EDC - yes, I’m bored

[Wyobohunter]

This is my pocket junk for Archery Elk

-Belt is nothing special, just some cheap thing from Amazon. It’s thin, comfortable, could be used as a tourniquet and holds up my pants without hurting under a hip belt. 3.8 ounces

-Mini Bic/duct tape. Dummy corded to a belt loop.
0.7 ounces

-Flashlight (Rovyvon Aurora A8) can be clipped to ball cap for backup headlamp. Clips on lighter dummy cord.
0.6 ounces

-Pocket knife is a Victorinox Walker. I took off a scale and modified it with a tiny file to hold a pen. Turned out nice, looks factory. I also added a mini fire kit. It’s gutted 550 cord with a mini Ferro rod and some waxed jute. It’s the black fob on the knife. Also dummy corded to a belt loop.
2.1 ounces

-Skinning knife is a Benchmade Altitude with neck lanyard and enough cord in the handle wrap to use as a backup boot lace.
2.6 ounces

-License/I.d./spare key/debit wallet
1.1 ounce

-2 Diaphragm calls in plastic case
0.4 ounces

-Wind detector with some electrical tape
1.6 ounces

Total weight is 12.9 ounces

What’s your pocket junk (if you are bored enough)

 

[justinspicher]

I am not a fan of carrying much in pockets, usually a Spyderco knife, lip balm and a lighter.

 

[bsnedeker]

I've got a HPG chest rig so I carry nothing at all in my pockets...don't even wear a belt anymore! I love it so much.

 

[Wyobohunter]

I've got a HPG chest rig so I carry nothing at all in my pockets...don't even wear a belt anymore! I love it so much.

Does that chest rig get in the way of your string? I’ve considered one but I don’t like the idea of anything that I can’t quickly move out of the way for a shot. I don’t wear a real bino harness. It’s just some 550 cord in a figure 8 with S-biners. One side can be quickly unclipped and the bino moved under my bow hand armpit.

 

[bsnedeker]

Does that chest rig get in the way of your string? I’ve considered one but I don’t like the idea of anything that I can’t quickly move out of the way for a shot. I don’t wear a real bino harness. It’s just some 550 cord in a figure 8 with S-biners. One side can be quickly unclipped and the bino moved under my bow hand armpit.

Not even a little bit. If you were trying to draw your bow by pulling diagonally across your chest instead of straight back (trying to conceal your draw by keeping the bow low and then raising it up after you are at full draw if that makes any sense) I could see how it would get in the way of that draw, but I would think you'd have that same issue just with binos hanging from your chest.

 

[Wyobohunter]

Nice. Does it interfere with your pack straps in any way? What pack do you wear? Have you weighed the chest rig?

 

[bsnedeker]

Nice. Does it interfere with your pack straps in any way? What pack do you wear? Have you weighed the chest rig?

I use Kifaru and no, straps don't get in the way at all.

I stopped weighing my gear a long time ago. I carry what I need to carry so it doesn't really matter to me what the total weight is as far as I'm concerned. It aint ultralight, that's for sure!

 

[Wyobohunter]

I’ve been weighing and modifying my gear since about 1990 when I started mountaineering. I’ve done this religiously aside from a four year gap because Uncle Sam gets uptight when you take scissors to his stuff. I weigh my gear because it helps me decide what I need vs what I want. Getting my base weight down helps me hike farther and faster. I’ll rarely spend money on something that increases my base weight. It has to really make a big difference to be seriously considered.

 

[bsnedeker]

I’ve been weighing and modifying my gear since about 1990 when I started mountaineering. I’ve done this religiously aside from a four year gap because Uncle Sam gets uptight when you take scissors to his stuff. I weigh my gear because it helps me decide what I need vs what I want. Getting my base weight down helps me hike farther and faster. I’ll rarely spend money on something that increases my base weight. It has to really make a big difference to be seriously considered.

Oh believe me, I get that philosophy totally! I used to love weighing my gear and trying to find places to cut and analyzing spreadsheets to see where I could save the most weight by dollar spent and whatnot. When I'm buying gear even now I do look at places to cut weight, I'm just at the point where the cost to cut additional weight (either monetary cost, functional cost, or comfort cost) outweighs the benefit so I've just stopped paying attention to it for the most part.

This chest rig allows me the convenience of having a bunch of gear available to me immediately (including my sidearm) while also allowing me to not have to carry anything at all in my pockets, which means I don't have to wear a belt, which means I don't have to worry about my belt rubbing against my pack's waist belt and chafing me which was an issue I would sometimes have depending on the belt I was wearing and the amount of weight I was carrying in the pack so for all of those reasons I don't really care what the rig weighs, it's worth it to me.

 

[Wyobohunter]

Makes perfect sense. For the “gear readily at hand” reason I’m considering a chest rig.

Thanks!

 

[alex_b]

Cell phone, wallet, and truck keys in pockets. Tags, binos, folding knife, ammo, pyro putty, and lighter in Alaska Guide Creations chest pack.

 

[Gunnersdad49]

I made a small pull out for my left cargo pocket that carries a petzl mini head lamp, day's supply of TP, a bit of kite surfing cord about 25' long, and a havalon with a couple blades. Other pockets get chapstick, wallet, pocket knife, wallet and cell phone. That's it.

 

[Wyobohunter]

Does the pullout keep stuff from bunching up at the bottom of the pocket? What’s it made of? Pic?

 

[Gunnersdad49]

Does the pullout keep stuff from bunching up at the bottom of the pocket? What’s it made of? Pic?

It's just a poor quality knock off of a small Kifaru pullout that I made. The materials are silnylon from ripstop by the roll. It keeps me from forgetting stuff when I change pants and keeps it quiet / from jostling around.

 

[Rob5589]

Kleenex, chapstick. Pocket holster/pistola as needed.

 

[BDRam16]

Just as a side FYI, webbing belts will not make an adequate tourniquet for arterial bleeding. If you are carrying that as your sole bleeding control device, I would recommend still carrying a tourniquet. You can’t get it tight enough on its own, and it’s too thick to have use windlass.

 

[Wyobohunter]

My primary bleeding control device is between my ears. But good point anyway… stuff happens. I do have a SWAT-T. I’ve dropped it due to weight. Maybe I’ll reconsider that decision.

 

[BDRam16]

My primary bleeding control device is between my ears. But good pint anyway… stuff happens. I do have a SWT-T. I’ve dropped it due to weight. Maybe I’ll reconsider that decision.

A CAT tourniquet by North American Rescue weights 2.7oz. I’ll cut the weight elsewhere lol.

 

[Wetwork]

Cell phone, wallet, and truck keys in pockets. Tags, binos, folding knife, ammo, pyro putty, and lighter in Alaska Guide Creations chest pack.

Truck keys in the wilds of Eastern Oregon are stashed some place on the outside of your transportation in some hard to find spot where your buddies/gf/wife/partner/family can find them. Lots of good reasons for this if you think about it. I don't ever have my rig key's on me. Keys are in the very close/ if not on my transport on the hill.. -WW

 

[Wyobohunter]

Truck keys in the wilds of Eastern Oregon are stashed some place on the outside of your transportation in some hard to find spot where your buddies/gf/wife/partner/family can find them. Lots of good reasons for this if you think about it. I don't ever have my rig key's on me. Keys are in the very close/ if not on my transport on the hill.. -WW

I do the same. And keep a spare key to my toolbox in my hunt wallet. With a spare truck key I’m the toolbox.