Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game What would you consider the best tool to help in hunting?

A rifle is my most important tool. I can hunt in sneakers, without a binocular and without a scope. In blue jeans and a tee shirt. No way I'm leaving home without a rifle and a compass.

Spot lights

I still say just me the dremel. It has helped me fix and at times screw up a good thing. I ment no ofence SamOlson.If So I Am Sorry.Kawi

Peace out.

The desire and ability to get your butt into lone country and glass until your eyeballs hurt. And boots....grin

Tanner

A helicopter would be nice.

About the time a person gets around to setting his heals,why there it was.

Money.

Without it I couldn't take the time off work, pay the $500+ fuel bills, buy tags or ammo or food or keep the truck or trailer running or do any other number of things that make hunting possible. Simply put, money allows options that enable the hunt.

Most any mediocre rifle, optics, ammo and other gear would work most of the time. Case in point, my first scope was a Bushnell Sportview 3x9 I paid $30-something for new in 1982. Hated the scope but used it for 20+ years and it never cost me a lost shot opportunity or animal. Had a folding Case knife I hated, too. Tried for 30+ years to break it or lose it before I finally succeeded.

The butt out tool...

Optics and boots

This sums it up perfectly for me. I NEVER hunt without binos.

Windstopper and Butt wiper

I agree. Those little moist towelettes have saved my ass more than once.

A good computer so I can get lots of huntin' advice on the internet.

Good one!

Laffin'...

To me my hunting took on a new life when I bought a pair of decent binoculars and started using them properly.

I must say, I've never thought of bringing my dremel hunting and don't plan on it either.

Well I suppose all the good answers have been given, but I'll throw in trail cams. I might not kill or even see a buck I get on cam, but if I can get a picture of a really good one, it provides the extra motivation to get out there after him.

I enjoy any time spent by myself out in the bush, but knowing that a 180" whitetail cruised through here a couple times recently gives mw a little extra adrenaline. I move a bit slower, sit a bit longer and watch a bit more carefully. Also, I find that running the cams even during the off season is a lot of fun, there's always the anticipation of what might be on them.

Boots can break a hunt, also gloves, frozen fingers change everything. And you can't hunt w/o a knife.

MM

I'm with this. Pretty apparent you need all these little mechanical things....but without this you are sunk before you start.

Proprietary barrels and 1/3MOA scopes.