Pro Tips and Hacks thread

[Beagle1]

I vacuum seal a lot of stuff. One of them that is great is to vacuum seal clorox wipes to clean up after gutting/butchering. DO NOT use them to wipe your butt though. You will only do that once.

I wish there were a way to easily unzip and "throw" the door open and have it stay at least partially open without having to manually roll it up. When the tent is wet, its not an issue as there is enough friction, but when its dry, I get annoyed with it. I've thought about trying some small magnets or velcro, but never gone so far as to experiment with it.

If you’re struggling to find a place to store all that hunting equipment, follow these steps for a perfect, organized solution.
1) Take all your gear and stuff it in a closet for the moment.
2) go to home depot or lowes and get big set of shelving.
3) as you use equipment, when unpacking it put it on the shelves, not in the closet.
4) at the end of the season, take everything that you didnt use out of the closet and get rid of it.
5) fill the remaining space in the shelves with photos, books, maybe a spider plant.

I wish I had a closet that big.

 

[5MilesBack]

I use all kinds of jugs. Milk, vinegar, bleach, cranberry juice, etc.

I use a lot of milk jugs, but they eventually crack and leak after a few freeze and thaw cycles. My favorites are the Kirkland brand 3qt grape juice jugs. Before those they always carried the Paul Newman's grape juice jugs that are the same size. Now they don't carry either for whatever reason, and haven't around here for about 5 years. But all the ones I have are still going strong after dozens of freeze thaw cycles. The other 2qt juice containers (apple etc) seem to hold up really well too, and are nice size for fitting into smaller crevices and packing around meat. I have a 15 cu ft chest freezer in the garage just for my frozen jugs. That way they're always available when I need them. And anytime I come home during the season, I can throw them in and have them 100% frozen again by the next day.