Since other responses have covered most of the necessities, I'll throw a couple of "good ideas" at you. Power Bars, unwrapped before you enter the field to eliminate noise. I put em in zip locks, because they're sticky. There are few better sources of compact energy. Camelback hydration system. Silent. The "packteen" version is small enough for the fanny pack I wear. 4" piece of thread hanging from the forestock of my gun---wind indicator. 3M 33+ electrical tape wrapped around the handle of my mini-mag lite, to put over the muzzle in case of rain/snow. The pinky finger cut from a surgical glove also works well for this. And even though it's been said before, I'll say it again: a damn good knife. At least one. Good hunting to you.
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