fanny packs/backpack

[chris]

i seen on another fourm where they pack in stuff my ? is what do you carry in first aid supplys i didnt do this last year and we had dogs eat up a couple times what should i pack this year in my fanny pack /back pack

[Melanie Hampton]

I know we always carry a backpack... Water, TP, first aid kit, a kit to start fires in the winter, flashlight and extra batteries, vet wrap. That is about it.

[Spanky]

Naturally as I get older and the hills get steeper I have been forced to reduce my pack to only the necessities . I carry my vidoe camera, photo camera, flashlights, extra batteries, handheld radio, pitch sticks and matches, extra socks, small rope.

We do not live in alaska where there is no human existance for days so over night stays are highly unlikely.

[chris]

thanks guys

[Emily]

but I always take a roll of vet wrap, my pocket knife, and some antihistmines and aspirin with me. Antihistamines will buy some time in the event of snake bite for either you or the hound. They also minimize the effects of bee stings. Vet wrap is useful for all sorts of things, especially sprained ankles.
Back in the Jeep, the kit contains styptic powder, acepromazine (dog sedative), pliers (for porky quills), super glue (for temporarily closing flaps of skin over large wounds), triple antibioltic cream, fat Swiss Army knife with tweezers and magnifying glass, iodine, a gallon of water and a dog bowl that can couble as a basin if I need to clean an open wound. I keep my hunting supplies in a crate with assorted all-purpose back-up supplies like a complete change of clothes for me, spare magnets for the collars, a towel, a rain slicker, bungee cords, a spare compass, spare batteries, flashlight, spare bulbs for the coon light, etc. I have weak knees, so I keep extra ace bandages in with the hunting supplies too. Sometimes, at hound events, I feel like the school nurse! Most of that stuff comes in handy quite frequently.

[chris]

where can i get the stuff that bear hunters coon hunter need most walmart,tractorsluppy farm store AKA feed supply store

[Emily]

there are also vendors that show up with trailers at a lot of competition events, especially the bigger ones. here's some of the bigger vendors online:

Wick Outdoor Works
http://www.houndhunting.com/

Nite Lite
http://www.huntsmart.com/

Bill Boatman
http://www.billboatmancoinc.com/

Lion Country Supply
http://www.billboatmancoinc.com/

and locally in West Viriginia:
http://www.quailhillkennel.com/store%201.htm

there's links to some of these and others from this site here:
http://www.biggamehoundsmen.com/supplies.html