Thread: Minimum pack contents

man some of you guys carry a lot - if in a camp for a few days do have a little more at camp - but on the hill always just been ammo - a pull thru - about 8 metre good quality cord ( had same piece for over 25 years ) a mercator as extra knife - cigarette lighter - couple pieces of inner tube -compass- two bandages- and now LED Lenser torch (two- one head lamp -one small torch ) one light survival sheet - carried in two pouches on belt - when we were culling in seventies we did not carry torches as the ones available then simply did not trust them -torches now are much much better quality and have changed my hunting - back in seventies would not have thought of heading home in dark- now no problem - pull thru a must but if you are running .222-.223 make bloody sure of your rag size - have seen some horrible stuff ups with pull thrus and .222 caliber - but with those you really need them if one suspects water in barrel - compass get a good one I have a cheap one I have kept for years as a display piece when teaching map and compass the needle has an arrow for north but points dead south