Sharp Shooter

When you go hunting what do you carry in you possibles bag?

cayugad

I use a three pocket hand warmer/fanny pack combination and numerous jacket pockets. I did customize the fannypack a little. I made it so youcan tied shut the cuffs of the handwarmer section which makes a real nice pocket that way.

MAIN SECTION OF THE FANNY PACK/HAND WARMER

four premeasured charges
eight projectiles
one full capper of #11 or 209 primers
nipple/breech plug wrench
small screw driver
small channel lock
25 cleaning patches
small bottle of isopropyl alcohol cleaning solution
small roll of packing tape (good for emergency repairs)
extra cleaning jag plus the one on the end of the ramrod
short starter

BACK SECTION OF FANNY PACK/HAND WARMER

GPS (sometimes/usually in my side coat pockets)
Compass (sometimes/usually in my side coat pockets)
small mag lite flashlight (sometimes on my belt)
water proof matches ( wood matches in vaccum sealed bag)
2 water proof candles (made from old #11 cap tins)
space blanket
extra batteries for everything
inexpensive first aid kit
Buck folding knife
chemical hand warmer packs
plastic zip ties
fluorescent orange trail marking ribbon

INSIDE SECTION OF THE FANNY PACK/HAND WARMER (the actual hand warmer section)

two apples
water bottle
small zip lock bag of cereal
drag harness strap
small roll of nylon cord

ON MY BELTS

tomahawk
large knife
range finder
Binoculars (strapped to my chest)
short set of shooting sticks


I have found that almost everything I carry is small and fits into this fanny pack or parts of my huntingjacket. I bought the hand warmer fanny pack at Cabela's many years ago. I always figure it is better to be prepared then not to bed.[/b]

Sharp Shooter

What is the Tomahawk for?

cayugad

Where I hunt it can get real thick.. almost to where you can hardly get through the stuff. If you shoot a deer, there has been times where you can cut some of the bigger slashings out of the way when dragging them out. Also it works great for breaking the pelvis of the deer after gutting. And it is a little "peace of mind." I've carried one for so many years that I just always do.

AQUATECH

IT SORT OF ANSWERS ITSELF IF YOU THINK YOU
MIGHT NEED IT AND IT WEIGHS LESS THAN A
ANVIL PUT IT IN THE BAG.......LOL YOU KNOW
POWDER, BULLETS, CLEANING SUPPLIES, EXTRA
PARTS,BINOX'S, KNIVES......YES I CARRY A SMALL
HATCHET WORKS GREAT ON THE PELVIS & STERNAM
THERMOS...EXTRA SOCKS...PRIMERS..FLASHLIGHT..
EXTRA BATERIES....WATERPROOF MATCHES. VERY
SMALL FIRST AID KIT.

Tahquamenon

Depends on how far I am from my vehicle. Certainly everything for loading and cleaning in the field (speedloaders, primers, short starter, extra loading/cleaning jag, nipple/breechpluggrease and wrench, nipple pick, 20-lubed, alcohol/windex and drypatches, a small multi-tool leatherman). Patches I store in small ziplock bags one for each.

Much of what Cayugad drags along plus or minusperhaps a this or a that extra.

Always seems like I drag too much in my pouch, but then when I don't bring along a nipple wrench or something is the one time I will need one in the field to mitigate having to go the to vehicle or worse back to the ranch (done that before when I dry balled a PRB and did not have a ball puller adapter for my ramrod and had to return home to pull the PRB. Ruined an entire morning hunt while I was screwing around).

Within reasonable walking distance to the vehicle then I don't carry much in the way of tools. In the vehicle I carry a small tool box that has extra breech plugs/nipples, hand tools, and extra of everything else.

If I am overnight or remote from a vehicle or lodging, then I carry sufficient tools for a complete dissambly.

I also carry with a collapsible range rod that I use instead of the lame factory ramrods. XS Sight Systems is a nice rod also the CVA sectional rod is also very good. I greatly prefer loading with a range rod in the field over the factory rod. Worth the extra thing to tote along when it comes to difficult loading or pulling a charge.

Tahquamenon