Fun post add to my pack …

[WTNUT]

Several of you have been helpful getting me ready for a brown bear archery hunt in two months. Thanks to all. Even though I have been on that hunt in the past and many others, it is amazing how much you can still learn from this forum.

So here is my question: All in all if unsuccessful, I could be at the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula for 20 days in a tent. The hunt is 16 days. I have a long list of items that I plan on taking. What do you think I should take to make things better, but may have forgotten to add to the list. Let the games begin.


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[long hunter]

Perhaps a good book if stuck in a tent a bit due to bad weather

 

[RADunfee]

Kentucky bourbon and peanut M&M's.

 

[WTNUT]

There is a post that is similar to this and someone said a sponge I think for drying the inside of a tent off from condensation I think. Most unique thing I had heard of.


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[WTNUT]

Bumping this one up again. Mainly because I can’t find the thread/post (not sure what we call them lol) where everyone listed items they really are glad they took on a wilderness hunt. I have hunted wilderness areas for 30 years and dang I still learned a lot from that one.


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[bascheman]

I have an old school handheld Yahtzee game that has been running for years on two AA batteries that I like to have. Burns time, I can stop and start, it weighs very little, and requires no internet or cellular connection. When i have home projects coming up I like to take a folded up piece of graphing paper too to plan out designs.

 

[isItFallYet]

Maybe a whittling knife and box of bandages…

 

[snowymtnwolf]

Might be helpful to add snapshot of your packing list so you or others aren’t saying the same thing.

Then people can say “add this” or “strike this because”…

How are you getting there to spot? Anybody with you?


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[HutchWV]

I bought a small cheap tarp off of amazon last year. I always said I'd get one, and I used the crap out of it on two elk hunts last year. It weighs like 3 or 4 ounces I think and it doubles as a poncho. I think it was 30 dollars. I added some cheap light stakes and I can have it set up in 2 minutes. It fits over my pack and all as a poncho if I don't want to pull out rain gear for a quick shower. Or if I'm in my rain gear and want to glass I can set it up and sit under it in a couple minutes. I used it to lay my meat on while i was boning out solo. I got one for a buddy and he used it as a ground mat when he had to lay down to shoot in the snow. Its about the size of a pop can. I'll be taking it on a lot of my deer and spring turkey hunts back here in WV. It has too many good uses to not have for 30 bucks. Some people make expensive ones but I figure if I tear it up I'll just replace it for that price.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

A deck of cards can really help pass some time if you're weathered in. An extra knife or a small sharpener so you can whittle local trinkets for your kids or wife or whomever.