How do you store your hunting gear

savagelh said:
So I'll admit I'm a gear junkie. I have lots. Knives, optics, bipods, calls, you name it I have a ton of it. And archery gear is a whole other ballgame. What I'm wondering is how other people store it all. I was thinking about getting some different sizes of containers and putting them on shelving or get stackable bins or something. I just want a better system for organization and I could also use the same system for camping gear as well. Lockable would be a big plus. If I could get my hands on some old school lockers something like that might work.
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Go pegboard and pelican cases.

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Heaped in the basement so that I damn near need a plough to find anything.

Similarly, the spare bedroom has a pile of hunting clothes to sort through when needed.

Tomorrow morning for example, I'll go in there and in five minutes be suited up to go duck hunting.
 
MD said:
Heaped in the basement so that I damn near need a plough to find anything.

Similarly, the spare bedroom has a pile of hunting clothes to sort through when needed.

Tomorrow morning for example, I'll go in there and in five minutes be suited up to go duck hunting.
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Perfection sir!!!
 
My wife won't let me use 'MD's approach so all my stuff (minus the boom sticks of course) are in bins at the camp so I don't have to load, lug and/or search for stuff when I head up.

cheers,
 
Some in basement, some in bedroom closet, office closet, office floor, fly tying bench, reloading bench, piled up here and there, filled the garage, keep some in the boat, quad at parents. If you see floor or wall, put some there!
 
All of my hunting gear is stored in my hunting pack. If it's something I would want to have on my person while away from the truck or camp, it's in there.

The rest of my gear (cooking, camp gear ect) is in Rubbermaid totes. 1 big one full of dishes, a second one for dry food, a half-height one with the essentials needed for just 1 or 2 nights for 1 or two people (which has a bunch of redundancies with the big dish bin so I don't need both ever), and one final one that doesn't get taken with, but has gear I only use occasionally like my waders and cheap parang machete. Tents sleeping bags and mats sit in a pile between the wall and stack of bins.

I can have the truck loaded in 10 minutes, half of which is spent moving stuff down the stairs and out the door.
 
The topic of this thread is about buying more gear to store excess gear. I LOVE IT!
Because I have a metric sh*t ton of gear. All stored in totes. Lots of totes.
 
murph83 said:
rubber maid tots work well for me, duck tape labels and im good to go!
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I like Painter's tape for my labels. Less sticky residue left behind and you can write on it with almost anything. (the fact I have some left over from an old summer job helps too lol)
 
we had a closet in our front foyer, so i opened in up and incorperated it into a new sort of walk in closet for all my hunting stuff

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Camping stuff on the top shelf, assorted gear in the gun safe and on the other shelves, all my hunting clothes hanging on the bar. packs etc hanging on the walls. Its nice to not have to dig around in bins when I'm looking for stuff!

Chris
 
Camping stuff on a shelf,dekes hanging in bags all in the garage,fishing poles and tackle boxes in an open display combo rack in the family room,guns and ammo locked up in rec room closet along with all clothing,boots and 3 back packs each for small game,big game and waterfowl permanently ready to go. I'm a big believer in rapid deployment.
 
Lots of good ideas so far. Keep them coming. Suther, I was storing my gear in a pack but now I have too many packs and each one has a different purpose. I have a bino pouch that has all my absolutely essential stuff that I need to take on each trip gear but the rest is kind of mission specific so to speak. In case anyone is wondering the essentials are:
Rangefinding binos
Folding knife
Predator call (many uses)
Windicator
Flagging tape
Paracord
Compass
Chap stick
Bic lighter wrapped in duct tape
Baby wipes
And a small survival kit in an altoids tin

This all goes in an Alaskan guide creations harness and is super comfy. My cell also fits in the top part and tags and licenses go in there when it's during a big game season. I'm currently looking for the perfect headlamp to stash in there as well.
 
Suther said:
I like Painter's tape for my labels. Less sticky residue left behind and you can write on it with almost anything. (the fact I have some left over from an old summer job helps too lol)
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Pffft, I don't mark mine at all and use identical bins. One of the best forms of entertainment for my teenage son as he watches, listens and discovers new words as his dad try's to find his crap.

cheers,
 
savagelh said:
Lots of good ideas so far. Keep them coming. Suther, I was storing my gear in a pack but now I have too many packs and each one has a different purpose. I have a bino pouch that has all my absolutely essential stuff that I need to take on each trip gear but the rest is kind of mission specific so to speak. In case anyone is wondering the essentials are:
Rangefinding binos
Folding knife
Predator call (many uses)
Windicator
Flagging tape
Paracord
Compass
Chap stick
Bic lighter wrapped in duct tape
Baby wipes
And a small survival kit in an altoids tin

This all goes in an Alaskan guide creations harness and is super comfy. My cell also fits in the top part and tags and licenses go in there when it's during a big game season. I'm currently looking for the perfect headlamp to stash in there as well.
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There is a bunch of stuff in the pack that will usually get left behind in the truck or whatever. In fact, there is a small backpack in there with stuff I usually don't take but might want (extra knives, fire starters, my blind, a small shovel, extra gloves, hand creme, can opener, ect ect) so I can easily drop that from the pack. I also have all my game bags, gloves, knife sharpener ect in one MOLLE pouch, and my water filter and accessories in another, so they're easily put into a small day pack if I don't want to do the big pack.

My main pack only has two large main compartments, and two zippered pockets on the top flap, so i try to keep the crap in it organized in other pouches or bags.
 
Budweiser2 said:
I use Rough totes as well.
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Same here with a label on each. Mine are sorted and labeled by species hunted - moose, deer, turkey,wolves, archery deer. Each has a pack in it with the appropriate calls, knives., Gloves, hats, etc. in it so that it is self contained with the appropriate gear that I can pick them up and be ready to go. Also any specialized clothes, maps, etc. required for hunting that species.

Took years to accumulate and most of my gear purchased at end of season clearance sales.
 
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Well, I am definitely not a gear fanatic. ;)

After heaven knows how many years, I finally have gathered up a mish mash of deer hunting duds that fit, and I actually keep the stuff in a semi clear tub. Easy to spot the blaze orange! :p Heck, I even managed to find a blaze orange el cheapo backpack at CT or Wobble Mart. Hang it on a tree, easy to find. :) I also have a blaze orange belt pack like the ones old people wear in Walmart. I keep my knife, ammo, matches, etc. in there.

When I go chicken hunting, I go with whatever I am wearing that day. I always wear good boots.
 
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