Input 5 please

[Hardcorehunter]

Enough bickering, I am here to learn and shoot the breeze about bowhunting. I would like your input on your 5 favorite items that you are GLAD to own for bowhunting and feel that they are essential to your hunting needs. I am talking actual items other than bows and bow brands. If your list is bigger or smaller than 5, list them.

Here are some of mine that come to mind.

My Lone Wolf stand and sticks. Simply the best I have ever used.

My ASAT and DB blinds. Awesome products and the best IMO.

The Primos bowsling. I don't know how I lived without it. Great for lowering and raising my bow, and walking out of the woods in the dark so as to protect it.

Icebreaker foot warmers. Awesome for cold weather stand hunting. I remove my walking boots once at my stand, place air activated foot or hand warmers in the icebreaker, and put my sock footed foot in them. Awesome and no more cold feet.

My 5th item is my motorcycle net shown on the the lone wolf stand. These are great for securing my climbing sticks and shoving items such as warm clothing under so that I can avoid sweating on the way to the stand.

 

[Ghost]

Very nice post Hardcore...I knew you could do it! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

I love my Lone Wolf, Badlands Pack, Under Armor Cold Gear, Danner Boots, Double Bull blind!

 

[JakeWym]

I would add a head lamp and a good Gerber saw. I also seem to use my Leatherman and Rangefinder quite a bit.

 

[jkratz5]

I will go

Lone Wolf Alpha
Badlands 2200 (can carry everything including the bow)
Real Tree EZ Hanger
Under Armour Cold Gear
Deer Cart (for those farms I can't drive on)

 

[gundog870]

Also love my blinds and I really like my new truglo sight. I think it will be sweet.

 

[Critter]

Strap style utility lanyard (30ft.)
Good binos
Badlands pack
Screw in bow hooks
A good headlamp

Gotta add my ratcheting pruners and gerber saw also.

 

[bushman]

Lone Wolf
Headlamp
Danner Pronghorns
Hunter Safety System
Under Armour

 

[muddy]

1 Lone Wolf stand and sticks
2 A bow that I'm 100% confident in
3 My Nikon optics
4 Gray Wolf Woolens bibs and pullover
5 Under Armour is a Godsend.

 

[BrewCrew]

1. Montec Broadheads
2. AP camo with FRESH EARTH Scent wafers
3. Lacrosse Rubber Boots
4. Trusty Bow and Arrows
5. Quiet stand
6. Magic rattlin' horns

-LETS BOWHUNT

 

[gersdorf]

1. Hunter Safety System
2. Cabelas Bow/Rifle pack
3. Headlamp
4. Under Armour Cold Gear
5. E-Z hangers
6. My new LW stand and LW sticks

 

[River1]

1. Cabela's wool camo sweaters
2. Non Typical-Rapid Rails (the originals, not Ameristep's strap/buckle design)
3. Woodsman broadheads
4. Screaming Eagle stands
5. Catquivers
6. Treehopper belt

I can't leave out

7. LW-Assault,4 sticks and "The Claw" straps

I used it alot this year and really enjoyed it once I got a system down for getting up the tree in one shot.

Other than my bows, those are the time tested items I can't do without.

 

[Hardcorehunter]

The headlight is definately a must and one of the greatest items to hit the market and is a necessity for a bowhunter IMO; especially the LED like my Cyclops here as battery life is fantastic. The pruning shears, the rangefinder, the safety harnass vest, and the treehopper are all in my bag of daily hunting tools too. I am looking for something that has really made a difference in your hunt that the rest of us don't know about.

 

[Casper16k]

Good treestand (cant afford a LW)
EZ Hanger
Camo and boots that keep me warm and dry (I have SB Outfitter Series and LaCrosse Alpha Burly Sports)
Zeiss Binos, Bushnell Rangefinder (I want a Leupold for next year)
Under Armour Cold Gear (it has saved plenty of hunts this year)

 

[Casper16k]

A good flashlight is always important also!

 

[gundog870]

I just thought of one that changed EVERYTHING!!

OUR MAGNUM CART!!! There were areas we hunted before that it was almost a hassle to shoot a deer. now with the cart its no big deal.

 

[Fishbonker]

The crooked creek (?) bino straps and laugh if you want, the butt out tool.

The 'Bonker

 

[Hardcorehunter]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fishbonker</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The crooked creek (?) bino straps and laugh if you want, the butt out tool.

The 'Bonker </div></div>
LMAO. I have the crooked creek binos on my binocs and rangefinder and they are awesome. I have watched a video on that butt out tool and it looks(pardon the pun) slick as hell. No regrets on it huh?

 

[Hardcorehunter]

Those carts look handy; especially for the guy that doesn't want to dress it while in the field and pack out in a backpack.Some of the timbers I have hunted it was easier to just go get the hoist and backpack from my truck than even consider blowing a left nad trying to drag a deer up and down ravines. Yours fold up?

 

[loneranger]

Are those ice breakers really better than boots anf felt liners?

 

[Fishbonker]

Nope. No regrets. For the way I field dress 'em it works slick. I don't like to cut through the meat and leave it open. I leave the pelvis intact, use the butt out to pull the rectum so it bulges at the anus, cut around the bulge, work the tool around a little bit, use blunt disection to free it all the way through the pelvis and then pull it out with the rest of the guts from the abdominal cavity.

If you split the pelvis I suppose you could still use it.

The 'Bonker