Must-Have Features of Hunting Day Packs
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Welcome to Ron Spomer Outdoors! If you're in the market for a hunting day pack, then Joseph Von Benedikt and I have you covered. In this video, we cover our must-have features for hunting day packs.
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For 44 years I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion - the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me - from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. In my attempts to connect with this natural wonder, to become an integral part of our ecosystem and capture a bit of its mystery, I’ve photographed, hiked, hunted, birded, and fished across much of this planet. I've seen the beauty that everyone should see, survived adventures that everyone should experience. I may not have climbed the highest mountains, canoed the wildest rivers, caught the largest fish or shot the biggest bucks, but I’ve tried. Perhaps you have, too. And that’s the essential thing. Being out there, an active participant in our outdoor world.
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Even for a day trip, I would bring something to use as a shelter and an emergency mylar sleeping bag, like a tarp or a military poncho to make a shelter. Just in case something might happen to keep you overnight. In the Army we had what we called a tanker’s roll. It was a shelter half with poles and pins and our sleeping bag all rolled up together and placed into a wet weather bag. It was SOP for us to take that bag with us as a minimum on trips in the field or not.
I use a Turkey pack, basically a Fanny pack with shoulder straps and for quick day hunts.
I put a little plastic trash can in my backpack. This keeps it open and square. I can put gear in the can, in front of, under or behind. 👍
You touched on a topic I've been focusing on lately: quiet. I've been searching for an affordable day pack made from fleece or wool. Unobtainium as far as I can tell.
Big woods bucks makes one
I use a wool anorak from asbell wool with a large front pouch. Plenty of room for my stuff/lunch works well.
I have an old Fieldline pack
that's fleece or fleece covered
or something. It's been decent
but not considered a top-of-the-line
pack. Don't remember the cost,
but I'd say it was probably 40
or less new. I bought a strap
to put on it as a sternum strap
but I never did put it on.
Now that I've got it on my mind,
I need to get that done
What Joseph said about the fannypack makes sense. Because the waist belt on a backpack goes very high on the belly button line, and the waist pack alone could go much lower, resting the load on the glutes and then over activating those. That can create all sorts of unbalances on the hips and give you severe lower back pain, it really does.
I personally use a Kuiu pack, its light, and well made. I have carried an entire whitetail buck that had been quartered out for over a mile.
Agree with you 100 . Love kuiu
I have a few different packs for different settings. The one I most often use is my old mountaineering pack from Black Diamond Climbing.
Kuiu , kifaru, stone glacier . I feel like these are the simplest best option . From everything I’ve owned . I’ve handled and tried on pretty much all the top players designs.
I use a fanny pack with suspenders rather than cinching down the belt.i only do day or less hunts. My age precludes the overnight in the western mountains. Plus living Florida I find I need much less than where the weather can turn into instant winter. Truthfully my old back can't take much these days! Heavy contractor trash bags are quite useful for myriad uses. At least 1 extra knife is always good. Plus a stone or ceramic sharpener. Water is really one of the things I also require. Cargo pants and a cartridge pack that carries my extra ammo on my belt right next to my fixed blade with a stone in the sheath. Ziplock bags for heart and liver. Small binoc's or even a mono scope. A drag harness has been helpful as well first aid kit, small and basic. I frequently customize my gear to fit the terrane and duration. A compass can be a real blessing , lol. There are days I carry only what I can strap on my belt and carry in my pockets. Learning these things over 50 years of hunting has been an experience.
Second year deer hunting, first year I took my EDC mystery ranch bag, it ended up being a little too much. This year I've got my belt for 2 gun matches that I'm changing around. Two small admin pouches, mag pouch, dump pouch for a 32oz water bottle, and a blow out kit, and a small pouch for phone/radio. One admin pouch for a kill kit, the other for some hand warmers, num nums, and ID. Was the odd ball out of the group and I'm sure I'll be it again this year. Learned a lot that first year in terms of my preference on equipment and rifle.
Allen used to make a perfect day pack / pack frame. Beltpack for essentials and food and a outstanding folding packframe
I packed many a elk out several trips of course. I stupidly loaned it out. Got divorced and years past.looked for that pack on the internet .Allen now makes a similar pack with no belt pack,at 4 times the price.motto don't lend out anything that is important to you
For a nearby dayhunt I use a camera backpack. It has a customisable main compartment for optics (binos and rangefinder etc.), several pockets and enough room for other gear or extra clothes. And it's very lightweight. I suggest checking the LOWEPRO brand. They have a wide variety of outdoor packs in different sizes and natural color schemes.
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I have two of the Lowe Alpine Expedition backpacks for the last 23 years, and still use them. They make good stuff!
Outstanding AF men , Wrangler makes some really good tactical type pants these days that are great for the money, if don't or can't lay down the money for a pair of Cryes etc .
I always have two just in case I decide for that long hunt , always have things dry foods a small tarp , knife s ,saw for dressing , couple heavy garbage bags, ammo for pistol and rifle that in small also makes a gun rest.if decide why I'm there I bring larger one with tent sleeping bag survival stuff and make a base camp. A good lightweight Smith slid is also handy
For me, a pack waist belt must have a left side spot for a crossdraw pistol.
Since 2019, I have carried one of my 10mm's on the waist belt of my pack, crossdraw. Why? Wolves have either been "reintroduced" or just expanded from the Colville/Republic/Chewelah wolf packs.
They have been roaming the sage canyons of central WA since 2019, and I see them every year, including two warning shots during a sledding trip with my three year old son and ten year old stepdaughter.
As of last year, the wolves have driven the deer out of the Waterville Plateau, Palisades, south all the way to Beezely Hills.
I use a Frost River Arrowhead Eco for the day pack if I need extra room, otherwise I utilize a belt kit with some game bags from mission mercantile. Similar idea to the Fanny pack but more customization. I agree that if I go bigger I take more of what I don’t need.
Awesome video and advice 👌 👍
I'm the opposite. I don't care for lots of pockets on a pack.
For whatever reason, there's an
instinct to have something in
a pocket and not let it be empty. The old ALICE pack is
configured just about perfect IMO for an all-around pack design. Everybody that has ever used a pack carried too
much B.S. and gadgetry.
I've been as guilty as the next
man.
You have to count all weight that your feet are carrying.
Firearm and ammunition or
bow and arrows, clothing and
footwear, and all cargo.
Water, your game getting tool,
your shelter you're wearing by
necessity, and your sharp edge
are the necessary payload.
The individual has to decide
what the extra weight of the
cargo his feet carry will be
So . . . What prize have I won?
I save room in my pack by substituting bulky and obsolete 30-06 ammunition with compact and modern .308 Winchester.
Lol. Out here stirring the pot.
@@DRBales96 i love it!
I like my old skool .300 Savage!
😂
Perfect .
Anyone tried that new whitetail line from Mystery Ranch? I love my Pintler but it’s LOUDfor bow season.
I vacuum seal my clothes to save space 😂
Hey, if it’s okay for my wife to have several expensive purses, then it’s okay for me own a couple packs for all situations
suuuub-scribed. Great content.
No matter how long you are going hunting for you need to take fire.
Never understood why my grandpa brought a giant backpack to sit in the deer stand for 3 hours
Joseph! What kind of "Tactical", hunting pants are good? Thanks, guys!!
crye precision, wild things tactical, beyond clothing.
@@censoredpleb2241 Ty! What are we hunting?😳
The Problem is weight depending on age and size fitness of the person.
👍😂👍👍👍
Nice! I save weight by carrying nothing but a bag of meth, a hatchet and a big knife.
The scammer meth head comment on this comment is pure gold.
No, really? Meth? 😂
@@oneshothunter9877 No, but I thought it was funny.
@@Stroke2Handed
Well, I had a good laugh. My imagination went crazy thinking of a Hunter on meth. 😂
@oneshothunter9877 He'd be too busy trying to build an over complicated shelter to do any hunting.
1 minute pack???
Do you really do random giveaways to some of your subscribers?