Yep. I pretty much always have my pack when in the woods. At a bare minimum, even when I'm not hunting something specific, I carry my kill kit, tags/license, camera, first aid, binos, and .44 mag in my pack when I'm out and about.
I carry a pack mostly in hopes of killing something and carrying a load out or the whole animal depending on size. It saves a wasted trip if you have a pack to carry meat.