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Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on February 20, 2003, 12:49 AM:
Here's what I have in mine... (some of it goes in my pockets when we leave the truck)
Huntin' license.
Compass (if Red ain't got it).
Mesh facemask and gloves-camo (it never did get cold this year.
Hand calls: Citr-call standard (modified), K&H closed reed howler (back -up), K&H squeeze bulb, Circé 3 in 1 (only the close squeeker works reliably outdoors), and Woody ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
(an open reed call that belonged to my Uncle, goose: with modified reeds, sounds more like the rabbits I heard slaughtered as a kid then any other call we own). Mr. Cronk taught me the basics of making and tuning reeds, and I think I've got it.
RS e-caller (spare 9v) and the days tapes.
Binoculars
Multi-tool and knives (no, not one with a fork and spoon lol 1 med lockblade, 1 sm lockblade, both sharp).
1 pair of rubber gloves, and a big garbage bag (in case I ever do get a coyote)
A small section of 1/4" rope to hang and skin with.
Maglight (spare batteries for walkman) and headlamp. ('cause Leonard says I'll be there all night skinnin' it LOL)
Small camera... you guys are gonna want proof!
First aid/overnight survival kit (if we're goin' more than 5 miles from the truck).
Shooting sticks
Squeeze bottle water purifier
3 Gu packets, and 2 granola bars (which Red usually ends up bumming part of ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
lol)
Gun of the day, and five shells for it
Ithaca Mdl 37 2 3/4" 12ga w/copper plated steel BBs, or
ArmSports Mdl? 3" double bbl 20ga w/#4 buck... I can pull both triggers if needed then it's a 10ga right? (for really thick stuff)
Remington Mdl 721 in .222 w/V-max bullets in front of 20gr IMR 4198 and a CCI match grade primer. With... a scope I can see through... LOL Red's gonna have to help me out on that one... Weaver 4x? (if I can see farther than I can throw a rock, which ain't a lot of place we've hunted)
Walking though thick evergreen rain forest, and across scattered clearcuts, I think Red and I are prime candidates for a combo gun.
Whatcha got?
Jeff 
[ February 20, 2003, 12:57 AM: Message edited by: Krustyklimber ]
Posted by UTcaller (Member # 8) on February 20, 2003, 07:19 AM:
Wow,you need a U-Haul truck to take all that stuff calling.LOL I take my gun,shooting sticks,pocket full of bullets,AP-6,AP-7 distress calls and my howler,and a good knife.That's it.GOOD HUNTING
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on February 20, 2003, 09:31 AM:
My predator hunting pack has calls,critter carrier,ammo,knife and appropriate tags.Thas it jack.
Oh yeah,I also carry my shooting sticks if needed and cover scent.
Thats it, I swear!
[ February 20, 2003, 09:33 AM: Message edited by: Lone Howl ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on February 20, 2003, 09:34 AM:
Me too. I don't need survival stuff to make a couple of stands. Minimal, essential; words like that.
But, I'm talking one stand, and back to the truck, which is my base of operations, and has more stuff in it than I have ever needed. I have back ups for the back ups.
Good hunting. LB
Posted by WolverineAtWork (Member # 23) on February 20, 2003, 12:45 PM:
I get the feeling that all of that gear doesn't go into the field w/ him. I think Krusty, like me, has a survival pack that stays in the truck and only the necessities leave the truck for the 100-200 yd trip to our calling stand.
The rest is a FUBAR patch kit.
Posted by Redrider (Member # 79) on February 20, 2003, 02:39 PM:
Oh Krusty, what am I gonna do with you? ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
It's a Rem. 722 (the first and original triple-duece) with a Weaver K-6 (6X) fine hairs w/dot. I think a 721 is for long actions, like 270 or 30-06. Honest, he's smart with everything else, but needs help on gunsmarts, but he is coming along. Can't be born knowing everthing, ya know. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
I carry the same fanny pack whether I'm deer, elk or predator hunting. Pretty much the basics.
License, tags, knives, calls, some survival gear like fire and powerbars. Small first aid kit, garbage bag, rope, a Leupold lens pen, space blanket, ammo. I always carry binos out of the pack. I also have a small watch, maglite, and spare batteries.
I used to carry a backpack but then I always brought the whole world just because it would fit. Now it's just a fanny pack and a cushion seat.
Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on February 20, 2003, 02:45 PM:
No W@W, everthing goes with me... I have never gone 200yds from the truck and called, but once when we were working some "tame" urban coyotes, right behind the house where they were stealing cats and dog food.
And even that day I took the whole pack anyway... everything is in it.
We generally leave the truck, cross a locked gate, and walk all day without coming back to the truck at all. We'll walk up logging roads, from clearcut to clearcut, and talus slope to talus slope, working the ones that we come onto without blowing the basics of stand selection... wind is the biggest deciding factor.
Here's where everything goes...
I wear a Russian Col's BDU, in my top left jacket pocket go my binocs, around my neck on a lanyard hangs my Circé, my Critr call and Woody (the goose voice actually belongs in the end of the mahogany tube I've added to my Critr call, so they're stuck together). The K&Hs stay in my pack.
I rubber band the squeeze bulb onto my shooting sticks in open country (I've only used them once on a stand).
In my lower right hand jacket pocket goes my mask and gloves, which I put on when we come into a stand location, my lower left pocket is where Woody goes if I'm howling with the Critr call (never).
My walkman and mini-amp are in a small stuffsack, and my powerhorn has a string though the mounting hole. These are clipped with a small keychain carabiner to the left strap of my backpack so it tucks under my arm and doesn't swing around. This way I can drop off the speaker, without taking off or opening my pack, on the way into my spot on a stand.
My gun goes over my right shoulder, and my shooting sticks ride on it. It carries the shells in it, they have been on lots of stands now... I hope they're still good! LOL
We have lots of cold clear water running everywhere here... problem is not much of it can be trusted.
The rule of the I have always used (especially after a bout with girardia) is "if there is a possilbilty a mammal pooped uphill, don't trust the water".
And it's easier, and more enjoyable, to "pump" your own cold clear trustworthy water as you go than it is to carry a whole days worth. So I have an Extream McKenzie water purifier, it goes in the right hand water bottle holder on the pack.
My first aid kit/survival pack is small taking up about as much space as my RS powerhorn (or less) and weighing .8 lbs.
Survival items are...
1 Sierra cup (to boil water)
1 fire starter candle
1 space blanket
3 Quaker instant oatmeals
1 Hershey bar
I live in a part of the world where occasionaly becoming benighted goes with the territory, though not the great white north, days are short this time of year.
I have spent more than a few drizzly nights in nature made beds, in less than enough clothes.
Something dry to sleep in and a warm breakfast are what I always wished for when I did.
Red,
It's a good thing I can shoot it huh? lol
You carry a fanny pack 'cause you know I'll carry stuff for you if you need me to, where you gonna carry that pelt we finally cuss off that coyote in the middle of the night?
Yeah and Red loses one of the two seats we bought... yet he still sits on one of 'em!?! ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Jeff
Posted by Redrider (Member # 79) on February 20, 2003, 02:57 PM:
That's my bro! The super-sherpa. LOL
He told me a story that fits nicely.
A large group of Anglo-Saxons showed up at Mt. Everest with bitchin packs for all the sherpa porters to use. I guess they thought that would be better than lugging all the gear on their heads! They gave a little seminar on how to properly fit and adjust all the straps and gizmos. The locals sat there and nodded in agreement politely. When they were done explaining everything the sherpas got up, put the expensive packs on their heads, and off they went.
You just cant teach some people, cause they allready got it figured out what works for them.
Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on February 20, 2003, 05:53 PM:
Good ol' Red!
He don't know the mountains any more than I know guns, that's why we make the perfect team!
It was American climbers, African porters, and Mt. Kilimanjaro! LOL
When I first started looking for the trail up to the cliffs in the "cat habitat" photo, Red was doing a lot of dirt biking in the area. So I'd send him on scouting missions...
Here's the directions he would use to describe where he'd ridden that day...
Uphill = North
Right = East
Left = West
and my favorite
Back towards the river = South
Since then Red's orienteering skills have improved dramtically!
Jeff
Posted by John/Alaska (Member # 25) on February 21, 2003, 06:38 PM:
Kusty
You sure do carry alot of stuff! I carry what I need to survive a night or two. What extra I carry depends on what time of the year that I am out. Yes my pack usually weights in at 10 23 lbs but hey I've got all that ( I hope) that will need if caught out.
I spent a bunch of years hunting down there usually roaming the Wyhauser land north of North Bend and of course Tiger Mountain before it was populated
Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on February 21, 2003, 06:50 PM:
Everybody keeps saying I have a lot of stuff...
If you guys were me, what would you leave behind?
Remember, we don't jump hunt from the truck, we trek hunt.
Jeff
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on February 21, 2003, 08:04 PM:
Ah yes. Maybe this is a good time to speculate on why you have zip for a hundred stands. It crossed my mind before that you might be announcing your presence way in advance. The reason I say this is because of the pic you posted.
I said then, that it looked virtually unhuntable. What I meant was that it looks like so much work to get a half mile between stands, and so much time to get there, that every critter in the woods knows you are there, before you get to where you are going. Now double it because you aren't alone.
Like I said, it's hard stuff to hunt. I know because that is the type of terrain I hunt mule deer in, and it kicks my butt. Hard to keep quiet, very little progress, etc. But, if it's all you have available, the learning curve is going to be necessarily shallow.
Good luck and stick with it, it's worth it. LB
Posted by Doug (Member # 31) on February 21, 2003, 08:07 PM:
I don't carry a pack usually. If I'm going to be out for half a day or more I carry my rifle with about 10 shells, a pocket knife, 2 diffent calls, a few candy bars and a can of coke in my coat pocket. I usually keep a wad of papertowels in my coat pocket also and clip a cushion to my belt to sit on. If I'm in strange country I sometimes take my gps with me.
Doug
Posted by Barry (Member # 34) on February 21, 2003, 08:42 PM:
You guys left out what could be the most important piece of equipment[should the occasion arrise]that could save a hunt.Toilet paper.I live in cactus country and the only other option would be to use a prarie dog.Dead of coarse.
Posted by moses man (Member # 76) on February 21, 2003, 10:17 PM:
No pack . critter call standard , and pee wee , A howler, depends on my mood what howler i take . binocs. sticks, face mask , gloves, fox pro some times , gun ? depends on my mood . H and r ultra varminter , rem mdl -7 or my A.R. or my sig 25-06 if i just go killin . butt pad ,butt wipe. thats it . i like to travel light . Jerry .
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on February 22, 2003, 01:57 AM:
Good catch, Jerry!
I also am careful about using the local flora while pursuing the local fauna. Have you ever seen someone that got a good dose of poison oak? They look like they were interviewed by the Iraqi Secret Police! Terrible sores, scabs and blisters.
I like to carry either the little Kleenex packets or better yet small pre-moistened towelettes in individual envelopes.
Just thought of something...I assumed, at first, that Krusty was going to eat those granola bars? Or, Red carrys enough for both? If not, it's definitely an item they should consider. You know what the Scouts say....?
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Redrider (Member # 79) on February 22, 2003, 07:49 AM:
I forgot one important item. My Leatherman. And of course some wipe, in fact now that I'm reminded I'm gonna check right now. I know my fanny pack sounds heavy but its really not. Plus I feel better just having it along. Plan for it, not on it.
Posted by Az-Hunter (Member # 17) on February 22, 2003, 08:13 AM:
I carry excactly four spare cartridges is side pocket of camo pants, mouth call in shirt pocket, and have sling for my rifle. I carry my stool in my right hand, and carry caller with my left...........yeah the ass wipe; ya'all would snicker at the number of flannel shirts I own that are missing a pocket:)
~AzHunter~
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"most coyotes act the same"
[ February 22, 2003, 08:14 AM: Message edited by: Az-Hunter ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on February 22, 2003, 08:43 AM:
ya'all would snicker at the number of flannel shirts I own that are missing a pocket:)
I wouldn't. I had a tee shirt that went missing sleeves, one at a time, and then a strip around the waist, etc. Due to an intestinal problem, this happened in rapid succession over a weekend in the bush.
Good hunting. LB
(did I pack it out, you ask?)
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on February 22, 2003, 09:03 AM:
Leonard. been there,done that!WOOO! Yep, forgot to mention the TP, half roll, never leave home(or truck) without it!
Posted by Jay Nistetter (Member # 140) on February 26, 2003, 08:13 AM:
Normally I just carry stuff in a multi-pocket vest. Items that can be found in one of the pockets are:
knife, tail stripper, cigarettes, lighter, 22mag derringer, dog choke chain for carrying and tubing, vanilla spray bottle, 4 or 5 extra calls and business card.
Posted by Richard Grantham (Member # 107) on March 16, 2003, 07:40 PM:
Man I thought it was only old guys like me that always took some toilet tissue or napkins along- been there- done that. I agree with the fact that its hard to walk very far and call, I really like to drive, get out and walk away from truck, sit down call, and get up and do it again, play the percentages. I really think a coyote can hear about as far as I could walk in 30 minutes !
Richard Grantham barber@axs4u.net web page
Posted by Richard Grantham (Member # 107) on March 16, 2003, 07:43 PM:
Anyone shot a coyote in Arizona carrying Jays card and smelling like vanilla ? Looking forward to meeting you.
Richard Grantham
Posted by Ernest Sandoval (Member # 156) on March 16, 2003, 10:05 PM:
No back pack, just, 2 mouth calls (dia.),a "cronk howler", knife, rope, AR with 20rd mag., and my butt pad, I hunt, about 200 to 1000yads or out of sight, of the jeep, do a 20min., call, drive a mile or so and call again, all the goodies are in the jeep. one time I had to go,and the TP was in the jeep, with in view, did'nt make it back, I now have a sleeve-less camo T-shirt.
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