Every year during Elk Seminars, this seems to be a repeated question. Switching to the Ascent 14 last year for day hunts forced me to compact my gear. Below is a list and photos of the equipment and gear I keep in my day pack. On “Going in Deep” day hunts I will grab the Bivy 30 so I can at least get one load of meat out if needed. By keeping most of my pack contents in stuff sacks it makes it very easy to switch packs before leaving camp.
- Water Bladder (One for each pack)
- Head Lamp with fresh batteries
- Extra Release*
- First Aid Kit (1/4 role of cloth tape or duct tape, 2-3 bandages, quick clot, butterfly bandages, space blanket, small tube of Neosporin a Maxie Pad ” Don’t laugh they are supper absorbing”, Inhaler, Epipen, Benadryl, and Ibuprofen.)*
- Iodine Water Tabs with 1-2 packs of WA Drink Mix
- 2-3 WA Bars
- Parachute Cord (50-100 ft)*
- Rain Gear (Sitka Storm Front Lite)
- Gloves
- 10 latex free gloves
- 4-5 extra mouth reeds
- GPS
- Havalon Piratna knife with 5 extra blades
- Extra Broadhead with blades*
- Batteries ( 4 AA and 1 3V for rangefinder)
- Lighter or flint*
- Allen Wrench set*
- D-loop material (my Range Finder is tied to my pack with 2 ft of quality D-loop material).*
- Flagging/Marking Tape
- One large black contractors garbage bag (Bivy 30 only)
- 5 - Alaskan Game Bags that are vacuum sealed. (one set in each pack)
- 2 – One Gallon Zip locks (1 – for those Grouse Breasts and 1 – to keep the TP dry)
- 1/2 Roll of TP with 5-10 unscented baby wipes.
- 1/4 tube of string wax*
- Pepper*
- License and tags
Items with a * behind them all fit into a small stuff sack.
Everything layed out
Main Compartment minus SF lite and Water Bladder
Outside compartment. TP, WA Bars and Drink mix are placed into the water bottle pockes on the outside of the pack.
It amazes me that it all fits in such a small pack, but it does with room to spare.
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