweight rain pants
heavier rain jacket
gaiters
leaf bag
parachute cord
lighter weight synthetic string
superglue
bandaids
lip balm
ibuprofen
paper towel (tp sucks, especially when it's raining)
steripen
waterproof lighter
cotton balls packed in vaseline
aluminum cup
cliff bars
dried fruit
nuts
fruit snacks
tang (hot tang warms the guts) It never ceases to amaze me that people do not even carry toilet paper in their vehicle let alone in the paddock...I still have a heap of sealed units from the Australian Army ration packs that I use when wandering around on foot.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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It never ceases to amaze me that people do not even carry toilet paper in their vehicle let alone in the paddock.
Years ago, when I was at the Post Graduate School in Monterey, we used to go partridge hunting at Fort Ord. Wife would drop me off, go to the commissary, then pick me up. One afternoon when she picked me up she asked; "honey how come you're only wearing one sock?" a piece or two of paper towels have been in my pocket ever since.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Well, you gonna share or are we playing 20 questions? Garmin ETREX GPS Silva Ranger Compass Matches & Magnesium Firestarter Wet Ones wipes Film canister with vaseline soaked cotton balls Small sharpening steel Super Glue Waterproof Bandaids Aspirin Four alcohol swabs Stainless Steel 1pt cup with handle. "Russian Tea" mix (Tang & Instant Lipton Ice Tea) Two Protein Bars Two $0.50 packs of peanuts Gerber Ultralight penknife 25' Paracord 50' 50lb braid fishing line Space Blanket (may have to switch to Tyvek sheet, that sounds like a great idea!) Petzl LED headlamp That's about it for now. Been pondering putting one or two "Qwik-Clot" paks and a small roll of Vet Wrap in, too. Ed
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