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a pair of cheaters and my cell phone
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Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
Robert Frost
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I may not be smart but I can lift heavy objects
I have a shotgun so I have no need for a 30-06.....
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Pocket: Compass & bag of almonds
Belt: Old Timer Mustang
Not in a pocket but a little belt pouch:
5 extra rounds
Sh*t tickets
10’ paracord
1 trioxane tab
1 BIC
6 storm match case with 10’ gorilla tape wrapped
Whistle
Mirror
Swedish Firesteel
Reading glasses
A few aspirin or ibuprofen etc
3-4 cough drops
Old habits die hard and now that I hunt way smaller country most of this stuff isn’t necessary but still mostly hunt dawn to dark and still make efforts to minimize things that would bring me out of the mountains early.
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They will vote our way into socialism, We will have to shoot our way out.
Every major horror in the world was perpetrated in the name of altruism.
Just how big is Aroostook County you ask?
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Couple of extra shells, TP, drag and a light nylon sling. I hunt without a sling, but keep it handy for a drag out.
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here.
My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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Pocket knife, stuff for chapped lips. Billfold, spare cartridges
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Paracord, folding knife, compass, flashlight, 6 extra shells, and a fire steel.
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Folding knife
Drag rope
Pen {for filling out tags}
Zip ties {for affixing tags to deer}
Small flashlight
cartridge wallet
Compass
Lighter
Water bottle
Sandwich if I'll be out all day
Everything fits in my coat pockets. I don't carry a pack when hunting. If I had to carry so much shyt I needed a pack, I'd quit hunting and take up golf or something.
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Ammo and 2 or 3 means of starting a fire.
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My father was my hunting and fishing buddy and I lost him to lung cancer in 2013. Mom had him cremated. He always shot a 7mm Rem Mag. I took one of the shells he had shot and neck sized it, leaving the spent primer in place, put some of his ashes in the case and seated a bullet. My wife made a little pouch and sewed it it the pocket of my hunting coat and i put that casing in the pouch. This way I still get to hunt with my father.
That is what you can be certain will always be in my pocket Well done brother
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My father was my hunting and fishing buddy and I lost him to lung cancer in 2013. Mom had him cremated. He always shot a 7mm Rem Mag. I took one of the shells he had shot and neck sized it, leaving the spent primer in place, put some of his ashes in the case and seated a bullet. My wife made a little pouch and sewed it it the pocket of my hunting coat and i put that casing in the pouch. This way I still get to hunt with my father.
That is what you can be certain will always be in my pocket Well done brother Yes sir. Very classy. Your dad has solid tastes!
Semper Fi
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[quote=JPro]Seems like I nearly always carry a backpack or waist pack these days, as the weather changes too much to use the same coat/clothes each time.
Always have:
TP
Compass
Flagging ribbon for blood trailing and marking locations
Knives
Gloves
License & ink pen
Extra ammo
Bottle of water
Binoculars
Flashlights
Facemask/headnet
Candy bar, sandwich
This^^^^Plus a drag rope, lighter, foam cushion, rangefinder, neoprene gloves, string, warm hat and neck gaiter, fleece vest. Pack gets pretty heavy....
Coat pockets have compass and whistle on lanyard, light wt gloves, one reload, GPS and grunt call. Ball compass pinned to lapel.
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Folding knife
Drag rope
Pen {for filling out tags}
Zip ties {for affixing tags to deer}
Small flashlight
cartridge wallet
Compass
Lighter
Water bottle
Sandwich if I'll be out all day
Everything fits in my coat pockets. I don't carry a pack when hunting. If I had to carry so much shyt I needed a pack, I'd quit hunting and take up golf or something. Enough shyt there I wouldn't be stuffing my pockets. Just as easy to carry a small pack with all of that.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Extra ammo and a pocket knife
Benefactor Life Member NRA, Arizona Hunter Education Instructor
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Folding knife
Drag rope
Pen {for filling out tags}
Zip ties {for affixing tags to deer}
Small flashlight
cartridge wallet
Compass
Lighter
Water bottle
Sandwich if I'll be out all day
Everything fits in my coat pockets. I don't carry a pack when hunting. If I had to carry so much shyt I needed a pack, I'd quit hunting and take up golf or something. Enough shyt there I wouldn't be stuffing my pockets. Just as easy to carry a small pack with all of that. Then you've got the wrong hunting coat. Not surprising. Most don't have enough pockets and what they do have are too small, insecure and/or poorly placed. Nobody in the group I hunt with wears a pack of any kind.
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Not that my coat doesn't have 6 pockets it's that I may not wear a coat for a lot of my hunts. If its 45° degrees when I walk in at 5 in the morning and it gets to 60° for a high that day I don't need a coat, a camo hoodie or a long sleeve button up short over a tee suffices on a lot of early season hunts.
I can carry the same pack from early October when temps are warm/mild until the first of the year when Iay hunt freezing temps. I don't have to switch gear from different types of clothing as our weather changes from archery season until late muzzle loader.
Just grab the same pack.
Different temps/seasons/weather in different parts of the country may dictate how one packs.
The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Not that my coat doesn't have 6 pockets it's that I may not wear a coat for a lot of my hunts. If its 45° degrees when I walk in at 5 in the morning and it gets to 60° for a high that day I don't need a coat, a camo hoodie or a long sleeve button up short over a tee suffices on a lot of early season hunts.
I can carry the same pack from early October when temps are warm/mild until the first of the year when Iay hunt freezing temps. I don't have to switch gear from different types of clothing as our weather changes from archery season until late muzzle loader.
Just grab the same pack.
Different temps/seasons/weather in different parts of the country may dictate how one packs. Early here means archery season and I'll be hunting from a stand. That means I'll be wearing my vest type safety harness which has 3 large pockets per side and plenty of room for my essentials, regardless of what I'm wearing underneath it. Gun season it's usually a matter of how many layers I need under my wool mackinaw, which has enough room in the pockets and rear game bag to carry enough supplies for a week.
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