Do you drop your pack for the stalk/shot?

[Lark Bunting]

I\'ve noticed a lot of videos of people hunting archery and they always seem to drop their packs.

I practiced with mine on and took my deer with the pack on as well.

Curious what you all do.

 

[cnelk]

When I set up to do a cold call, YES i remove my pack and sometimes my quiver.

When going after a bull, chasing bugles, NO I do not remove my pack or quiver.

 

[JohnFitzgerald]

I\'ve always wondered, does shooting with your pack on effect the shot?

Brad - Why do you take your quiver off?

jf

 

[cnelk]

If a hunter uses their back tension when releasing, yes, the pack could affect the shot.

JF
I like to set up in thick cover. By removing my quiver give me a bit more flexibility when/ if a shot is presented.
Plus, I use white fletching most of the time. With a quiver full of arrows, the movement could be seen easier.

 

[OldMan]

Not a bow hunter, but as a muzzy hunter I like to shoot with the pack on. The shoulder strap is a little extra cushion for the recoil.

 

[elkmtngear]

In a dynamic situation...pack on.

In a static (ambush) situation, pack off.

If I ever get in a seriously high wind situation...quiver off.

 

[iccyman001]

Lark, I do not drop my pack. I also practice shooting with my pack on and run into no issues

I know too many people who have lost packs by taking it off.

 

[WW]

I never take my pack off! Tried it once and spent over an hour trying to find it. Damn camouflage !!!!!!!!! :crazy:

 

[Swede]

I take my pack off. It\'s a no brainer when in a tree stand, but I also remove it when I am on the ground. I set my pack out where it will be fairly easy to see as I too have had to look for it.

 

[Deertick]

I never take my pack off! Tried it once and spent over an hour trying to find it. Damn camouflage !!!!!!!!! :crazy:

True stories:

1. There\'s a nice wool/Gore-tex jacket somewhere up on the tundra in AK ... \"We\'ll be right back,\" I said. Probably the last human words that jacket ever heard.

2. Just last month my son and I were pronghorn hunting ... In thin 8\" grass, I set down a pair of binoculars down on top of a hunter orange camp after he got a doe down. Think I could find them again? It took us forever. And we never did find the knife that was set somewhere close.

I\'ve never really lost things in woods -- always out in the open. I the woods I can recognize \"that tree\" or whatever.

So, no, I try not to take off a pack, or if I do, I make sure the \"breadcrumbs\" are deployed via GPS.

 

[bowhunter]

I take mine off when I stop for a lunch or a snack and cold calling. I carry it with me all other times. Anytime I leave a spot I check and recheck the area for things left behind. So far I have left nothing. I have dropped a few things and lost them because I had no idea where on the last few miles that I dropped them. I lost a knife out of a pocket and a few arrows that were popped out of a quiver while busting some brushy areas,

 

[timberland]

Never when elk hunting, always when in a stand. My rangefinder, calls, wind checker, etc are all easy access in my pack.

 

[OldMan]

Speaking of losing your pack. I killed two birds with one stone with that problem, and another one. In Colorado we need to wear blaze orange in muzzy and rifle seasons. If you wear a BO vest, and then cover the back of it with a backpack. You can get fined for not have the proper amount of BO showing. I asked the DOW about this a lot of years ago, and they told me to just cover the pack with an old BO vest. That didn\'t sound like such a hot idea, so I found a BO backpack.

Just a little heads up to the rifle hunters here.