Hunting & Fishing Gear list for first deer hunt

[NY700]

Ok guys hoping someone with ocd already has a packing list together, but next month a budy and I are planning a 3 day outing in michigan for a deer hunt. This is my first hunting trip and looking for a list of must have gear and maybe things you never thought to bring at first and are now must haves. Thanks

 

[jasonk]

Re: Gear list for first deer hunt

Not my list, it was sent to me a couple years ago. I don't follow it to the letter but it's a good double check to make sure I didn't forget anything mission critical.

BOOTS/LEATHER 1
BOOTS/PAKS 1
WOOL/PANTS 2
PANTS 2
SOX/HUNTING 5
SOX/PAKS 4
SHORTS 8
SWEATSHORTS 2
POLO/SHIRTS 5
HUNTING/COAT 1
COAT 1
VEST/RED(144IN) 1
SWEATER/FLEECE 3
SHIRTS/WOOL 3
LONG JOHNS 3
RIFLE 2
AMMO 2
DEFOGGER 1
PAK/W/WATER 1
FIRST AID KIT 1
KNIFE 1
SHARPENER 1
SAW 1
MATCHES 1
WHISTLE 1
SHOELACE 1
CARMEX 1
CAMERA 1
FILM 3
SUNGLASSES 1
GLASSES 1
CONTACTS 3
FLASHLIGHT 1
XTRA BATTERIES 2
HANDWARMERS 8
TOE WARMERS 8
CASH
LICENSE/TAGS
HUNTERS/SAFETY
DEER BAGS 2
ELK BAGS 4
TOILETRIES
PILLOW 1
SLEEPING BAG 1
GLOVES 3
COMPASS
TRAIL TAPE
LEG GATORS 1
NECK GATORS 2
SCARF 2
HANKERCHIEF 4
BINOCULARS 1
SITTING STOOL 1
RED HAT 2
GUN/CLEANING KIT 1
SNO SEAL 1
SUSPENDERS 2
BELT 2
KLEENEX 2
CAMP CURRENCY
JERKY
GORK FOOD
BEER
BOOZE
CIGARS BOX
CRIBBAGE BOARD 1

BI- POD
GUNSLING
xtra car key 1
bi-pod 1
gun sling 1

 

[168BTHPM]

Re: Gear list for first deer hunt

All the normal hunting stuff like a gun, knife, pack and some rope, plus some Crown Royal, cigars, brats, chips, cell phone to call pizza dude, satellite dish to watch football, camera to take pictures of your buddy after he passes out and you write all over his face with a marking pen, Brillo pad to scrub your face in case you pass out first, take lots of pictures of the woods to show your wife so she thinks you really did go hunting.

 

[NY700]

Re: Gear list for first deer hunt

168, nice fall back plan is always the strip club and I have a nice 18yr old bottle of scotch that needs attention. Jason thanks for the list exactly what I was looking for just a nice starting point to fill the truck

 

[168BTHPM]

Re: Gear list for first deer hunt

I had to occupy almost a month a few years back. I took a month vacation to go elk hunting with my buddies in Montana. I shot my bull on the first day so I got to hold down the camp and wait for someone else to shoot something so I could help pack it out.

 

[NY700]

Re: Gear list for first deer hunt

that sounds like an incredible hunt. certainly wouldnt mind trying to kill the better part of a month in montana

 

[kraigWY]

Re: Gear list for first deer hunt

For me it depends on what I'm hunting. Elk, everything is already in my Horse Trailer w/living quarters. More then I need but its more of a camping then hunting trip. Plenty of extra 'quick foods" as self defense for when my Grandaughter desides she needs to cook.

Deer its just a rifle and pocket knife. For antelope I add a Range finder and GPS to my deer list.

 

[168BTHPM]

Re: Gear list for first deer hunt

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NY700</div><div class="ubbcode-body">that sounds like an incredible hunt. certainly wouldnt mind trying to kill the better part of a month in montana </div></div>

I did have fun that trip. All my buddies went in on horses, I went in on foot the next canyon over and met them 5 miles in where we camped. I cut fresh tracks on the way in and followed them until I jumped the bull I shot. I had him down at 8:30, gutted and hauled back to the top of the ridge by 11:30, by about 2:00 I was waiting at the camping spot for everyone else. It took the better part of the next three days to get him to the bottom of the mountain where we could get horses close enough to pack him out the rest of the way. It rained like heck the day after I shot him and for the next three days, so all of the trails up the mountain were too greasy to take horses up. I was so tired after the second trip up and down the mountain I left my rifle and pack at the bottom, I figured all the grizzlies were laughing their butts off watching me and wouldn't bother a tired old SFWD. It took six trips in all, one for each quarter plus one each for the hide and head. After that is was sit back and wait for someone else to shoot something.

 

[skydiveblake]

Re: Gear list for first deer hunt

Poloshirts?