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I guess we're lucky he didn't include a selfie in his austere blaze orange loin cloth and headband!
I Over Pack For Day Hunts!!
- Thread starter baker42
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I guess we're lucky he didn't include a selfie in his austere blaze orange loin cloth and headband!
I've never hunted in hot temperatures for big game, most of the time it's -5 to -10 during the day. A person does not require as much H2O when it's cold outside and walking slow. Finding a small frozen pond or stream is good, break the ice and a person can have a solid water popsicle or liquid form, I perfer the snow, kind of inbetween.
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Even in the fall I have a reg size Nalgene bottle with me that I usually empty, or some tea if it’s real cold out. I’ve always needed lots of water, food I can do with the hare minimum. Unfortunately around here there’s too much ranging cattle to drink any stream water without some sort of proper filtration, which means more crap in my bag lol.
Ice in my drink
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- Location
- Stony Plain , Alberta
I’ve always viewed my day pack, as an overnight pack. If I get turned around and lost after a long day of walking, best to just ride the night out in the bush. You’ll navigate nothing in the dark. Get a fire going. Tarp and space blankets have no weight in a pack. Stay tucked in the trees under space blankets. I always have enough rations for a couple days. Water is the heaviest thing in my pack, but a couple litres is life saving. Hit trail in the morning we’ll rested.
What about something like the Lifestraw?
the lifestraw does filter out most (99.99%) of the bugs (as seen on utube) and it is a great asset to have when hunting
there are variations that allow one to filter iffy water into a clean receptacle
as for me, I use the original lifestraw as intended as opposed to filtering my cooking water.
the lifestraw won't filter out toxins
boiling the water for 10 minutes kills all bugs
Yup, I always pack to survive the night, if hunting alone and a km or more in. That being said, since I do a ton of sitting in the bush in the winter I already need all the multiple layers in the day to get through a night. Water and calories as well are important to me. I carry all the fire stuff and a light pruning saw, but I like to have enough clothing in case building a fire is not practical due to injury or weather.
Personally, I'd need to be a lot further than 1km from my truck before I'd worry much about being forced to overnight. To me, a day hunt means I go out in the morning and return at night. So:
ammo in one chambering for one rifle; if I bring the wrong ammo with me I deserve to fail miserably.
water bottle
TP
first aid kit; that means a half roll of electrical tape, a couple bandaids and a tiny bottle of hand sanitizer.
lunch + thermos of hot bev in cold weather
matches, usually a tiny butane pocket torch
headlamp with fresh batteries
knife + sharpener + usually a wire saw
usually a space blanket
20 feet or so of paracord
binocular + usually a rangefinder
extra socks + vest
cellphone, compass
usually a small 3-legged stool
often a packable raincoat
Much of this stuff lives permanently in the pockets of a good blaze hunt vest. I wouldn't need or take a pack unless weather dictated a bunch of extra layers to carry.
Two stoves? Or, for that matter...any stove? A giant handful of ammo in more than one chambering? Tent? A mini-backpack to wear on my chest to hold my binocular? Please!!!
In 50-ish years of hunting, I have wound up spending the night outside unexpectedly a grand total of twice. Both times I had none of the extraneous crap listed above, but I did have all the stuff on my list, which made the night out uncomfortable but livable. That's fine with me; when you screw up badly enough to have to stay out all night...you shouldn't expect to do it in luxury.
I am not carrying a ton of crap every single time I go out...just in case a third night actually occurs...which it won't, to quote Rick Sanchez.
ammo in one chambering for one rifle; if I bring the wrong ammo with me I deserve to fail miserably.
water bottle
TP
first aid kit; that means a half roll of electrical tape, a couple bandaids and a tiny bottle of hand sanitizer.
lunch + thermos of hot bev in cold weather
matches, usually a tiny butane pocket torch
headlamp with fresh batteries
knife + sharpener + usually a wire saw
usually a space blanket
20 feet or so of paracord
binocular + usually a rangefinder
extra socks + vest
cellphone, compass
usually a small 3-legged stool
often a packable raincoat
Much of this stuff lives permanently in the pockets of a good blaze hunt vest. I wouldn't need or take a pack unless weather dictated a bunch of extra layers to carry.
Two stoves? Or, for that matter...any stove? A giant handful of ammo in more than one chambering? Tent? A mini-backpack to wear on my chest to hold my binocular? Please!!!
In 50-ish years of hunting, I have wound up spending the night outside unexpectedly a grand total of twice. Both times I had none of the extraneous crap listed above, but I did have all the stuff on my list, which made the night out uncomfortable but livable. That's fine with me; when you screw up badly enough to have to stay out all night...you shouldn't expect to do it in luxury.
I am not carrying a ton of crap every single time I go out...just in case a third night actually occurs...which it won't, to quote Rick Sanchez.
- Location
- Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Yeah these are better options imo. The filters can freeze and Crack making them useless. I use the sawyer squeez in elk season but as soon as the Temps get close to zero its aqua tabs for me for emergency.
