How to pack for a day hunting trip
How to pack and organize a hunting backpack
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all right so what I want to do now is
take you through exactly the how and why
I shove all my gear in my backpack for a
backpack style hunt if you want a quick
overview of exactly the gear I'm
carrying you can check out a recent
video we did about my 2018 tell me other
hunt that'll be in the description down
below as well as the link to an article
that outlines even further so today I'm
gonna start is basically to take your
backpack and what I like to do first is
go through all the straps and undo
anything any buckle you got on here is
to open the pack up just larger capacity
you can these bottom ones here just
makes it a lot easier when I start
shoving all your gear in there and so
it's like super tight down the bottom I
can actually fit a lot of stuff so open
everything up then why have to start
with I just put a lot of like the
lightweight stuff items in bottom like
your tent your sleeping bag your
sleeping pads in the middle that I'll
start playing some of my food so my
layers of clothing cuz I like to do is
just push everything in there and get
out as many of like the air pockets as
you can
you really don't need a giant backpack
if you're really conscious of how you're
packing and getting rid of all the air
holes like you will see I don't have any
dry bags in my entire pack because all
my clothes will be shoved in all the
small air pockets so so just keeping
explaining that whole time I will jump
into packing right now so I'm gonna take
my tent I'm just gonna shove this in the
bottom and see you could use the
compression sack for this big of the
tent but for me it compresses down
really nice might shove it in here
I can push stuff on top of it and
actually get into position I need it to
be so I like to take this seam else a
little longer and so I'll take it and
put it the shallow side and there just
kind of compress it down in the pack and
next to that I'll place my quilt same
thing and place it this way inside the
pack though this way I don't want to use
up that upper volume I want to use that
the death side of it right here I'm
gonna put that in next to it and see
here already in to loosen this up a
little bit
so I got that situated right in there
next what I like to do is take some
smaller items try to find any little
small air pockets shove it down the
bottom just like that and then a lot of
times I don't really keep my rain gear
on top if I know it's gonna rain chance
- I will keep my rain jacket on the
upper side but a rain pants left on the
bottom when I'm best to do when I'm
packing is to just roll things up some
items work best rolling I don't like to
fold them otherwise I let's take a
jacket and shove it in the rain pants
I've seen the work better when I roll
them again I'm gonna shove it all the
way in the bottom you see already I have
a little air pocket down there and I
don't want air pockets at all I'm sure
everything's compressed at the bottom
press it this way next until my sleeping
pad in the middle I have another air
pocket right here shove that down there
rain fly will kind of keep on top but
right now I'm gonna start throwing some
of my layers in not expecting a lot of
rain if ever I'm shut my rain jacket
again down the bottom to fill a bunch of
holes
let's get that for now I'm gonna throw
my tie back groundsheet a lot of times I
can get this nice and small writing this
- tuck it behind everything you've
already packed in there it's nice with
bottom stuff being really lightweight
and just basically or sleeping gear some
insulation layers so you can actually
push down and compress it without
worrying about you know cracking
something else that's valuable like an
optic or something like that it's in the
side I would try to leave a little
pocket because the side of my backpack I
will throw my spotting scope and I
always save a little Crown Royal bag my
spotting scope is in my pack I'm
actually shoving this as you can see
just right on the side goes all the way
up so if I do need to easy you know
access my spotter really quick and I'm
hiking in I can slip open the side and
grab it and I like it buried too far
down in there
so put that at the side and this is
where I would then throw my my food
items and also save space I don't carry
an extra bag for food I will use one of
my game bags because I was keep the game
bag on me anyway so I might as well use
it for food explicity sake just got one
one days with the food here
drop my mountain house again I try to
remove air out of everything even though
it's game back it's breathable I still
roll it up nice and small
you know compress right down as far as I
can so next what I'll do is I'll take
stove put that in there it has a big
bulky item that doesn't fit well next a
spotter but the great thing is I have
all these insulation layer so they'll be
able to fit that in there in a second
super super balanced and then I'm taking
a shaker bottle for my breakfast and
that's gonna make watching noise I take
this shaker ball out just toss it inside
my pack anywhere and then to fill up
space because obviously is very valuable
space when you're packing I will show up
anything I can hear like my gloves so
that down the bottom so my hat
next to the spotter now I'm going to
take another one my insulation layers
and use that around these void of space
next to the spotter and next to the
stove
and then I'm gonna take my extra drone
berry bag I want to keep that on top get
your on the stream and you get some
water
that there and then all the rest of this
game bags you could put these down below
sometimes I use them up on top again
just to fill voids
bunch of air pockets and then the camp
pullout you could attach that up in the
top but I have so much room in here I
just usually throw it in keep on the
side that's all my safety gear onto it
and then we're getting down to the wire
oh then I rain fly on the top just get
you want him to rainstorm it again
shutting it down as far back as I can
and my tent stakes and then this point
I'll start finally zipping this up a
little higher
you know this is when I will feed my
water I kind of say this with the top is
to set Adama don't try to put in any
sleeve or anything like that I'd like to
shove this through this way the side
- full two-liter bladder biggest thing
that they see trying to make a king to
the top of your pack - gonna set that
this little corner here that insulation
layer if I ever sit down one glass for a
while I'd like to keep that at top of my
pack
you know it's like the volume of the
pack as I'm packing it still stays like
a nice round shapes and filling up all
those air holes toilet paper you get the
air out of that I'm gonna place this on
the south side pocket here along with my
headlamp extra muzzle bullets I'll carry
three powders bunch of bullets and a
bunch of primers and the top let's
create a bunch of my pocket I'll put the
rear rest support up on top easy access
as well in reach mini that'll be
somewhere I want to try to grab case I
need it so I put that on top start going
to presiding I'm gonna shove that in the
pack as well as my Ma's little bolt
starter and then this I'll either have
around my neck I'm getting close to the
shot but we're gonna be hiking in right
now so it's gonna show back top my back
zipper up and now we basically have a
pack all put together what I add to the
bottom is going to be my glassing pad
you know I'm finally out of stage we're
gonna start cinching things down
I do like to pull everything tight cuz I
don't like things moving on me side ones
and then since I will have a
muzzleloader on the side of my body I'm
gonna try to not try to avoid always
putting the tripe on my right side Mazal
it her right shoulder
put some big both like a tripod on the
left side so this I'm gonna put my
trekking poles over here checking poles
I'll hike with them sometimes or just
keep them on my pack right now I'm going
to use one for hiking attach this
trekking pole here try to pick it away
from my body
and this other side is going to be where
I put my tripod a lot of times I just
kick two legs in there secure enough or
we could go all three if you want to
and this I always try to make sure I'm
kicking my tripod arm away from my body
sometimes you can beat that over here
that's gonna move in catch you inside of
the body I'd avoid that I can just walk
it down you know let's take these last
ones good to keep a tight ship and
running a passion one extra straps going
around catching on debris spooking
animals
there you have it fit everything and you
can see I have tons of extra room so I
can easily pack the rest of my two days
and I've had the two days of food
sitting out so full pack all loaded down
for three day backpack huh all right and
do a quick summary of where I was
packing all of my items again so pack
all the lightweight stuff at the bottom
so I don't want a heavy weight sagging
down on me so that my sleeping gear in
the bottom bunch insulation layers mid
layer I start putting some of my food
that's getting a little heavier and I
try to keep a lot of my heavier items at
the top of my pack so you know if you
had a extra optic spoon the top and my
spotter on the side kind of still fairly
high and then also want to keep a lot of
items that I might be needing at a
moment's notice I wanna have buried in
the bottom attack at the tread dig out
you know anything in there so keep a
rain jacket on top a rain fly I keep all
my headlamps on my safety gear easy
access on the outside of this little
pocket right here it's quick and easy to
get to extra bullets and then you know
all your extra snack sometimes you put
on the top to try to keep everything
organized in your pack gun know where
everything's at easy access like I said
don't want put stuff you need a finer
pack that's never a good solution
because you never know when you need it
yeah just got to you know learn it put
it all in there and make it super tight
as you can like I said getting real
those air pockets is key like this is a
3300 pack I can easily go six days in
this pack hope enjoyed this how to pack
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