Alright gearheads, here’s your chance to improve on near-perfection. I say that because many of you were helpful in refining the current Checklist version 2.0 to the point where you’ll be challenged to make it better … but who’s not up for a challenge? It’s time to refine the ultimate packing list for citizens of the Upland Nation … you!
Besides the chance to make your hunting trips better, your dog’s too, you’ll be safer, and have more fun. Run faster and jump higher (oops, that’s another product). Okay, maybe you’ll shoot straighter … all thanks to the Ultimate Upland Checklist version 3.0 for 2010!
Put on your blaze orange thinking cap (there’s one for the list), and add your ideas to the comments section below.
SWEETENER: The best original contribution every week gets a Blaze Buddy Bandanna. The best-of-the-best drawn around Sept. 1 will win a TriTronics Sport Jr. e-collar! (Which should be on the Checklist, too.)
Congratulations to Jim McLellan, most recent Bandanna winner! His suggestion: business cards with your dog’s info on the reverse. See his comment for more.
Start by looking over the current list version 2.0: checklist ultimate
And if you just can’t wait, buy a couple Blaze Buddy Bandannas for you and your four-legged friends here.
Scott ,You got me on this one whats [botas].googled it and came up with boots?
I think “bota” is Spanish for “bag.” You might know it as a wine skin. Because you squirt the fluid (Buddy prefers a dry Rhine, of course), both dogs and humans can share the same water source.
And don’t forget the camelback for me and the dog!
Both good. I like botas for the same reason. But no Carmex for Buddy and Manny!
Scott , Hot windy days call for Carmex in the pocket and on the list of personels .
A pretty simple but useful thing I did not see is, Hand Sanitizer.
Excellent idea. Especially if you don’t have Josh’s latex gloves.
Latex glove for cleaning birds and for use in handling animals in medicine administration.Hand sanitizer for cleaning needs when water is not available.
Yep. In my first-aid kit. Might need to be somewhere else too.
Great list. A couple of things you might want to add;
1) a youngster. I always enjoy the hunt more with one of my sons or daughters and/or one of their friends along.
2) sweatpants or gym shorts. I like to change into sweatpants for that long drive home.
Both good. Seems like “camaraderie” ranks very high on the list of reasons we go. I change into moccassins for the drive, and will now add sweatpants!
I carry business cards with not only my information but my hunting dogs as well. you can make your own very easily with a home computer and printer. I print on both sides: informaiton on one, and dog pic on the other. You can share with landowners, businesses, etc.; and if you lose equipment or heaven forbid, a dog, then you have a way to get information out quickly.
JMc
Excellent idea! Have you ever had to use them?
I like to have the emergency contact information for everyone in my hunting party written down on paper and stored in a safe area. You never know when cell phones will break or when an accident will happen.
Excellent idea. so often we’re focused on other things, we don’t even think about the other humans we’re with.
Scott
The list looks really good. I did notice one thing to have in the vehicle with you. This day in age we have a lot of electronic devices that either need plugging in or charging. I have a small power inverter that I keep in my truck glove box that plugs into the cigarette lighter that can be used to charge (110v plug) e-collars, laptops, handheld GPS units, ect. I find it nice to be able to top off my e-collar after a long hunt on the way home.
Keep up the good work.
Mitch Conine
You’d think I’d have thought of that – there are TWO in my truck. Plus one of those emergency jump starter-power things. Thanks.
Hey Scott,
Great list, I am going to print and laminate to reuse for each trip! Two more items I had on my list were a cutting board and fillet knife. This is one of my favorite items to take along. We use it to serve up snacks and trim up those birds as well as produce that perfect fillet.
For those of us with dogs that are prone to ear issues, I carry a good ear wash/drying agent along with a package of round cotton disc style womens make up remover pads. I find these to be the perfect ear swab after a good wash/flush of the ear.
Good Hunting Scott,
Troy Weathers
All excellent. I’ve got the square versions of those makeup removers (actually, my wife does) and will add them immediately!
I looked through the 2.0 list and don’t see a hunting jacket! I see a rain jacket and a vest, but no hunting coat. Do we really only hunt when it’s warm enough for a vest?
Dave
Doh! That’s on the items to add to the list. You’re entered in the bandanna drawing, too. Thanks.
(Forwarded from a reader) I would suggest you put Benadryl and Amoxicillin on you list for when your hunting areas with snakes. A dose of each after a dog has been bite by copperheads and within 2 days you would never know it was struck. Just take its collar off so the neck doesnt get restricted by the swelling.
John Porter