Thread: stashing gear in the bush

We have a couple of 'primo' spots we hunt that are difficult to get to, and the older we get the less we can carry...knowing the pack should be full on the way home, so have stashed sleeping bags, bivvie bags, gas cookers, medical supplies etc in a big screw top plastic container. To keep everything dry inside you need the bottom 200mm of another container to use as a roof space over the top of the screw top to prevent the gathering of water etc. Digging them into the side of a hill is preferable to digging them into a flat spot for drainage reasons. Then the whole lot is covered with 200mm of soil, leaf litter, deadfall etc. Even when you tell someone its 'over there' they can't find it. It means you can head out the back knowing that other 2 and 4 legged visitors of the shelter haven't made off with the basic necessities of a week in the bush.