You’re headed out for a day or a few hours of hunting or pesting. Other than your PCP/pumper/springer, what do you consider essential kit before heading out? For me it’s my binoculars and range finder. Won’t go without them.
Basic kit for pesting or hunting?
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Wipes are a must lol. Binoculars, range finder, water, good knife, side pistol (for protection), snacks, shooting stick, gps, and comfortable pack to carry it all.
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Pellets.....Dont forget those!!! 
Seriously, I always ensure that my hunting knife is with me.
Seriously, I always ensure that my hunting knife is with me.
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+1 for the TP lol
Also:
Always say the three words before going out the door...
"keys, wallet, phone"
Matt
Also:
Always say the three words before going out the door...
"keys, wallet, phone"
Matt
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Toilet paper/ Skid Rid. You go out in the woods you gonna have to poop! It is some unwritten law.
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Luis, I think you got the mandatory essentials with range finder and bino’s...wet wipes, drink and snacks would fill out my pack!
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Lens cleaner, first aid kit, small Allen set, breech seal o rings, fill probe o rings, knife, flashlight, compass(and know how to use it)
oh, a short length of wooden dowel made to slide into your barrel, in case you accidentally double load.
oh, a short length of wooden dowel made to slide into your barrel, in case you accidentally double load.
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My kit's items change with the weather, but basically consist of a shoulder game bag for short hunts, or a backpack for all day hunts.
The packs will contain:
Granola type bars Water Wipes Plastic gloves Bandages Camera High intensity LED flashlight with SOS strobe
Extra socks Extra gloves Poncho T.P. Small container of pellets Ice packs Butane torch
I have a fixed blade knife on my side, and a folding knife in a pocket. Range finder in a hip pocket. Squirrel call in the other hip pocket. Extra mag in a pocket. compass clipped to the pack's strap. Sitting pad clipped to a belt loop. Binoculars around my neck. Wrist watch. Shooting glasses. Shooting sticks.
The shooting glasses help in the dim light of a thick forest, and help protect the eyes when trekking through the thick stuff. The shooting sticks I don't always take along, sometimes I use a branch to brush the spider webs away and poke the soft ground around streams to test the footing. Carbohydrates are important when out all day. Leave the high protein bars behind, protein uses a lot of fluids to process and will make you thirsty.
Back in the truck I always keep an extra set of boots, clothing and several towels. I'm about as clumsy as they come and a fall through the ice in January can ruin a trip. I also have a springer in the truck in case the pcp blows a seal or, I drop it. (I drop my guns on every trip)
I don'take my phone into the woods. I use to, but I never got a signal and if I lost or damaged it, I would have no way to call for help. I leave it in the truck. My truck keys are kept in the pack, and a spare set is hidden on the truck.
I also bring a couple of paper targets and test shoot the gun before the hunt.
My winter hunting jacket has zip off sleeves that are great when it's cold in the early morning and warmer in the afternoon.
The packs will contain:
Granola type bars Water Wipes Plastic gloves Bandages Camera High intensity LED flashlight with SOS strobe
Extra socks Extra gloves Poncho T.P. Small container of pellets Ice packs Butane torch
I have a fixed blade knife on my side, and a folding knife in a pocket. Range finder in a hip pocket. Squirrel call in the other hip pocket. Extra mag in a pocket. compass clipped to the pack's strap. Sitting pad clipped to a belt loop. Binoculars around my neck. Wrist watch. Shooting glasses. Shooting sticks.
The shooting glasses help in the dim light of a thick forest, and help protect the eyes when trekking through the thick stuff. The shooting sticks I don't always take along, sometimes I use a branch to brush the spider webs away and poke the soft ground around streams to test the footing. Carbohydrates are important when out all day. Leave the high protein bars behind, protein uses a lot of fluids to process and will make you thirsty.
Back in the truck I always keep an extra set of boots, clothing and several towels. I'm about as clumsy as they come and a fall through the ice in January can ruin a trip. I also have a springer in the truck in case the pcp blows a seal or, I drop it. (I drop my guns on every trip)
I don'take my phone into the woods. I use to, but I never got a signal and if I lost or damaged it, I would have no way to call for help. I leave it in the truck. My truck keys are kept in the pack, and a spare set is hidden on the truck.
I also bring a couple of paper targets and test shoot the gun before the hunt.
My winter hunting jacket has zip off sleeves that are great when it's cold in the early morning and warmer in the afternoon.
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Lol I got it easy. My main pack is a gun, pellets and rangefinder. My main pesting grounds is the dairy, waste trees in one field, and our one field where the sage rats live. All basically 1 mile from my door. Depending on shots per fill on my gun will throw my air tank in the truck. Do have a shooting mat I also bring if I plan to shoot out the bed of my truck. But I've never been out shooting for more than 2-3hrs of just shooting which only a handful of times have I done that. Usually 5 min here and there on the dairy 4-5 times a day maybe 3-4 times a month. Oh and I ALWAYS have a Leatherman Charge+ on me everyday I work and a knife everywhere else. Like above I say 3 things before I leave "knife, keys, phone"
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Guns, pellets, plenty of air. Other than that I have a tactical backpack with tools (metric Allen wrenches, patchworm cleaning pull-through, lube & patches, o-rings). Sighting-in targets, gorilla tape & a few other things slipping my mind @ the moment. That backpack full of goodies gets thrown in the car w/my guns, air & pellets & I'm good to go. I PROBABLY take more crap than I need but I've had times when one little forgotten item prevented me from shooting (fill probe for example). That's why I always grab the (probably overstuffed) backpack.
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