Like Steve ,I have an original hammock seat that I like a lot and use more often than in the past , since passing the 71yr mark….
Like Richard ,I have different day packs for different hunts, always have e gear, but mix and match for different terrain and situations..
I always have binos , don’t use a rangefinder much ( depending) as I don’t shoot past 25 yds or so..
I use binos everywhere, even in deep woods / brush . Amazing what you see with them sometimes that the naked eye misses. Slow movement of the glass of course is key ” like molasses in wintertime”.
I was Coues deer hunting in the “CherryCows” (Chiricahua Mtns Az) some years ago. Still hunting a long a trail in a deep canyon, thick growth on the sides but I could see clearly about 75 yds up the trail. I noticed something in the trail about 35 yds ahead (I’m 20/20 with glasses on). I couldn’t quite make it out. Very very sloooowly I raise my lightweight zeiss glass ( use a Pentax forge now, great glass for a reasonable price. Both 10x) and see a bobcat’s upper head ( eye/ears) looking back at me, slowly lowering ITS head below the dip in the trail..I tried to ease up to get a shot , too late …The cat had slipped off into the deep grass and brush. Just one example ( from many) of using binos up close….
Scout aka Ray
