Depends on time till next use. From sept thru january “the night before a hunt” is every Thursday and some tuesdays…plus a few mornings and evenings. I’m out more or less every day I’m not at work, so to me it makes no sense to unpack and put away…Id rather spend my time hunting than packing for hunting. Each summer I put up about 4 cords of hardwood in the garage, put away the garden and yard tools, and bring some chairs, a folding table and an old rug in and set up a gear/changing area for the wife and I. Keeps the house from looking like a locker room, and keeps my hunting clothes from smelling like a labrador retriever. Some stuff might get unpacked and hung on the woodpile to dry, but the pack and bulk of my kit stays right there, ready to go—just grab jacket, boots, and walk out the door, no agonizing over which knife to bring or “did I remember my headlamp”, etc. Most of the kit stays in the pack year round for scouting, anyway. Same with my bird hunting vest, dump another box of shells in when it starts getting light, dump out the empties/feathers/twigs at the end of the season, and thats about it.
