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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 Great post.
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Empty Snickers bar wrappers. Yessir!
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2 things I'm always going to have either in a pocket or a HPG bag where I can get to them easily:
A ziploc bag with TP in it A ziploc bag with glucose tablets in it
Neither of those things handle rain or a sweaty pocket well, thus the ziploc. Thinking about it, ziploc bags may the most heavily used non-hunting item that I always have with me when I'm hunting. I use them for so much.
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Copenhagen, knife and rubber gloves.
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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
Sometimes have: Thermacell Thermos LRF Thermal monocular Green light Handwarmers
Now with even more aplomb
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Screw the fragile TP. 2 full size Bounty paper towels, they hold up way better to friction and humidity.
Jumbo trapper pocketknife that I always have with me if I’m dressed. Chapstick. Extra ammo, either 5 or 6 loose rounds for bolt and lever guns or an extra 20 round AR mag if I’m chasing pigs.
That’s about it for around the house, carry a small pack in the mountains with a lunch and survival gear.
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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 Awesome idea and a.wonderful tribute to your dad.
The way life should be.
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A couple extra rounds and a few paper towels so if I get lucky can wipe off blood.
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Gloves and hot hands/toe warmers. I do not keep much in my coat because it is the most transitory piece of clothing I use. Where and how I hunt means I might be taking coat off and on throughout the day. If I am glassing or sleeping in the snow for the afternoon I will probably have it on, otherwise it is rolled and attached to the side of pack or in pack. Also, because it’s moved around I prefer the zippers on the pockets.
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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 That's a pretty cool remembrance.
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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 That is a moving tribute to your dad. Thanks for sharing that with us.
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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Mountain Money and matches.
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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.
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I almost always carry a pack now, so my pockets: coat, shirt, and pants, are for car keys, and an extra, glasses, iPhone, extra ammo if not wearing a belt carrier, gloves, cough drops, and a Leupold flannel thingy for a handkerchief. Late in the season I get tired of the pack, and go very light on the paraphernalia, so more goes in my pockets. What goes where depends on the pocket layouts. My primary car key has an Olight attached in case I drop or misplace my LED headlamp. Two is one and one is none, as Clint says……
My backup piece is an LCP 2, and sometimes I carry a spare mag, sometimes not. Ten should be enough.
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A sharp knife, TP and phone. Everything else goes into a back pack. The size of the pack varies depending on the hunt.
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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
Sometimes have: Thermacell Thermos LRF Thermal monocular Green light Handwarmers Hellova pocket!
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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 That’s a great tribute, thanks for sharing it.
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Gloves, Rope, ink pen, ziplock bag, twist tie, ( to tag my game with), extra ammo, pocket knife, camo mesh face mask, grunt call.
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Screw the fragile TP. 2 full size Bounty paper towels, they hold up way better to friction and humidity. . DudeWipes Academy / Walmarks sells a smaller resealable pack in the camping aisle
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�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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I use paper towels for TP but it is always there!
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