Hunting Checklist
- Hunting requires more than just grabbing your gun and taking off for the woods. If you prepare before hand, you can easily have a successful hunt. Your result could be groceries on the table and even a nice mount over the fireplace. You may not need all of the following, depending on what kind of hunting you plan to do, but here is a list of things you may want to consider:
- Decide on your vacation days
- Get hunting license
- Get special tags or permits (if applicable)
- Hunter safety course
- Purchase ammunition (or reload your own)
- Sight in rifles
- Scout area to hunt
- Find a butcher to process your deer (if you’re not doing it yourself)
- Vehicle maintenance
- Clean-up and make repairs to hunt camp
- Rifle and sling
- Shot gun
- Bullets/Buckshot
- Scope
- Gun cleaning kit
- Bipod
- Bow/Cross bow
- Arrows/bolts
- First-aid Kit
- Tree stand (and safety belt)
- Sharp hunting knife and knife sharpener
- Bone saw
- Ropes and/or bungee cords
- Camping equipment
- Seat cushion or hunting chair
- Compass, maps, and/or GPS unit
- Flashlights, extra bulbs and batteries
- Blood tracking light
- Colored ribbon for marking tracks, stands, blood trails, etc.
- Binoculars
- Range finder
- Game calls
- Masking scents
- Game scents and attractants
- Gambrel and hoist
- Day pack
- Water (for drinking and for cleaning up after field dressing)
- Thermos
- Food box (things for you to eat)
- Ice and ice chests
- Plastic bags
- Hand wipes and paper towels
- Toilet paper
- Mosquito repellant
- Orange vests (if required)
- Camouflaged clothes
- Coat
- Hat
- Boots
- Extra Socks
- Gloves
- Rain gear
- Face mask
- Dog box
- Tracking collars and receivers
- Food & Water for dogs
- Tracking light on truck
- Prescription medicine
- Wallet, picture ID, credit cards, money
- Spare keys to truck and hunt camp
- Cell phone (some forest areas will not have coverage)
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