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When your hounds strike, what's in your pack when you hit the trail and join the race?

Ammo
flashlights x 2
firstaid kit for me and the dogs
firestarter and tinder
candles
snack and H20
GPS
rifle
Compass / map
hat, gloves and scarfe
Small amount of dog food
rope / leash
knife
T.P. aka tinder
camera
bino's


Don't own any radios yet.

Wondering, do you carry your receiver and yaggi in your pack or leave in vehicle? Same for the trashbreaker? These things do weigh some.

Don't always carry an extensive pack, but there are a few things i always have and that is:

Flashlight
Fire starter
AA batteries
RADIO
lighter
Leads (if remembered.)

As a rule i say never leave the tracker in the truck. QT 6000 and Yagi. I even made a backpack that can carry it and my rifle. Nothing like vancouver here, though.

water
couple candy bars
extra batteries
GPS
leatherman
skinning knives
extra flash light
socks
beanie
gloves
longsleeve shirt
video camera
camera
tracker
basic first aid stuff for me and the dogs
a couple bic lighters
leads


i know way to much junk,,,but im ready for a overnight stay in the woods if need be...

If i got one of them shirts with the breast pockets and the side pockets!
4 beer and leashes.

Ammo
lights
Dart gun
Darts
Real gun
DNA sample vials
CO2 cartridges(for dart gun)
tracking box(wildlife 1000)
antenna
firestarters
space blankets
snacks for diabetic
2 cans soup
water
GPS
hat,gloves and socks
leashes
cameras(video and still)

Just missing the kitchen sink
The wife was a forest fire fighter for 13 years so she knows how to pack it in,and then wonders why her and my backs hurt.LOL I know there have been more times I have thanked God she packed alot of that stuff than times I have griped about the weight.LOL

water
leads
flashlights
snacks
trackin box if needed
gun
first aid kit for dogs and me
camera
knife
bullets
batteries


i dont carrie to much stuff but i dont have that big of a pack either just alittle one. but enough room to carry all that and if i get a cat i can strap the cat to it and walk out

You mean the type of pack that you remember to carry with you The only thing I never forgot was my pack of smokes and a lighter! And that wasn't exactly for starting a fire!.. Now that I've "kinda quit" smoking. I'll sure I'll forget everything!

I'm lucky if I remember the Gun, really Lucky if I remember the Gun and the ammo!

In all seriousness my pack has gotten extremely light the last few years.. Radio/GPS unit in one jacket pocket (if I remember) Bottle of water in the other (if I remember), and a pair of Gloves. And even though I don't smoke, I'll still probably carry a lighter in the woods.

Buddy

just stuff my pockets. I try to remember matches and a knife and a dog lead and a compass. Maybe a couple of apples or sandwiches. I have a small keychain LED for emergencies
Anything beyond that is hit or miss, but I do keep backup in the Jeep so if I make it back, I've got what I need. That includes
a hammock and blanket for emergency overnight stays
first aid for me and dogs (vet wrap, various basic pills: antihistamines, aspirin, acepromazine for sedating wounded dogs, styptic powder, superglue for repairing gaping wounds, EMT gel, iodine )
lots of rope for getting dogs and people out of predicaments
some hard candy for me and biscuits for the dog
a complete change of clothes plus extra sox
serious raingear
a couple gallons water (I mostly hunt where there's plenty of clean drinking water, so I just bring a cup if I remember)
I have a folding pistol style Yagi that I strap on if I think I'm going deep, otherwise leave in the truck
Spare leads and collars, bulbs for hunting lights, etc
an ice grapple for rescuing dogs on thin ice

In my pack that I actually carry is normally (and my pack is hot pink)

Leashes
Camera
Bottle of Water
TP
Handheld radio

If it is night then an extra flashlight

At the truck
First Aid kit for man or dog
Extra batteries
Extra socks
Pair of slippers (hey, never know when your boots might get wet)
and a GPS that I don't use enough to remember how to use

Never leave the truck without:

flashlite w/spare batteries
tracking box
radio
water
and a can of sterno with water proof matches for liting fire!!
small lunch
leashes

I never leave with out a flashlite, even if it is 8 am.
Anything else is bonus!!

Mel,
I thought for sure that "mascara" was going to be on your list after reading that your pack is hot pink! lol....

Emily,
How do you find the pistol-grip yaggi for reception? My yaggi is close to 2.5 ft long in the folded position and I'm always snagging it on brush etc when hiking through the west coast rainforest jungle. I was looking at a smaller one but read the reception was poor.

Spokerider wrote:Mel,
I thought for sure that "mascara" was going to be on your list after reading that your pack is hot pink! lol....

I would have to learn how to put it on then LOL That seems like too much trouble

Hot Pink pack so I don't have to argue with the boys over who's pack it is

The pistol grip Yagi is the standard one with the Marshall system. It is springloaded like a fancy umbrella, so you have to be careful when you open it that there aren't any people or hounds standing too close, but its reception is excellent. Takes a little getting used to folding it down because you have to do it in the right order, but it is much easier than the folding music stand I use. The only real problem I have had with it is that it does look like a pistol and I've had the cops called on me more than once when I went into a gas station or convenience store without unstrapping it. LOL I take it off before leaving the field now.