You want to stay as light a possible but you must also be prepared for the worst. There has been No mention of any first aid kit or survial kit. This is a most. It should include bandages, liquid skin, needle and thread, pepto tablets, pain tablets, iodine, visine, snake bite kit, an empy pen (adranlien shot)emergancy blanket, paste fire starter and a small first aid hand book. I also carry a flare gun and small strobe lights that you light (they are bought as fireworks). These can be seen for miles at night in open country. I hunt mostly in the wilderness area and have found a need for almost all of this stuff at one time or another. There will be no around to help you if you or a partner goes down. Be prepared Good luck