I have had the same fanny pack I guess youd call it for about 20 years, and I dont know whether it's been misplaced or if it got stolen out of the bed of my truck at the end of last deer season. I've been kind of bidding my time to find it this year, but I finally had enough and went and bought a Magellan full size camo back pack from Academy today. It's got a lot of room in it and besides my facemask, tree strap (to attach safety harness to), a bottle of water or two, and a pull up rope I really cant come up with anything else I need to put in it. Any ideas would be appreciated!!

Local fruit. Flashlight. Matches. Sleeping bag. You may need to stay all night sometimes if you can’t get out without punching a buck. And if you get lost you have some essentials hopefully that don’t happen. And I also carry an extra bow string.

Flashlight, extra battery, knife, water, protein bar, extra ammo, zip ties, paracord and I'm sure I'm forgetting some things.

Quit carrying all that extra stuff years ago. Try to hunt as light as possible. Generally just have a flashlight, wallet, and my phone, all of which easily fit in a pocket.

Awesome ideas yall! Keep them coming!

Mostly extra clothes. I sweat alot and get cold easy. I sweat on the way to the stand, no matter how little I wear and freeze to death about an hour later, no matter how much I have on. I have one of those metabolisms that makes alot of heat when im moving but dont make any if im sitting still. Bad combination for treestand hunting.

I don't back a pack anymore but I did spend the night in a swamp once because I didn't have my light.

I could carry all of that in my pockets for sure but after my bottle of water fell out of my pocket and hit my stand, seemed like a half dozen times on the way down, I had had enough lol. Gotta have my bottle of water at least, maybe even a thermos of coffee if I get in a shooting house and the wind is just right!!

My wife called the rescue squad, next morning when I got back to the boat I was greeted by the searchers. Got to the landing and it was full of people that stayed up all night, they even brought their grills. Most embarrassing moment of my life and all because I left my light in the boat cause I was just gonna scout the spot out.

I thought about that too. I walk a good ways to nearly all the spots I hunt, and thought I'd put maybe a layer of clothes inside the pack and put them on when I got to where I was hunting.

Never carry one flashlight. If you climb, carry a folding handsaw and/or ratchet pruners.

Definitely will have a flashlight in there. Glad you made it out safe!!

Limb saw, camera reader, Windex wipes for optics, screw in hanger, hot hands. I try to have the WMA maps from the ones I hunt. I keep my binos, gloves, hat, facemask in there to but don't carry them while hunting. Just have everything in the bag ready to go. I'll usually stuff whatever jacket I'm wearing in there and wait till I'm in the tree and cooled down before putting it on

Gotcha - Second flashlight just put in and I'll put my folding saw in there tm morning. I've got a newer spot I'm going to and dont necessarily know which tree I'll be climbing - thanks buddy!

TOILET PAPER. Multiple uses obviously, but sure makes marking a blood trail easier.

Spare light

small folding hand saw

small knife

lighter

And any calls/scent you might use

Everything

A 6 pack

This plus sum kind of cover scent if wind changes all i carry

The scout motto so you can read it after the fact.