What do you put in your day pack for:

Oct Elk in the Rocky Mnts

July in Nambia

Same things I put in it for September Caribou on a Squirrel River tributary or a spring hog hunt in deep south Texas.

Ed

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.

What Pugs said...except in Namibia I let 'the lads' carry everything and/or walk back and get the truck

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.

Add a small 1st aid kit and some TP.

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.

Well, you gonna share or are we playing 20 questions?

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.

Probably includes a bottle of Rebbecca Creek

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)

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.

Tyvek? Siding?

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

Yep, it's light and waterproof.

Empty Bud Light can refilled at our spring on the property then tightly resealed with duct tape.

It works.

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.

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.

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

You haven't lived till ya had to make a torch out of your socks to find the way out of the woods after a long day of squirrel hunting waaay back in.

Bought a headlamp after that !!!!

I've been contemplating this for some time. And I'm sure that each persons possibles or survival kit will differ by terrain and which part of the world you live in. Time of year makes a difference too.

I usually don't get too far back into the bush.

In my truck, I always have TP, lighters, 55gal drum liners, furniture blankets. First aid kits, including my daily meds (usually at least an extra 3 day supply). An ax, shovel, extra ammo, a case of bottled water. A camp stove and fuel. A ham radio, a GPS, compass, food, etc, etc, etc...

I need to get this down to a manageable size for a day pack. Currently I have a Badlands 2200.

I do have micro stoves, but the fuel cylinders are not so tiny. I usually carry some sort of tea bags. As was stated by a few others, a warm belly can do wonders.

So, if you were to have to start from scratch, what would you include in your possibles bag, or survival kit? and why?

Africa.....ammo and a rifle.....nothing else

The Rockies....elk or deer

Spotter, tripod, phone-skope and phone
Knife
License
1 game bag
Water
Power bars
Headlamp
Puffer
Ammo
TP

Puffer?

Down filled jacket

When there's no game in sight.

Smart man.

Probably for asthma. Slang for inhaler.

Nothing.

That's why I had kids.




Non-Writer

That was my pre-coffee brain. I realized on the way to work that it was likely one of those little devices that tosses some talc in the air to check wind.

Still could be wrong as I'm now post beer.

As someone said earlier, puffer or puffy is slang for down jacket.

Ah, missed that thx