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mulloy

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Needing to travel as light as possible. 2 men, 1 truck and 4 dogs. Leaving in a couple weeks and am starting to put my list together. Other than the obvious, what should we not forget?
 
Saw this the other day....."Lay out all your clothes and all your $$$......Then take half as many clothes and twice as much $$$.".........sounds about right :thumbsup:
 
Game shears, good first aid kit for dogs, vets phone number near where you are staying. These are the first few that come to mind.
 
Shot records of the dogs, boot dryer, hand warmers, back-up boots and guns, water jugs and bowls for the truck/dogs while hunting, cell phone and charger, flask of blackberry brandy:)
 
I see that some of this has already been said, but I'll weigh in anyway.

1) Convenient water and small bowls for the dogs so you can give them some at every stop, without unpacking the truck and without wasting a bunch of water. 2 liter coke bottles work well, and can be slid in around the kennels;
2) If more than one gun, and one of them has older steel, then all the right shells for each gun. By that I mean you need lead, you need non-tox, and you need non-tox friendly to your older steel barrel (bismuth, Tungsten-Matrix, or something else non-steel and non-Hevishot), or you need to just decide that you'll only shoot the hard non-tox stuff out of the newer gun;
3) Tow strap (I've never needed it, but always glad it's there);
4) A couple of extra bottles of whisky, or something that's a nice gift from wherever you come from (local beer, hams, jams, etc.), or a Wal-Mart gift card or two, for that nice farmer who stops, takes pity on you, and says "come hunt my place";
5) lighter gloves than you think you need, unless it's going to be brutally cold;
6) lots of orange for everyone, including orange gloves in my opinion;
7) plenty of on-the-go snack or lunch food, so you can eat between spots, and plenty of drinks, including just plain old bottled water;
8) extra rolled-up bedding (fleece blanket doesn't take up much room) so your dogs will have it if they soil their kennels one night (ours often do, by about the 3rd or 4th day, when they're just about too exhausted to live), or if they get back in the kennel wet, or with ice or snow on them;
9) de-icer/scraper
10) Rymadil for the dogs
11) Extra boots and socks, and not back at the motel or lodge;
12) If you've got the room, extra hunting vests so you don't have to change shells out at federal or state areas -- you just switch vests;
13) Lots of map stuff -- WIA maps, county maps, and in a perfect world, satellite or other views of the areas you think you're going to hunt, so you can figure out what's got crop on the side you can't access by road, and what doesn't.

I'm getting down to some of the obvious essentials, but these are the things we've decided we're glad we have after 13 years of hunting public land. Good luck.
 
Re doggy first aid kit: hemostats for the porkys and shunk remedy for Peppi le Pew.. Have needed them both on our last trip West.:rolleyes:

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Gun cleaning kit. To much money to put it away wet if it rains.

More dog food then you think you will need. I always seem to not grab enough for a long trip

A extra bell even if you have a beeper collar. They always seem to fail when you are in the middle of no where

Saline solution. Works great to clean out your eyes and the dogs
 
moellermd said:
I would not recommend that every one take a non prescribed along for there dogs. That drug can have nasty side effects.
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I believe my vet just recommends aspirin, anyone know for sure.

Separate vest for steel and lead is at the top of my list.
 
I usually take some deer burger already cooked to mix in with food to encourage tired dogs to eat at the end of the day
 
I know it sounds a little simple but a notebook and pen for phone numbers, locations, etc. Notes can be very handy on future trips.
 
Deacon said:
I believe my vet just recommends aspirin, anyone know for sure.

Separate vest for steel and lead is at the top of my list.
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Yea you better have used it on your dogs and know what and when to use it for. I would but I know the dosages and stuff from all my battle scars.

I never bring enough replacement bedding for the dogs kennels. Old sheets or whatever. They get trashed and wet. So I like to bring a bag of extras.
 
I started using straw for the bedding. It is a little messy when they drag it out with them but it is great when wet and cold. drys out well to.
 
"Vacuum Bags"

Try using those bags you see advertised on TV where you can use a vacuum to get all of the air out. We get them at Walmart, the bags shrink down to a third of the original size leaving space for other things -like money
 
The asprin my vets recommends for dogs is the Baby 87 grain Asprin. Not the adult dose 350 grains or something like that........Bob
 
bobeyerite said:
The asprin my vets recommends for dogs is the Baby 87 grain Asprin. Not the adult dose 350 grains or something like that........Bob
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Its 81 grains..... and be sure to get the enteric coated kind, any NSAID, and aspirin was the first, can do a bad number on a dog's stomach lining.

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