Who travels "light".....

[woodchucker]

I was looking through the "Old Duffers" thread and I noticed that in most of the old pictures,the hunters are not carrying much more than thier bow and arrows.

When I go out to hunt,(local) I rarely carry much more than my bow,arrows,knife,drag rope,and a sit-upon (for my butt)

Who else out there travels "light"?????

[vermonster13]

I do about the only addition this year will be an LED light

[bowfiend]

I often walk the fine line between "light" and "stupid". I try to stay on the light side, but every once in a while I get caught being stupid.

[madness522]

I like to go light bow hunting. The only thing I usually carry besides bow and arrows is a whistle on a lanyard around my neck.

[gobbler10ga]

Guess Im on the stupid side I walk a mile each day at work with 30 lb pack

[Mike Brown]

I carry enough stuff to hunt in a deer stand 500 yards from the truck that I could set up a spike camp.  ;-)

[The Vanilla Gorilla]

I carry a small pack with a bottle of water, purification tablets, a little bag of jerky, a knife of some kind, and some sort of flashlight, either a Surefire or a little head lamp. Sometimes I carry an extra pair of socks, too.

[Jerry Jeffer]

I've been known to hunt with just a stick and string, but I've been working my way toward having more junk along with me. I'm always saying, "do I really need this?"

[Rufus]

Be it little or lot
What's needed the most
Is what I forgot.
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What's good for the goose, the gander don't always agree.

[Tbilisi]

I forget half of what I need or forgot which pocket of which garmet I put it in to begin with.  Try to go light.

[coaltroll]

When you walk in up to 10 miles in the elk mountains you don't want to be caught short. I usually have a small pack with enough that I can get by for at least 2 days. I have been known not to come back to camp, find some natural shelter and curl up for the night.

[the Ferret]

For local hunting I do what I call Ultra Lite or Simplified Bowhunting, a bendy handled osage bow, single arrow, small headlamp in my back pocket, small neck or belt knife.(See Primitive Archer Mag Fall 2006). If I'm sitting in a ground blind I add a lightweight 3 cornered stool. That's it.

On my last trips to Wisconsin and Arizona I carried twice as many arrows while hunting being out of state and all LOL.

If I were to accompany Coaltroll 10 miles after elk, I'd carry a little more    

[JL]

Depends. If I am hunting my normal hunting grounds, I go light (bow/arrows,knife,extra string, small bottle of water, binos, cell phone-turned off,of course). I carry the cell because I mostly hunt solo and it's just good pratice and it keeps my honey happy.

You know what they say-

If Daddy ain't happy, nobody cares.
If Momma ain't happy, nobody's happy!

JL

[woodchucker]

I have bought a CatQuiver1 off the TradGang Classifieds last week.

It says the "pouch" is 9"x7"x3" I figure it should be plenty big enough for what I usualy carry.

[Patience]

Locally, Only what I can fit in my pockets without stuffing them. Besides the stick and string, usually a knife and emergancy kit (very small)

[shootrmn]

at the first of last season I had a small pack with gear for all contingecies. by the end of the season (after my back surgery) I had a belt knife, pocket knife, tube of strike anywhere matches and a small canteen. I think I am going to stay light as where I hunt there are plenty of butt suppports and you can't walk ten miles in any direction without crossing a fence or a road.

[Whitetail Chaser]

I can hunt about 250 yards from the truck at my small deer lease.  Normally I only carry bow, arrows, and water bottle.

I have tried "forgetting" my knife for the past few years since I think I have a better chance of killing a deer when the knife is back at the truck.  Most of the time it does not work.

Brett

[traditional beagle]

Up until my mid twenties I forgot my knife half the time and a rope the other half. Now I'm more particular to have everything I need. If I forget my water I really worry about that. My wife is a nurse and has me to scared to drink out of a creek anymore which is what I used to do. But I still stay pretty light. Bow,arrows, knife, rope, water and flashlight. Maybe some grundgies, that West Virginian for snacks.

[adkmountainken]

i normally carry a possibles bag that will hold small items for the day. wear a neck knife and 2 belt knives. only bring the clothes on my back. was not that long ago when i use to haul a 35 pound pack every time i went hunting!

[OzarkRamblr]

Depends, if my main goal is wandering then I'll carry a small pack with my essentials in it.

If I'm going to a particular spot for a few hours I won't.