What Do You Carry in Your Deer pack?

outrider58 · Sep 15, 2017

You can list it or shoot a picture(worth a thousand words). Here's mine. This is my bow kit. Come gun season, a couple changes; the tree hanger comes out and I generally don't carry my range finder unless I am going to hunt over a field. Pretty much everything else stays. A side note on the pistachios. Those little devils are great for warming you up. When I've been in the tree for a few hours and start to feel a chill, I hit a few of these and warm right up. Another good way to warm up, take a couple disposable toe heaters and stick them inside your outer shell, wherever you feel the cold(lower back, down the back of your neck, front rib cage, etc). They work great! One thing missing is a small spray bottle of scent killer. Time to go shopping.

I also pack a lunch in a double ziploc and I include a pair of nitrile gloves to keep scent off my hands.

LimaVictor · Sep 15, 2017

Thread subscribed.
Good info for a newbie bow hunter like me!

engineerbrian · Sep 15, 2017

What is the grey box in the center?

67temp · Sep 15, 2017

I try to keep my pack as light as possible.

Crop damage and gun season:
orange, lisc. and ammo, chair and shooting sticks..... if I kill one I go back to my truck to get the sleds and gutting equipment.

bow season:
arm guard, release, gut hook knife, bone saw, pull rope, screw in step (use as bow hanger), pruning shears and folding saw to clear branches, 3 flashlights, hat, face mask, gloves, lisc, gutting gloves, drag rope, and Benadryl (I'm allergic to deer hair).

I never use any calls, rattling, or cover scents.

hi3cho · Sep 15, 2017

engineerbrian said:
What is the grey box in the center?

Ozonics, basically a mechanical device that masks your human scent.

https://www.ozonicshunting.com/how-ozonics-works

44man · Sep 15, 2017

damn yall make me feel lazy, I take my gun, ammo, a snack and if its real cold a blanket. I have never felt the need to carry a pack and I have harvested many hundreds of deer and disposed of many hundreds more on cdp's. of course I am not a trophy hunter though I have shot my share of nice deer.

engineerbrian · Sep 15, 2017

Heres an older video that seems to fit the topic

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hi3cho · Sep 15, 2017

I am new to hunting and my pack looked similar to that the first time I went hunting. I have tried to streamline my back but am in the same boat as outrider a serial over packer. I think it largely depends on your hunting situation. If you have the ability to leave the woods and come back in a reasonable time after shooting a deer, you don't need as much. If you are a public land hunting a mile in, then you will need to bring more gear.

If on private or easy wood access:

Weapon
Knife
Light
Binoculars
Rangefinder
Harness
Rope Hoist
Calls

If Public,

Basically Outriders Pack minus Ozonics

danb · Sep 15, 2017

taking a picture requires unpacking... and generally I keep it packed after Sept 7th so that I can leave at a moment notice (my schedule can be funky).

I have most everything pictured except the call (dont use em). I also have an extra deer drag, plus extra ropes. I also have 3 small portable hanging work lights for night gutting (hang on tree). Plus a bottle of cover scent, obviously.

Not pictachios, snickers or Kind bars. Plus, where legal, some treats for the deer.

Oh and I dont use the tree hanger pictured I just carrabiner stuff to a hammock strap around the tree.

Racer Doug14 · Sep 15, 2017

I have a Milspec Camelbak MULE. I Only bow hunt.

Halo rangefinder.
Pocket tree saw
3 different knives
Nitrile gloves
Zip ties
Grunt call
Doe can
550 cord w/clip to pull bow up.
Drag strap
Flash light
Headlight
Hunting license
Facemask and paint
Binoculars

Uncle Duke · Sep 15, 2017

We always carried brass whistles worn on a lanyard on your person. Never to be used unless somebody is hurt. That and a compass. Might be moot nowadays if in areas of cell phone service, and with GPS.

John from MD · Sep 15, 2017

44man said:
damn yall make me feel lazy, I take my gun, ammo, a snack and if its real cold a blanket. I have never felt the need to carry a pack and I have harvested many hundreds of deer and disposed of many hundreds more on cdp's. of course I am not a trophy hunter though I have shot my share of nice deer.

+1 Too old to carry all that stuff. :innocent0

Doco Overboard · Sep 15, 2017

Binoculars compass whistle license magnesium fire starter Maybe spare gloves bug spray water and ID landowner permission cards. Phone some chow and knife with three spare rounds for firearm.

engineerbrian · Sep 15, 2017

Doco Overboard said:
three spare rounds for firearm.

Thats the nice thing about deer hunting with an AR. 8 rounds in a mag and you dont have to carry any loose ammo. All of your ammo (and then some) is in your gun :thumbsup:

beowulf9 · Sep 15, 2017

That's an interesting list, thanks for posting.

aray · Sep 15, 2017

Will have to compare to my pack when I get home or over the weekend. I need to inventory it anyway for the new season.

dist1646 · Sep 15, 2017

Bow season, Bow, arrows, skinning knife.
Rifle season, Rifle, ammo, skinning knife.

dist1646 · Sep 15, 2017

double post!?

AlBeight · Sep 15, 2017

Bow season, in the pack:

Red Head Fair Chase backpack
Garmin etrex 20x GPS
Nikon 7i laser range finder
Small bottles of Advil & Excedrin Migraine
Bushnell H20 10 x 42 binoculars
Set of Red Head archery allen wrenches
Gerber Gator folder knife
Gerber folding saw
Cabelas optics lens cleaning pen
Pocket-sized digital camera mini tripod
2 x spare open-mesh blaze orange vests
1 roll light blue trail marking/surveyors tape
1 roll pink trail marking/surveyors tape
1 roll blue & black striped trail marking/surveyors tape
1 (unopened) can HS Scents Fresh Earth scent wafers
1 (opened) can HS Earth scent wafers
Butt-Out tool
Broadhead wrench
2 LED headlamps w/red light setting
6 AAA batteries
6 AA batteries
Streamlight flashlight pen (which only usually works when I test it in the house never in the woods)
Grunt call
Caramel Apple & Oatmeal Raisin chewy granola bars
2 x 20 oz bottles of Dasani water (sturdy bottles don't crinkle loudly)
Motorola Talkabout 250 walkie w/earbuds
Spare camo hat Gore Tex
Can of permethrin
Gore Tex camo Boonie hat
Nylon web belt w/plastic hooks gear hanger
Lightweight spare camo LS tee shirt
Roll of Angel Soft TP in large Ziplock freezer bag
Dark brown hand towel
Outdoor Edge SwingBlaze (favorite deer dressing knife ever)
6 Pack tube of Ten Point CUB crossbow unloading bolts (even though I'm not x-bow hunting this year)
Nylon drag strap

* Gun seasons I'll strip out all the archery stuff & add whatever ammo. *
* I wear my safety harness, don't pack it *

In the pants pockets:

Hunting License
Landowner permission papers
Lensatic compass
Contact lens wetting drops
Small pocket knife
Camo mesh face mask
LW Camo gloves (even in cold)
Scent free chapstick
30 ft pull up rope (chord) w/hooks
Camo face paint kit
Cell phone

Yup, too much crap. Still swear I NEED each & every item. I pare this down frequently depending on how easy/close the hunt will be, but this is what's in my pack as of this minute, & I haven't even begun to get things ready for bow season yet. :sad20:

6Den · Sep 15, 2017

Was gonna add first aid kit but I think I see one in Outrider's picture. At minimum I carry some band aids, clot gauze, and tourniquet.

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