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Just picked up a new pack, the tailhook by Eberlestock. Big pack, bigger than the one I had. I like it alot. What items/pack list do you use for your whitetail hunting. I'll post a few pics when I get the chance.

chas1:

You have to give us a little more info about the hunt that you plan in order for us to give you a list of what we would take because each hunt is different. Are you walking to a tree stand from your car? Are you backpack hunting? Do you plan to day hunt out of a base camp?

KC

Camara
Monopod for the camara
Knife
water or gatorade
sandwich
candybar
12 rounds of extra ammo
Deer tags
Rain Gear

My pac has lash straps and buckle straps all over it. I use them to hold my cold weather clothing on the way to the stand.

A few knives, candy bars, gum, grunt tube, camera, ammo, electrical tape, knife sharpener, sagen saw, a soft cloth to clean scope lenses, extra gloves, water/gatorade, coffee thermos

If I'm hunting the riverbottom where you're always close to the truck, it's no pack just snack, phone, 5 rounds,knife and maybe a laser.

Deer hunting the hills on a day hike,
tripod
spotter
laser
camera
gps
headlamp
extra batteries
compass
knife/sharpener
5 rounds
rain jacket/pack cover
water
food
lighter
cord
meat bags
garbage bag
extra set of contact lenses
eye drops
optics cloth/drops
TP

Tripod, spotter and water are by far most all the weight.

Just went through my crap, deer opens this Saturday!

I went through my pack and organized it and restocked it last week Sam! Im more than ready!

Sam, NO COMPASS?

It's on the list!


Those things come in handy when it's dark out and you don't know where the hell you're at......(grin)

Ok I read your list to fast. Sorry about that.

I don't leave the truck with at least two.

I've never been lost but I was once bewildred for about 24 hours because fell and broke my one and only compass.

I carry enough to be prepared for whatever I might need.

Knife
Multi-tool
Two LED Flashlights
LED Headlamp
Extra Batteries
Camera
Compass
Rope
Electrical Tape
Surveyors Tape
Wet Wipes
Water
Granola Bars
Mono Pod
Work Gloves
Cold Weather Gloves
Stocking Hat
Neck Garter
Mask
Grunt Tube
Scent Killer

Without diggin in the basement for my pack.

2 knives
spare mag
rope
elec. tape
compass
tracking ribbon
small brush clippers
chap stick
matches
small first aid kit
asprin
grunt call

Knife
Multi-tool
LED Flashlight
Extra Batteries
Camera
Compass
Rope
Electrical Tape
Surveyors Tape
Wet Wipes
Water
Small Thermos of hot chocolate
Gutting Gloves
Gloves
Stocking Hat
Candy bar
Grunt Tube
Scent Killer
Small First Aid Kit
Folding Saw
Lighter
Matches (Water proof)
Electrical ties (For fastening tag)

no condoms?
Boy scout motto - always be prepared.
That would include a sign that says - when this tree stand is a rockin, don't come a knockin..

Sounds to me like you're fond of the Butt-Out tool.

I carry some combination of everything mentioned so far depending on the circumstances, plus a neat little flexible cleaning rod in a round tin with some gun cleaning accessories. Maker's name eludes me. In the 20 years I've been lugging it around I've had to use it twice to clear crap out of my barrel.

Thanks for the replies. The tail hook is a big pack and I'm trying to get it organized. Any archery whitetail pack lists out there??

No offense but you sound as if your doing this backwards ie you've bought a big pack and now you want to fill it...

Really you are better trying to keep things to a minimum and tailoring what you carry on each hunt to the circumstances...

Assuming you are packing in:

Ground cloth
Burbon or scotch�
Tent with stakes
Sleep bag
Goretex bivvy sack
Pad, sleeping
Trecking poles
Stove, kifaru
GPS, compass, map
Camera
6 esbit tabs
2 lighters
Game calls
Radio
Petzl
Flashlight
Battery
Fry pan
Spatula
Fork
Titanium cup
Pocket rocket or jetboil
Extra gas canister�
Water filter
2 or 3 platypus
2 Gatorade bottles

Rifle and 12 round
Laser
Sitting pad
Large garbage bags
Game bags
Tape
550 cord
Trail tape or pins
Saw
Knife
Scalpel
Disposable poncho
2 pair latex gloves

Lightweight polypro top & bottom
Shell pants
Orange top shell
Sleeping shirt
Orange NF shirt
Subzero jacket
2 hats
Balaclava�
Neck warmer
2 pair socks
2 sock liners�
Glove liners
Ski gloves
medium weight poly pro

Cigar
Meals
Pancake mix
Jerky
Trail mix
Coffee
Cider
Tang
Gatoraide mix
Hot chocolate
Candy

TP
2 pack handiwipes
Toothbrush & paste

assuming its a day pack,
3 cartridges
rubber gloves
Knife
bone saw
light weight rope
Orange marking tape for blood tracking
two bic lighters
GPS
compass
binoculars (worn)
warm hat
balaclava
gloves
4 Cliff bars
2 waters
cell phone
2 bandades
small gauze patch
electrical tape (wrapped on barrel)
small lithium battery flashlight
streamlight headlamp
(forgot to add some toilet paper for emergencies)

This is what I carry when hunting away from the road on a day hunt. If I pack in, I usually carry my daypack lashed to the main pack and set up a spike camp and then hunt from there. I also do some hunting in small wood lots in the southern tier and then I carry much less in a fanny pack.

I do want to drop the T-saw as I rarely use it and replace it with saw that I can just cut off the skull plate.
I also am considering one of those spot emergency beacons as I mostly hunt alone and the thought of a broken leg 5 miles from the road in the Adirondacks in November doesn�t seem so good.

7 cartridges
Electrical tape
Pen
binos (I wear them, but I keep them with pack)

Knife
Gerber T-saw
2 pillow cases
Rubbermaid gloves
Rifle sling and 2 pieces of 500 cord (makes a deer Drag)

Compass
Map
GPS
Ensolite pad cut to fit inside pack
6'X 8' silnylon tarp

Flagging Tape

Led flashlight with red lens filter
LED headlamp

Lighter
Water and food

Radio (if hunting with someone else)
Small digital Camera

Warm hat
extra insulating layer
Maybe a rain top