Wouldn't leave camp without it?
Contributors to this thread:Elk
From: Nogutsnostory
08-Aug-19
List anything that you would not leave camp without, in your pack.
From: FORESTBOWS
08-Aug-19
Water
From: PoudreCanyon
08-Aug-19
Rangefinder! I suck at judging distance.
From: Teeton
08-Aug-19
I have a compass in my pocket and it's tethered to my belt loop.
I have a bunch but I'll let other chime in. Ed
From: Surfbow
08-Aug-19
rain gear
From: dirtclod Az.
08-Aug-19
WATER,Compass/map.
From: altitude sick
08-Aug-19
Water
From: jordanathome
08-Aug-19
water, rain gear, knives, game bags, snacks, silnylon tarp, beanie or neck gaiter, gps and compass, phone, cordage, range finder, wet wipes!
From: Tgun46
08-Aug-19
GPS/on x Kill kit TP. Camo is to expensive to be cutting sleeves off
From: Predeter
08-Aug-19
After learning lessons the hard way, my puffy jacket and rain gear is ALWAYS in my pack. I can deal with about anything if I'm warm and dry.
Thats besides the obvious bow, arrows, knife, map, etc.
From: elkstabber
08-Aug-19
Water (or filter), phone with navigation app, kill kit, headlamp.
From: Scrappy
08-Aug-19
My bow, don't ask.
From: standswittaknife
08-Aug-19
predator 2x....
From: wyobullshooter
08-Aug-19
Offhand, I’d say there’s probably 20 or so items inside my pack that I wouldn’t be without. No way I could narrow it down to just one “must have” item. Even missing one could make life miserable, especially when I get an elk down.
From: Mule Power
08-Aug-19
Several very important items require batteries so I’ll say extra batteries.
From: ElkNut1
08-Aug-19
My Bugle, it's fastened to outside of my Exo Pack!
ElKNut/Paul
From: buzz mc
08-Aug-19
TP
From: Bake
08-Aug-19
Water and puffy and a spare release. All my other essentials reside on my person, like knife, binocs, GPS, light, etc.
From: SD BuckBuster
08-Aug-19
Water x 5
From: elkmtngear
08-Aug-19
Down Vest/Space Rain Jacket
From: huntnmuleys
08-Aug-19
I carry a baseball for luck, as I love the game. It’s been with me every step of hunting season for many years. Won’t go without it.
From: Rut Nut
08-Aug-19
IN-REACH/ S.P.O.T.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: Dyjack
08-Aug-19
Water, bow, and a puffy jacket.
Froze my ass off enough from forgetting a jacket that I hope it's fully beat into my head that it doesn't leave the pack.
From: 0hndycp
08-Aug-19
Wet Wipes/TP without a doubt!
From: Straight —» Arrow
08-Aug-19
my day pack.
From: jordanathome
08-Aug-19
Forgot....first aid stuff.
From: Glunt@work
08-Aug-19
I often do a morning or afternoon hunt with my bow and a knife.
From: Ambush
08-Aug-19
Cut the end off a paper towel roll with a fillet knife for toilet paper. Ordinary TP doesn’t cut it when your hands are cold or wet. Not a time for a breakthrough!!
And I always use non scented wipes, so I don’t smell like a baby in Pampers.
So many items I don’t leave camp without, hence a good day pack or back pack. Not talking tree stand hunting, as that’s not “real” hunting :)
From: fisherick
08-Aug-19
Water x6, TP, and pocket survival kit.
From: TD
08-Aug-19
In the real world.... I've proven over and over there isn't anything on earth I won't forget.....
From: backcountrymuzzy
08-Aug-19
GPS and kill kit. For some reason I left my kill kit in the tent once thinking I wouldn't need it? I needed it.
From: Darrell
08-Aug-19
Day 1--Long list Day 3--Slightly shorter list Day 5 and beyond. Absolute bare necessities!
From: mulecreek
08-Aug-19
Bugle tube and diaphragm call. I can actually make cow calls quite good with my voice but haven't figured out how to bugle. Yet!
From: RonS
08-Aug-19
Water and GPS for sure.
From: Glunt@work
08-Aug-19
If I wake up and for some reason my day pack full of stuff is locked in a buddy's truck, dragged off by a bear, or otherwise not available. I'm still leaving camp and going hunting.
From: cnelk
08-Aug-19
Naming camp :)
From: wyobullshooter
08-Aug-19
^^^^Too funny!
From: Junior
08-Aug-19
Are we 18 again too? Playboy centerfold!!
From: Highway Star
08-Aug-19
T.P. and first aide
From: Jeff Holchin
08-Aug-19
Binoculars
From: Scar Finga
08-Aug-19
My Boots:)
From: Shawn
08-Aug-19
Fail proof Fire starter, water,small first aid kit! Shawn
From: Bou'bound
08-Aug-19
saying a prayer of thanks for being able to go
From: Castle Oak
09-Aug-19
Sidearm and bear spray.
From: elkster
09-Aug-19
Chapstick
Coming from humid southeast to the arid reaches of elkdom, takes a toll.
From: trophyhill
09-Aug-19
I was gonna say my bow but Scrappy beat me to it. But since you said don't ask Scrappy, I have to. What gives Scrappy?
From: Huntiam
09-Aug-19
Forget your knife...guaranteed way to tag out works every time
From: Z Barebow
09-Aug-19
My bow. Otherwise it is just a hiking trip.
In my pack, knife. Field dressing with a broadhead sucks. (Don't ask me how I know)
From: Owl
09-Aug-19
Anything? Pretty much everything. Not trying to be smart but the items in my pack are really relevant to the outing.
Now, let's say a scenario exists that I can't take a pack. I'm stuffing my pockets with a compass, fire makings, water purification tablets, water vessel of some description, emergency blanket, knife, cordage and my french press.
From: Grey Ghost
09-Aug-19
My sous vide.
;-)
Matt
From: Cazador
09-Aug-19
Camp cook........bikinis in the wilderness areas will get you up way before the bugles.
From: Thornton
09-Aug-19
The survival kit my dad bought for my birthday. He woke up on his deathbed just long enough to tell mom he had ordered it off Amazon several weeks prior to him becoming ill. We found it an hour later where he had hid it.
From: Ermine
09-Aug-19
My Binos
From: Beginner
09-Aug-19
Binoculars, feel naked without them.
From: 3arrows
10-Aug-19
Pocket survival kit
From: Don K
11-Aug-19
Inreach
From: Whocares
11-Aug-19
Can eliminate bung fodder if you just adapt to a popcorn diet. All you need is a small wisk broom.
