Thread: What to take?

1000Pa - the Bracken down ya shirt trick - good one

Rifle
Tent/Fly
Sleeping Bag
Sleeping mat - mate takes a $280 Thermarest, I've got a $42 Chinese made cheapy

all of these are big subjects covered elsewhere and of course you'll have your knife, rifle cleaner, bog roll, binos/ rangefinder, meat bags and all that

I take-
Basic med kit incl Bepanthen,Betadine,med tape
Cooker + two cylinders between the party - look on TardMe for folding $28 ones in an orange plastic box - they work well
Map and compass and spares of both, in a ziplock bag with hunt permit printed out on the back
OSMs, Condy (Condensed milk) ,tea,Raro, Nuts,Choc,2min Noodles. Kaweka make some boil-in-the-bag Red wine and steak meals that make a good dinner, Pasta meals in a sachet from the supy, stir em up with some bits of cut up salami for dinner
ziplock bag with a coupla polipads/wirewool cleaners for doing the dishes
Cutlery - I had a spork but it broke so those basic 3-piece sets work ok
shopping bags for rubbish and hanging ya food from a tree
Lotsa paracord
Headtorch and at least one backup torch
10L waterbladder for camp, 1.25L sprite bottle for filling it and collapsible 1L bottle for taking stalking
Water treatment tabs (expensive)
Spare socks and jocks
Camp clothes set that stays at camp and is dry
Merino base layer/Poly mid-layer OR shirt and light coat with hood for top layer when wet
Beanie
Folding bushsaw for camp

I take a Stoney Creek bumbag that folds out into a pack for stalking - any small daypack would work as long as it's not pink

Put everything into ziplock bags or have a waterproof packliner - remember that the Glad slidelock ones work and the Pams ones are shit


Oh fark I forgot the kitchen sink

Originally Posted by Drewski

Boys get with the times...Ipad nowa days!

Dude what's this sticky shit on your screen?!! Bahaha no more stuck pages!

Originally Posted by P38

I also have a stock take after I return and tend to leave those items (baring safety equipment) that I didn't use behind for the next trip.

Hope this helps a little.

Cheers
Pete

So you're taking up tramping then Pete?

Originally Posted by SIKAHUNTER

Dude what's this sticky shit on your screen?!! Bahaha no more stuck pages!

Gees I dont know what magazines you are reading Sika...but if there was sticky shit on any pages I'd be a little worried!

Originally Posted by Drewski

Gees I dont know what magazines you are reading Sika...but if there was sticky shit on any pages I'd be a little worried!

It's that or I use your spare sock while you're out :eek:

OH I GET IT NOW! You have asthma. I want to get away from the Mrs, kids and get some meat for the freezer...why would I take "those" mags with me? Clearly remember a tale about the hut in Otapua having mags left from the 1970s. Where hairy was the "in" thing.

Originally Posted by Drewski

OH I GET IT NOW! You have asthma. I want to get away from the Mrs, kids and get some meat for the freezer...why would I take "those" mags with me? Clearly remember a tale about the hut in Otapua having mags left from the 1970s. Where hairy was the "in" thing.

I can assure you that "hairy" is still "in"

Originally Posted by Spook

I can assure you that "hairy" is still "in"

Certainly was the last time I saw you Spook.

Originally Posted by 308

Rifle
Tent/Fly
Sleeping Bag
Sleeping mat - mate takes a $280 Thermarest, I've got a $42 Chinese made cheapy

all of these are big subjects covered elsewhere and of course you'll have your knife, rifle cleaner, bog roll, binos/ rangefinder, meat bags and all that

I take-
Basic med kit incl Bepanthen,Betadine,med tape
Cooker + two cylinders between the party - look on TardMe for folding $28 ones in an orange plastic box - they work well
Map and compass and spares of both, in a ziplock bag with hunt permit printed out on the back
OSMs, Condy (Condensed milk) ,tea,Raro, Nuts,Choc,2min Noodles. Kaweka make some boil-in-the-bag Red wine and steak meals that make a good dinner, Pasta meals in a sachet from the supy, stir em up with some bits of cut up salami for dinner
ziplock bag with a coupla polipads/wirewool cleaners for doing the dishes
Cutlery - I had a spork but it broke so those basic 3-piece sets work ok
shopping bags for rubbish and hanging ya food from a tree
Lotsa paracord
Headtorch and at least one backup torch
10L waterbladder for camp, 1.25L sprite bottle for filling it and collapsible 1L bottle for taking stalking
Water treatment tabs (expensive)
Spare socks and jocks
Camp clothes set that stays at camp and is dry
Merino base layer/Poly mid-layer OR shirt and light coat with hood for top layer when wet
Beanie
Folding bushsaw for camp

I take a Stoney Creek bumbag that folds out into a pack for stalking - any small daypack would work as long as it's not pink

Put everything into ziplock bags or have a waterproof packliner - remember that the Glad slidelock ones work and the Pams ones are shit


Oh fark I forgot the kitchen sink

Condoms...you forgot the condoms...stops the wankers making a mess of the centre fold.

Originally Posted by Rushy

Certainly was the last time I saw you Spook.

Probably why they call me "Ol'kunt face up there on the hill"

Must have been the Miss Bulgarian pinup special edition

Originally Posted by Drewski

I can imagine this has been discussed lots of times. But I have a hunting trip planned in a months time. It is a private block and we will be walking into the block and staying for 3 days. Everything will be packed in. So what do I need to take? Clothes, food etc...I am a novice but am keen and have a very understanding girlfriend who has allowed a nice budget to have a bit of splash out. I have a rifle and some hunting equipment.
Thanks in advance

Pack
Rifle with full magazine
Sleeping bag
one set of dry thermals and socks kept in a dry bag with sleeping bag
Fly
Thermarest
1 Billy
1/2 can of gas and stove
Mug and spoon
Hunting clothes and boots
1 waterproof Jacket
5 rounds of spare ammo
knife
sharpener
string or bailing twine
Pikau
lighter
Epirb
binoculars
Beanie and gloves
Water bladder
Toilet bag which includes electrical tape , sunscreen, insect repellant and toothbrush and bog roll
Lots of tea bags
Head torch

And your food - I live on OSM's for lunch and snacks . De hy meals with fresh venison for dinner and pre package your breakfasts into zip lock bags with cereal , milk powder and protein powder so all you have to do in the morning is throw in water, shake it up and youre away.

Thats all I would take for a week If i was walking. Only variables would be more or less food and a book if the weather is shit.

I reckon anything else would be surplus.

Originally Posted by sako75

Must have been the Miss Bulgarian pinup special edition

Ha, ha. My sister always threatened to hook me up with a female Bulgarian wrestler. Figured would need someone strong to get me to tow the line.

A couple of candle stubs never go amiss. Light and versatile.

308, that bracken up the shirt got my son-in-law a good fire going above the snow line a few years ago when he started hunting. He said he listened as we talked around the fire. I must have been rambling on about the tricks my dad taught me. When he came back from that trip he was stoked to have been warm.

I'm going to add one more item to my list - dental floss!
That stuff makes a great tool, from cleaning your teeth, sewing bottons back on or repairing the sleeping bag, doubled up can make an emergency pull through for the rifle, makes neat snares, and you can tie the plastic bags shut when full of venison.
But most of all, I've personally sewn two mates up that got injured, one in the Motu and the other up the Godley valley in the South Island. Both badly ripped. The doctor at the last hospital left the stitches there and my mate still shows them off as a badge of pride!