Bumbag, waist coat or backpack-how do you carry accessories when hunting?

Lawyer Daggit · April 14, 2008, 10:54 PM

Do you wear a waist coat, carry a back pack or a bum bag when you hunt?

What do you use, what have you tried? what works, what doesn't.

tplumeri · April 14, 2008, 11:12 PM

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bum bag

If you mean one of them "fanny pack" things, I tried it once. was comfortable to wear and did the job but i just couldnt get over the feeling that all my buddies were laughing behind my back....

Lawyer Daggit · April 15, 2008, 02:14 AM

bum-bag- sorry backsides are 'bums' not 'fannies' in Australia!

Kreyzhorse · April 15, 2008, 07:50 AM

Backpack. It will carry all you need and more. The bad thing with a backpack is knowing when to say when however. I tend to get carried away and every year go back and review what I carry in my pack. Extra gloves, knit hat, calls, spare knife and water are all I really need but other items find their way in. Before you know, you've got every thing but the kitchen sink in it.

elkman06 · April 16, 2008, 12:01 PM

Primarily carry a backpack. For me it's taking off up a ridge for several miles at 10K+ altitude. You go whether there is snow or not. I tend to need a fair variety of things to include emergency supplies. But as Krezyhorse said, you have to learn to weed things out also.
elkman06

CROWSNEST · April 17, 2008, 08:51 PM

I carry everything out in a large backpack along with a couple contractor grade garbage bags. I carry everything out once, pack everything into the garbage bags at the end of the day to keep dry and leave it in the woods. Bring it all back in at the end of the season. Cold weather/artic type clothing stay out in the woods too. I dont know about you, but I tend to sweat my butt off hiking in and out with all the cold weather gear on.

jimbob86 · April 17, 2008, 09:04 PM

Is that one of those plasic shopping bags they give out free?

I carry everything I might need for a 1/2 a day on stand on a GI pistol belt: knife, hatchet, stoney point shooting sticks, rangefinder, first aid kit, compass, water bottle, .357 ...... spare hat and gloves, permits, dried apple chips, go in hunting coat pockets.

Lawyer Daggit · April 17, 2008, 11:39 PM

Jimbo 86- no its not a retail bag!. Bum bag is Australian for Fanny Pack.

By back packs do those of you using backpacks use large hiking packs or day packs. What is the pack made out of?.

I have an Australian army issue day pack that is very comfortable but makes an un-natural noise as most synthetics do when rubbed against bushes.

Martyn4802 · April 18, 2008, 04:49 AM

Fanny packs get in the way too much. They interfere with sitting down, and I always have the feeling they will slide down my legs. The weight in them is centered too low in the back. As a result, I have been using a back pack for 35 years. Back packs work well. The weight in them is centered high up in the back and is easily managed.

deanadell · April 18, 2008, 09:57 AM

I use a small camo day-pack. Bought it years ago at Wally-world I think. Made of some type of fleece, very quiet in the brush

UniversalFrost · April 18, 2008, 11:14 AM

I use a camelbak HAWG style backpack in the army camo pattern (it was issued and was free)

Here is a close idea http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,...Hydration_Pack

But the one I use has slightly larger carrying capacity and looks a little beefier.

JOE

davlandrum · April 22, 2008, 02:39 PM

I use one of these and am very happy with it. It has a water bladder in it, is big enough for what I need, but not so big I want to overload it. finish is a quiet fleece type material.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...=cat20770&rid=

April 14, 2008, 10:54 PM	#1
Lawyer Daggit Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2004 Posts: 1,181	Bumbag, waist coat or backpack-how do you carry accessories when hunting? Do you wear a waist coat, carry a back pack or a bum bag when you hunt? What do you use, what have you tried? what works, what doesn't.

April 15, 2008, 07:50 AM	#4
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	Backpack. It will carry all you need and more. The bad thing with a backpack is knowing when to say when however. I tend to get carried away and every year go back and review what I carry in my pack. Extra gloves, knit hat, calls, spare knife and water are all I really need but other items find their way in. Before you know, you've got every thing but the kitchen sink in it. __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

April 16, 2008, 12:01 PM	#5
elkman06 Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2006 Location: Wyoming Posts: 885	Primarily carry a backpack. For me it's taking off up a ridge for several miles at 10K+ altitude. You go whether there is snow or not. I tend to need a fair variety of things to include emergency supplies. But as Krezyhorse said, you have to learn to weed things out also. elkman06 __________________ "The right of the citizens to bear arms in the defense of themselves and of the state shall not be denied." Wyoming Constitution Article 1, Sec24 "Better to be tried by 12 than carried by 6"

April 17, 2008, 09:04 PM	#7
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	Bum bag? Is that one of those plasic shopping bags they give out free? I carry everything I might need for a 1/2 a day on stand on a GI pistol belt: knife, hatchet, stoney point shooting sticks, rangefinder, first aid kit, compass, water bottle, .357 ...... spare hat and gloves, permits, dried apple chips, go in hunting coat pockets.

April 18, 2008, 04:49 AM	#9
Martyn4802 Senior Member Join Date: June 12, 2007 Location: Grayling, Michigan Posts: 737	Fanny packs get in the way too much. They interfere with sitting down, and I always have the feeling they will slide down my legs. The weight in them is centered too low in the back. As a result, I have been using a back pack for 35 years. Back packs work well. The weight in them is centered high up in the back and is easily managed. __________________ US Army Retired NRA Benefactor Life Member JPFO

April 15, 2008, 02:14 AM	#3
Lawyer Daggit Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2004 Posts: 1,181	bum-bag- sorry backsides are 'bums' not 'fannies' in Australia!

April 17, 2008, 08:51 PM	#6
CROWSNEST Junior Member Join Date: February 25, 2008 Posts: 7	I carry everything out in a large backpack along with a couple contractor grade garbage bags. I carry everything out once, pack everything into the garbage bags at the end of the day to keep dry and leave it in the woods. Bring it all back in at the end of the season. Cold weather/artic type clothing stay out in the woods too. I dont know about you, but I tend to sweat my butt off hiking in and out with all the cold weather gear on.

April 17, 2008, 11:39 PM	#8
Lawyer Daggit Senior Member Join Date: December 5, 2004 Posts: 1,181	Jimbo 86- no its not a retail bag!. Bum bag is Australian for Fanny Pack. By back packs do those of you using backpacks use large hiking packs or day packs. What is the pack made out of?. I have an Australian army issue day pack that is very comfortable but makes an un-natural noise as most synthetics do when rubbed against bushes.

April 18, 2008, 09:57 AM	#10
deanadell Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2005 Location: Upstate, South Carolina Posts: 639	I use a small camo day-pack. Bought it years ago at Wally-world I think. Made of some type of fleece, very quiet in the brush

April 18, 2008, 11:14 AM	#11
UniversalFrost Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,300	I use a camelbak HAWG style backpack in the army camo pattern (it was issued and was free) Here is a close idea http://www.sierratradingpost.com/p/,...Hydration_Pack But the one I use has slightly larger carrying capacity and looks a little beefier. JOE __________________ Lifetime member VFW and NRA "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" (when all else fails play dead) -Red Green

April 22, 2008, 02:39 PM	#12
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	I use one of these and am very happy with it. It has a water bladder in it, is big enough for what I need, but not so big I want to overload it. finish is a quiet fleece type material. http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...=cat20770&rid= __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart