Gear Hall Of Fame

cbeard · Feb 16, 2009

What gear would you put in?(Good when it came out and still good now.)I'll start:

Clothes

1)Smartwool socks;

2)Patagonia Capilene base layers; and

3)Stormy Kromer hat.

Equipment

1)Petzl headlights;

2)Leatherman multitool; and

3)Wyoming bone saw.

DIYHunt · Feb 17, 2009

I'd have throw in Swarovski Bino's and spotting scopes.

I'd also have put Crooked Horn Outfitters Bino Harness on the list.

DIYHunt · Feb 17, 2009

I forgot to mention Camelback water bladders.

HardcoreOutdoor · Feb 17, 2009

Oh this is going to be good.

Wade
www.HardcoreOutdoor.com

chewyman55 · Feb 17, 2009

I second the Camelback...made for faster and farther hikes. Spawned a lot of other good systems. One of those inventions that you question why you hadn't done it first.

CastEmBlastEm · Feb 17, 2009

Toilet Paper

HardcoreOutdoor · Feb 17, 2009

Not just TP. Kirkland (Costco) toilet paper with Kirkland wipes to keep you clean and fresh as a daisy.

Wade
www.HardcoreOutdoor.com

Hardway · Feb 17, 2009

Titanium, from spoons and forks to rifles. The less weight I have to carry, the deeper in the wood I can get. Water filters, treatments are also high on my list.

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

High5 · Feb 17, 2009

Leica Geovids
Snipe pod
Outdoorsmans medium tripod legs
Baseball caps

elkantler75 · Feb 17, 2009

meindls!

fatrooster · Feb 17, 2009

Portable cook stoves, lightweight tents, blow up sleep pad that goes under your sleeping bag, Gortex. fatrooster.

flyingbrass · Feb 17, 2009

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+1 on smartwool socks, WY saw, camelback bladder, Petzl lights AND

Diamond sharpener.
Surefire lights
Goretex/Columbia Omnitech
Muck boots for swampy areas.
Cuddeback Digital trail cameras
WINNER!! GPS with high sensitivity!!!!Garmin Vista HCX
flyingbrass
cold dead hands

Fire_Hawk · Feb 18, 2009

LAST EDITED ON Feb-18-09 AT 10:50AM (MST)[p]CLOTHING

+2 on Smart Wool Socks.
+1 on Goretex
Lowa Tibet GTX Boot
Browning Hydrofleece Jacket (The first True Goretex Coat I ever owned)

EQUIPMENT

Leica Rangefinder.
+1 on Crooked Horn Slide & Flex Bino System.
Nosler Accubond bullets.
Badlands 2200 Pack
Easton AXIS Arrows

I have some more that are my favorites, but these are fairly universal. Cool topic.

cjboz · Feb 18, 2009

LAST EDITED ON Feb-18-09 AT 10:50AM (MST)[p]Spotlights have dramatically inproved my kill ratio. Kind off like how alcohol and roofies have improved my sex life

(JK about the spotlighting) LOL

In all seriousness

1# Good Optics

2# clothing/synthetics

3# Footwear

TAGATTRACTER · Feb 19, 2009

Digital Cameras

gahunter · Feb 21, 2009

Here are some of my nominees for the gear HOF.

Harris Pivoting Bipod
Hornady Light Mag Ammo
Leica CRF 1200
Any Leupold VX III with the B&C Reticle
Petzel Head lamp

"Easy now, keep the croshairs right behind his shoulder & squeeze the trigger"

gahunter · Feb 21, 2009

>Here are some of my nominees
>for the gear HOF.
>
>Harris Pivoting Bipod
>Hornady Light Mag Ammo
>Leica CRF 1200
>Any Leupold VX III with the
>B&C Reticle
>Petzel Head lamp
>
>
>
>"Easy now, keep the croshairs right
>behind his shoulder & squeeze
>the trigger"

I forgot one, Zip up snake boots. My fellow southern hunters will totally agree with this selection.
"Easy now, keep the croshairs right behind his shoulder & squeeze the trigger"

hunting1 · Feb 21, 2009

Kifaru packs, nuff said!

MuddyBoots · Feb 22, 2009

- Chapstick

- the four wheel drive transfer case

- Copenhagen

Gotta have em

BeanMan · Feb 22, 2009

Lungs and legs,

All of the rest of the stuff is worthless without them. I'm not talking about just having a functioning pair, I'm talking about the work put in to make em work really well.

Bean