As a western hunter, I’d be carrying in 80 lbs of luxuries to my stand lol. A two mile hike with basically zero elevation change sounds absolutely glorious. Bring ALL the goodies/“crap” my dude. It’s been interesting watching whitetail hunters transition into the technical side of gear in the last six or so years. Anyway, good luck and enjoyed your video!
Never hunted out west in the mtns but many a bunch of trips snowmobiling out there. The elevation, thin air, etc definitely makes a difference for walking compared to flat stuff in mid west.
I started doing this, this year as well. Saddle, platform, everything in my MR popup 28. It's great and easy to use in the woods. Working on a pack for my Novix Helo now.
Everything I carry is packed as well. I use an exomtngear pack and I love it. Minos are in a harness case but in my pack til it’s time to glass or stalk. I still hunt and don’t use stands so I have tripods, provisions, lights, a couple tripod chairs, camera gear, everything I could possibly need for my hunts. Gonna do a pack dump on my channel here soon too! Thanks for the great content Jason!
@@SamkoTradBow exactly, I can stress to the people I’ve hunted with enough, they might say “ oh that’s pointless” or “you don’t need all that to go here” but what happens if it’s a late recovery? Bad weather moves in? You wanna go a few more miles in and maybe one of those things happens? I’d rather have it and not need it then have to try to improvise last minute and sacrifice safety or something else important. Remembering your alone deep in the woods is enough reason to prepare to be alone deep in the woods.
I just weighed my setup tonight. Both with what I have when I hunt from the ground, and when I hunt from a tree and have climbing stuff. I knew the climbing stuff weighed a lot. I use a frame from Kifaru, and then have an 8L pocket they sell that I stuff my extras and kill kit into. Part of my kill kit is their ‘cargo net’ for the frame for strapping down the quarters. I have it stuffed into a little Bino pack that came with some old binos. Which is strapped to the hip belt. I have a dump pouch for saddle ropes on the right side where my 32oz water bottle goes. I learned tonight all by itself frame plus small pack plus net weighs almost 10lb. It sure makes big deer feel lightweight though, and is too convenient to have everything needed right there, I’ll never not take it with me on public land hunting again I think. Deer hunting anyway. Good luck hope you get some more animals down out there!
Yep i honestly dont care if my pack weighs 10 pounds or 30 pounds. its not like its hard to carry or like im going 10 miles in. most hikes in or out take an hour or less. its not hard or heavy regardless and I love having the gear I want with me.
@@SamkoTradBow Yes and you personally have to carry a lot of video gear. In contrast we have to carry tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads and several days food and as with you finding the proper spot for everything is key.
I use pillow cases as well, but for small game which is what I hunt for these days. Rabbits & Grouse fit well into pillow cases and you can carry them easily. They also last forever with the amount of hunting I actually get out and do lately. haha, 🙂 Mike.
The course is so big at almost 20 something hours that it's basically maxed out size wise. So I started the patreon page. Now later this winter I plan to replace some of the videos in the course with updated versions and better quality when I can. But it's grown about as big as it can be.
Hi, Jason got a question for you? When you pack out deer do you notice a difference not hanging the deer for a day or two. I lived in FL most of my life and we had to cut up deer fast and put in a cooler now in Ky I have a fridge made for hanging deer. Thanks and great video!
You hunting public land in GA? I just moved here to GA, knocked down my first GA buck sunday, very different hunting down here, from ohio where im from.
I am a 25 plus years electrician by trade and never thought of using those with my hangers did put a bit of electrical tape on the ends from time to time to keep them from poking holes in stuff but now I will most definitely be using wire nuts 😂
Two questions have you ever used the Bruin Broadhead from Three Rivers Archery and those extension straps you said those were rock climbing extension straps is that correct
@@SamkoTradBow its a double bevel head they make heavy heads for traditional archery bjt i thoight aout using it for my compound cause its 150grains is there a differenwce between heads for trad and compound?
@@dennybirchfield trad heads work great on compound bows too. Especially if you run heavy and slow the arrow down a bit. If I shot a compound I'd still use traditional heads
There should be a TV hunting channel with you as moat practical hunter. That binocular squeak imitation, , I must admit was so 🤣🤣🤣 I played it a few times. You're the greatest! Hey I watched a video where the guy packed out the meat. That's what I want to do. He was done in like 30 minutes. My packs are FOR that. I'd like to see the expert do that.
Thanks! I like to just be me and act how I normally do. Sounds like its working well for me..lol I do have a video on how I bone out a hog (same way I do a deer) on my patreon channel and will also make one on deer very soon that will also be on the patreon channel. I can not put something like that on yt as they will demonetize me and throttle my in the algorithums. Since I now officially make a living from content creation I can not risk that happening. so the " messy" stuff like that will be on my patreon channel where I have zero restrictions. But if you dont want to join the patreon I believe clay hayes has a good video on boning out a deer in the field. so does warren womack and I think chris spikes does too. the 30 mins is about right for me too. if im moving fast 30 mins, if i take my time 40 mins. most of the time about 50 mins and I take a couple breaks and stretch my back.
I’m a pretty religious minimalist but I get what you have going on. Most probably will wear in a lot of those items myself included and camera gear adds up very quickly. Good stuff Jason 🤙🏼
yep already got emails from people telling me my pack is way to heavy and i carry too much stuff. I ask them what im bringing that they are not. they say i dont carry a batter charger..lol. its easy to have a 5 pound pack or no pack but you still have 10 pounds of crap on or stuffed in pockets.
All my hunts go on my patreon channel. UA-cam is too restrictive and since Jan last year really started demonetizing channels for hunting vids. I can't have that happen as this is how I make a living. So I put all hunting vids on my patreon. There are still a bunch from last 5 or 6 years on my youtube channel in the deer hunting Playlist and pig hunting Playlist. But all new stuff goes on patreon now that shows animals being shot
I roll the same way. Harness, binos, and everything else is in the pack. It's not hard to put 20 lbs in your pack when it's in your pack and not on your body. But it's still the same weight your carrying. Just in a different spot.
Love the video, thanks for the product layout. Will you do a video or give advice for this upcoming late October and Early November time frame and what you do/ how you hunt when the weather is warming up, or warmer than usual/not ideal? For instance, I can take off when ever, and have about 2-1/2 weeks of vacation I can use. In my mind the best time to hunt is late October and early November (during that seeking stage where I’m at in Oklahoma). But the weather is far from ideal. It’s in the 30’s low today but next 2 weeks it’s looking like highs in the 70’s and lows in the upper 40’s. Would you take vacation no matter the weather (considering the time of year), or wait it out and hunt just the micro cold fronts and wait for a big cold snap?
I’m right there with you brother with all that crap in da pack! 👍🏻 Good video
good to have stuff with ya in the stand! especially on all day sits.
As a western hunter, I’d be carrying in 80 lbs of luxuries to my stand lol. A two mile hike with basically zero elevation change sounds absolutely glorious. Bring ALL the goodies/“crap” my dude. It’s been interesting watching whitetail hunters transition into the technical side of gear in the last six or so years. Anyway, good luck and enjoyed your video!
Never hunted out west in the mtns but many a bunch of trips snowmobiling out there. The elevation, thin air, etc definitely makes a difference for walking compared to flat stuff in mid west.
I started doing this, this year as well. Saddle, platform, everything in my MR popup 28. It's great and easy to use in the woods.
Working on a pack for my Novix Helo now.
Yep its good to have a system that works well and know where everything is
Everything I carry is packed as well. I use an exomtngear pack and I love it. Minos are in a harness case but in my pack til it’s time to glass or stalk. I still hunt and don’t use stands so I have tripods, provisions, lights, a couple tripod chairs, camera gear, everything I could possibly need for my hunts. Gonna do a pack dump on my channel here soon too! Thanks for the great content Jason!
Yep it all adds up but I'd rather have it that not have it
@@SamkoTradBow exactly, I can stress to the people I’ve hunted with enough, they might say “ oh that’s pointless” or “you don’t need all that to go here” but what happens if it’s a late recovery? Bad weather moves in? You wanna go a few more miles in and maybe one of those things happens? I’d rather have it and not need it then have to try to improvise last minute and sacrifice safety or something else important. Remembering your alone deep in the woods is enough reason to prepare to be alone deep in the woods.
Jason always very much informative I sure enjoy your videos sir
Thank you. Glad you are enjoying them
Good stuff, going to get that thicker paracord. Had a runaway pack decent last year, hard landing, cracked my GPS screen.
Yep the 750 cord is easier to hold on too
I'm a stealth strip fanatic. Best sound proof material ever
Agree! I Love Them!
I just weighed my setup tonight. Both with what I have when I hunt from the ground, and when I hunt from a tree and have climbing stuff. I knew the climbing stuff weighed a lot. I use a frame from Kifaru, and then have an 8L pocket they sell that I stuff my extras and kill kit into. Part of my kill kit is their ‘cargo net’ for the frame for strapping down the quarters. I have it stuffed into a little Bino pack that came with some old binos. Which is strapped to the hip belt. I have a dump pouch for saddle ropes on the right side where my 32oz water bottle goes. I learned tonight all by itself frame plus small pack plus net weighs almost 10lb. It sure makes big deer feel lightweight though, and is too convenient to have everything needed right there, I’ll never not take it with me on public land hunting again I think. Deer hunting anyway. Good luck hope you get some more animals down out there!
Yep i honestly dont care if my pack weighs 10 pounds or 30 pounds. its not like its hard to carry or like im going 10 miles in. most hikes in or out take an hour or less. its not hard or heavy regardless and I love having the gear I want with me.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. Would you happen to have a link for the strap extension you are using?
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Thank you!
Very good presentation. I have been wondering what a white-tail hunter carries compared to what we carry on a back country elk hunt.
Glad you enjoyed it. As you can see we have to carry alot of "tree" gear
@@SamkoTradBow Yes and you personally have to carry a lot of video gear. In contrast we have to carry tents, sleeping bags, sleeping pads and several days food and as with you finding the proper spot for everything is key.
I use pillow cases as well, but for small game which is what I hunt for these days. Rabbits & Grouse fit well into pillow cases and you can carry them easily. They also last forever with the amount of hunting I actually get out and do lately. haha, 🙂 Mike.
Yep they work great and love how they are not stretchy.
Everything you need. A place for everything and everything in its place. It’s simple and it works for you. Doesn’t get better than that.
Yep I like having stuff and having it organized..lol
Jason you going to keep adding to the bowhunt whitetails course I saw you added how to bone out … just curious.
The course is so big at almost 20 something hours that it's basically maxed out size wise. So I started the patreon page. Now later this winter I plan to replace some of the videos in the course with updated versions and better quality when I can. But it's grown about as big as it can be.
@@SamkoTradBow Sounds good. Best Info out there appreciate it.
@@thebluecollarbowhunter360 thank you
Hi, Jason got a question for you? When you pack out deer do you notice a difference not hanging the deer for a day or two. I lived in FL most of my life and we had to cut up deer fast and put in a cooler now in Ky I have a fridge made for hanging deer. Thanks and great video!
Yep there is a difference. If you can hang it whole or in quarters the meat is more tender than cutting it up right away
Do you carry water and food on the all-day hunts?
I do. Usually 2 waters and a pop and a couple sandwiches and a granola bar or 3
You hunting public land in GA?
I just moved here to GA, knocked down my first GA buck sunday, very different hunting down here, from ohio where im from.
I am moving to ga myself. Littleraly tomorrow will be there fulltime and plan to do some hunting down there soon. Congrats on your first ga buck
@@SamkoTradBow Thanks. what part of the state you in? I've been out in a few different spots around oconee NF / redland wma / b.f. grant wma
Great idea with the wire nuts
They sure do save your pack and pockets from holes
I am a 25 plus years electrician by trade and never thought of using those with my hangers did put a bit of electrical tape on the ends from time to time to keep them from poking holes in stuff but now I will most definitely be using wire nuts 😂
How do you strap sticks and stand?
With the front compression straps on my pack. I show it in a video I recently made call packing and unpacking my tree stand gear
If you didn't have the camera stuff would you still use the venture 2300 or drop down to the venture 1800? Having trouble deciding.
id still use the venture 2300. Its just a little bigger but with the amazing compression straps you can squish it down to what ever size you want.
Saw link is not for correct saw bought it and got a much smaller saw.
They don't make the big one anymore. Discontinued 2 years ago. But the one in the link is only 1 inch smaller
Two questions have you ever used the Bruin Broadhead from Three Rivers Archery and those extension straps you said those were rock climbing extension straps is that correct
The black diamond ones at REI are called runners if you're having trouble finding.
correct the technical term is a runner. Thank you.
I have not tried or even seen that head yet. will check it out. The straps are called "climbing runners"
@@SamkoTradBow its a double bevel head they make heavy heads for traditional archery bjt i thoight aout using it for my compound cause its 150grains is there a differenwce between heads for trad and compound?
@@dennybirchfield trad heads work great on compound bows too. Especially if you run heavy and slow the arrow down a bit. If I shot a compound I'd still use traditional heads
Wire nuts = Brilliant idea!
They work perfect
There should be a TV hunting channel with you as moat practical hunter. That binocular squeak imitation, , I must admit was so 🤣🤣🤣 I played it a few times. You're the greatest! Hey I watched a video where the guy packed out the meat. That's what I want to do. He was done in like 30 minutes. My packs are FOR that. I'd like to see the expert do that.
Thanks! I like to just be me and act how I normally do. Sounds like its working well for me..lol
I do have a video on how I bone out a hog (same way I do a deer) on my patreon channel and will also make one on deer very soon that will also be on the patreon channel. I can not put something like that on yt as they will demonetize me and throttle my in the algorithums. Since I now officially make a living from content creation I can not risk that happening. so the " messy" stuff like that will be on my patreon channel where I have zero restrictions. But if you dont want to join the patreon I believe clay hayes has a good video on boning out a deer in the field. so does warren womack and I think chris spikes does too. the 30 mins is about right for me too. if im moving fast 30 mins, if i take my time 40 mins. most of the time about 50 mins and I take a couple breaks and stretch my back.
I’m a pretty religious minimalist but I get what you have going on. Most probably will wear in a lot of those items myself included and camera gear adds up very quickly. Good stuff Jason 🤙🏼
yep already got emails from people telling me my pack is way to heavy and i carry too much stuff. I ask them what im bringing that they are not. they say i dont carry a batter charger..lol.
its easy to have a 5 pound pack or no pack but you still have 10 pounds of crap on or stuffed in pockets.
@@SamkoTradBow exactly.. I am going to take full advantage of the charger in a phone mount idea to direct run main camera. That’s brilliant
What are you putting your milkweed in?
I use an old fashioned coin purse. Zip tie it to the zipper on my jacket. Always handy. Pull some out. More hanging out for the next time.
I use a orange waterproof match container and drill a 1/4 inch hole in the top
You talk about all your camera gear but I never see you hunting?
All my hunts go on my patreon channel. UA-cam is too restrictive and since Jan last year really started demonetizing channels for hunting vids. I can't have that happen as this is how I make a living. So I put all hunting vids on my patreon. There are still a bunch from last 5 or 6 years on my youtube channel in the deer hunting Playlist and pig hunting Playlist. But all new stuff goes on patreon now that shows animals being shot
I roll the same way. Harness, binos, and everything else is in the pack. It's not hard to put 20 lbs in your pack when it's in your pack and not on your body. But it's still the same weight your carrying. Just in a different spot.
agree 100%
I carry almost 40lbs. Ive been doing it forever....no problems. I can carry a lot more gear than most people.
Yep mine is almost 40 with my stand and sticks on the pack. It's easy to carry
I don't understand why no one makes a good quality 7 power binocular these days.
me too! pisses me off. 7x binos are so perfect for thick woods hunters in low light
I pack like a girl. No shame.
😂😂
Nice crap
Thanks🤣
What a waste of money
Thanks for commenting
Love the video, thanks for the product layout. Will you do a video or give advice for this upcoming late October and Early November time frame and what you do/ how you hunt when the weather is warming up, or warmer than usual/not ideal? For instance, I can take off when ever, and have about 2-1/2 weeks of vacation I can use. In my mind the best time to hunt is late October and early November (during that seeking stage where I’m at in Oklahoma). But the weather is far from ideal. It’s in the 30’s low today but next 2 weeks it’s looking like highs in the 70’s and lows in the upper 40’s. Would you take vacation no matter the weather (considering the time of year), or wait it out and hunt just the micro cold fronts and wait for a big cold snap?
Yep will do a video on that for sure. Great idea. Personally the time of year is way more important than the weather. November wins hands down for me