Putting a hunting pack together, just wondering what yall always keep. Trying to keep it as light as I can.

toilet paper.

Toilet paper, stuff to start fire, decent first aid kit, tampon for gunshot wounds, duct tape, bailing wire, zipties, leatherman, sunscreen, lip balm, gps, latex gloves, rain poncho, spare batteries, binos, mirror, coins, wd40, simple green, a few qtips, flashlight, crescent wrench, jb weld, 550 cord, ziploc bags, several knives and sharpener, ball point pen. I use a small bag and it all fits with room for extra ammo and magazines to spare.

fire starter, duct tape, extra ammo, marking tape, batteries, gps, knife, toilet paper, granola bars, water

Basically anything to gut a deer, and survive if stranded somehow (injury, lost, etc.). Of course, this was packed for a DIY mule deer hunt in Colorado. On whitetail hunts in Texas, I will cut back a lot of the survival gear.

Couldn't begin to list everything; needless to say I probably carry too much, most of it is not needed but haven't had a chance to clean it out. Sorry, I know this post didn't help but keep it simple and lite and add things the next time if you find you didn't have it.

Small First Aid Kit
Super Glue
Iodine
Tylenol
Cough Drops
Small tube 50 SPF
Chap Stick
Knife & Stone
Small Bug Spray..2 oz
compass
Multi-Tool
Two small Flashlights (one is a head lamp)
100' of 5/50 cord
12 Zip Ties
Gloves
two lighters
Magnesium Striker
5 Power Bars

A lot of what is mentioned above with a few more. I like to keep a roll of orange flagging tape. I use it to mark a blood trail if needed, and several of those glow sticks. I use them to mark my animals at night, so when I go get the truck/4wheeler I can drive right back to them.

It depends. I use a smaller, belt-pack for short range, short term hunts which includes a camera, windage powder, gerber tool, range finder, water bottle, snake bite kit, and therma-cell unit.
For all day hunts and longer range, I use a larger back pack, with lots more stuff.

I carry waaay to much! I swear I look like I'm backcountry hunting for Big Horn Sheep when I go to my box blind!

It depends on if I'm going deep back country or not.

The deeper I go, the more I want, in addition to the many usual good things people have listed, like 25' parachute cord, pully, and lots of bags and plenty of spare space in the pack in case I have to de-bone my kill and walk it out.

15-18 Coors Lights and some duct tape, flashlight.

I also carry a package of the flourescent tacks.

All the above are good...

Duct tape (get the half a roll from your garage, peel most of the inner ring out and smash it flat

Compass(good one)

Signal mirror...whistle mathces (have a cute little deal that has whistle, match storage, fire starter, and a cheesy compass

water and Aquapure

cyalume light sticks in bright yellow and blue

Keep toilet paper in a plastic bag

flashlite, gloves, beanee, knife 2 of them, bullets, binoculars, small hammer, screw driver, wrench, and a book

toilet paper, it also serves well as tinder.

Lot's of good ideas, most dependant on
where the hunt is and the type of hunting.
One thing I'd recommend if you don't do it
already is use ziplock bags as compartments
for small stuff within your pack.
Keeps common stuff together, you can easily
see what's in it and it's not all rolling loose
in the bottom. Makes stuff easier to find
in the field.

scent spray, calls, knives, an extra layer of camo, flashlights x2, hunting license, keys, phone,

but, i do hunt the same land every time i hunt

Greatly depends on the type of hunt.

Whitetail in a stand....
Toilet paper in a ziplock.
Thermocell w/refills.
Knife, and pelvic saw.
Bottle of water and hand sanitizer.
Wallet
Ball point pen (surprised no-one else has mentioned this one)
Raingear.
Range finder.
Grunt call.
Multi-tool.
Surefire E1 light w/xtra batt & bulb.
Mini-mag light.
Xtra ammo
Electrical tape.
1/4" rope.


For elk hunting, add food and emergency kit.
Kit includes:
Glow sticks,
signal mirror,
Map, 2 compi (sp?),
Game Bags,
Ibuprofin,
Orange hanki,
Space blanket,
Space Bag,
Fire starter,
Bic Lighter,
Whistle,
Iodine tabs,
Xtra TP.

And hydro pack full of H20.


Jay

Binocs
Big knife
Honing Stone for big knife
GPS (Gobbler Positioning System)
Insulated Hat, Gloves, Facemask
Walkman
Pocket first-aid kit
Pen
Toilet Paper

Anymore than that and I start cleaning out the garbage.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned "extra cigarettes." I'm a non-smoker, but I've never been on a lease that there wasn't at least one smoker. Could it be that Texas hunters are finally embracing good health??

Yep, every day, it's getting better and better....

the last lease I was on had zero smokers out of six guns and the rancher.. it was a real treat!

well you did say backpack, the norm for cigs stays in the pocket so we make sure we dont loose them.

No smokes, but alot of snuff. Suprised more people did not list a book. Usually I have one that is nonfiction and one that is. I use hydration packs so water is alway there. And I keep my cell phone in my pack when hunting (actually it is a blackberry so intranet also).