- Jul 29, 2014
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What Do You Carry in Your Deer pack?
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Doco Overboard
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I was in a god awful SH&%%hole tonight, whew! If I broke my leg Id need a pfd in there. Sika were chasing already, rained like a bitch for awhile.
This is what I use as a drag rope....easy on the
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004...+dock+rope&dpPl=1&dpID=51F19e1eCaL&ref=plSrch
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004...+dock+rope&dpPl=1&dpID=51F19e1eCaL&ref=plSrch
- Jul 29, 2014
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Anyone hunting from a tree these days should have a "harness relief strap" with them. They make great deer drags. Just make sure it ends up back in your gear.
Doco Overboard
Ultimate Member
Beyond a shadow of all doubt! All the manufactures should have them with their kit, but I'm not certain they do. Hanging in a full body harness gets painful real quick. I seen a picture of a guy who got hung in the rung of the stand upside down for a short while and it was unbelievable and a miracle he even survived.
- Jul 29, 2014
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You can die from it too. It cuts off almost half the body's blood supply, starving the brain of oxygen rich blood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_trauma
This is why I carry a knife in a belly pack on my harness. I can 'cut out' and shinny down the tree. I lost a friend to this.
The old world term for "suspension trauma" was "crucifixion".
You end up dying the same way, blood pooling in your lower extremities.
I've been getting questions about blood tracking flashlights.
Get the Cyan (blue - purplish) colored lights from Primos Bloodhunter (pricey) or Rayovac (inexpensive). When you hold the light to your hand, you should see the red blood cells in your hand.
Green blood tracking lights are garbage. The green light turns the red blood black on the forest floor, which becomes hard to see in leaves.
BTW, blue UV lights only work to detect pet urine, they do not work as a blood tracker. A theory would be to track a got shot deer with it, but someone needs to validate that.
Get the Cyan (blue - purplish) colored lights from Primos Bloodhunter (pricey) or Rayovac (inexpensive). When you hold the light to your hand, you should see the red blood cells in your hand.
Green blood tracking lights are garbage. The green light turns the red blood black on the forest floor, which becomes hard to see in leaves.
BTW, blue UV lights only work to detect pet urine, they do not work as a blood tracker. A theory would be to track a got shot deer with it, but someone needs to validate that.
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- Jul 29, 2014
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I use my Surefire. Granted, they only give an hour of light full on, but if I can't find him in less than an hour, I stop and come back in the morning. They show blood as red.
Seek thermal offers products to help hunters find downed deer.
They offer an attachment to turn a cellular phone into a thermal imaging device (compact) for around $300. They also have a handheld thermal imager (Reveal) for $400.
Www.seekthermal.com
They offer an attachment to turn a cellular phone into a thermal imaging device (compact) for around $300. They also have a handheld thermal imager (Reveal) for $400.
Www.seekthermal.com
rgramjet
Ultimate Member
I used to have a fidgeting problem after 3-4 hours in the stand. I now take an Eno portable hammock into the woods. Lets me take a cherished mid day nap, perfectly quiet.
Ive awakened on more than a few occasions to a deer blowing within 20 feet of me.....the first time startled me so bad I flipped out of the damn hammock!
Ive awakened on more than a few occasions to a deer blowing within 20 feet of me.....the first time startled me so bad I flipped out of the damn hammock!
I use my Surefire. Granted, they only give an hour of light full on, but if I can't find him in less than an hour, I stop and come back in the morning. They show blood as red.
Granted, it was a lot, but I was kind of surprised how relatively easy it was to follow the trail from the spike I arrowed opening weekend. It was actually easier to follow the trail as it got darker. The blood stood out better in my headlamp (only 180 lumens). If it was wet, it probably would have really sucked to follow it.
Only a couple of times I had to stop, look around and do a little back tracking. though it was a double lung shot and only covered 75 yards or so through really thick low stuff. A guy shot I'd imagine would have been a lot harder to track.
I often times take a book with me. Or I handle my fidget problem by going still hunting around 9-10am, break for lunch and then sit from 3 or so until last light. Now that I have a climber that'll make it harder, but I may still do that. I'll also make sure to bring a book.
I get ya about the unpacking for pix. In my case I was doing my season load-out and figured I'd snap a pic. My hunting won't start until late October.
For all you "minimalists" out there...Most guys I know who carry only the bare necessities usually seem to be the first ones out of their trees. I go in before sun up and come out after sundown most days. No matter the temps(colder is way better that warmer). I love to just sit out there and enjoy nature.
Nothing wrong with staying out all day long. If I were doing it I would build a real treehouse and leave all that stuff in there. But I am out for meat. Hunting is like work to me, get on, get done , and get to doing something else that's gotta get done. I shoot horns if they walk up and I shoot spots if they walk up, it all cooks , except the horns, lol.
20 years ago my MIL gave me this ridiculous thing that was kind of like a pocket bib that fits around/in a standard bucket. It came with a padded seat that replaces the bucket lid. At the time I thought, no way in Hades I'm ever going to use this silly thing... boy was I wrong. I've used it nearly every hunting trip for the last two decades. Since I tend to hunt from the ground, it has kept my posterior warm and dry on many an unpleasant day, and all of my gear organized (without it making any noise rattling around).
I just went through it yesterday changing over from my last deep winter deer hunt and prepping for my early fall bear hunt. I don't know if I thought I was going to be butchering 2 or 3 moose in the field, but somehow, every freaking knife I own wound up in the bucket.... I thinned things out a bit :-)
I just went through it yesterday changing over from my last deep winter deer hunt and prepping for my early fall bear hunt. I don't know if I thought I was going to be butchering 2 or 3 moose in the field, but somehow, every freaking knife I own wound up in the bucket.... I thinned things out a bit :-)
StantonCree
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- Jan 23, 2011
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Bump cuz this is a cool thread. I’m getting my pack back together to start bow hunting fir the year. I’ll bump it with pics once i get my chit together, cooking ribs now
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,992
Lol. I was going to cook ribs today but instead, I'm at MoGeneral ER with the wife. She has a booboo.
h2u
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Awesome for St Cree for getting into bowhunting/sad to Outrider for wife. Hope all will be good, sir!
Read the thread title and wondered if I'd posted. Yep. My stands are like 80yds from my back door - so I carry in very little. When I shoot a deer, I walk back out to get the deer cart and drop off my extra clothes (winter overalls, etc).
I may not shoot big bucks, but I like my little behind-the-house hunting gig
Read the thread title and wondered if I'd posted. Yep. My stands are like 80yds from my back door - so I carry in very little. When I shoot a deer, I walk back out to get the deer cart and drop off my extra clothes (winter overalls, etc).
I may not shoot big bucks, but I like my little behind-the-house hunting gig
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,992
Awesome for St Cree for getting into bowhunting/sad to Outrider for wife. Hope all will be good, sir!
Read the thread title and wondered if I'd posted. Yep. My stands are like 80yds from my back door - so I carry in very little. When I shoot a deer, I walk back out to get the deer cart and drop off my extra clothes (winter overalls, etc).
I may not shoot big bucks, but I like my little behind-the-house hunting gig
I remember you telling me that. Good luck this year!
Oh and thanks!
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