Definitely a good chunk in my case. Obviously the filming deal is not for everyone. Hopefully there were a couple items in there that you felt were useful still.
The change purse also keeps it dry so they float better in wet conditions. I do my best to actually get the seeds off the fibers before I put it in the purse though. They are lighter that way and a truer indication of the wind in my opinion. So not actually broadcasting seeds all over.
I’m new to saddle hunting, would love to see a video showing your whole process: truck to tree, climbing method and how you haul your sticks up and how you set up once on your platform. Love the videos so far, excited to see more. Subscribed!
Next Step Outdoors thank you! I shared your content with a buddy of mine that got me into the saddle scene. We both like what you’re doing, you’ve got a unique channel, we like the content a lot!
Next Step Outdoors keep it up man! You should post some videos to the saddle hunter Facebook pages. 12,000 or so guys and gals on there that love this stuff!
Awesome video, very informative! I love the gear overviews. I’m starting to get into self filming my hunts as well so any tip videos on that or the film gear itself you use would be great! I just recently purchased a Go Pro Hero 8 Black but don’t know much about them tbh. Would love to know more about how to use it for hunting/different scenarios. Thank you!
I appreciate the feedback! My most recent video outlines my self filming setup if you want to check it out! Let me know what questions you have, would love to help anyway I can!
Great video ! My pack is the exact same besides I carry tp and extra batters for flashlight/trail camera. Been on some long recovery track jobs. Keep up great work !
Thanks Matt that means a lot! I generally have TP and extra batteries etc in the truck and unless I'm super far back, i'd more than likely head back to unload some gear or wait for some help before tracking. Definitely good thoughts though and can definitely relate to some long track jobs...
It blows my mind you only have 2k subscribers. This video was super informative and the quality of the video is incredible. Definitely earned a new subscriber
As a sage and broken timber canyons hunter, who only does fair chase (no stands, blinds, roadhunting, sitting on food/water, etc), I have gotten away from packs, per se. I use an Alps Z Commander pack frame, worn over a South African LBE/LBV. Modded the LBE so the pack frame waist belt fits under it. Average weight I am packing for an 8 mile, brutally steep day of hunting is 34lbs, which includes binos, and rifle. Lighter the better. I can pack out a boned out deer up to 120lbs myself in one trip, without a buncha shit I have never used cluttering up my pouches and making 2 trips or more, necessary. To each their own, YMMV.
Less than two minutes in, I am subscribed and going to love the content. The first initial thought, though, is I see his binos and think "this is just a flex video," now back to the show.
My backpack as a hunter gps navigation also a compass, flashlight, fire starter, first aid kit, Surivival Knife , pocket knife, walkie talkie, toilet paper, water filter straw, water purification tablets,water containers 32 Oz insulated, rain tarp, mosquitoes/bugs repellent, game bags, Extra ammo I always carry atleast 3-4 magazine loaded for whatever gun I'm carrying along with atleast 20-30 extra rounds in a box ..
Best advice I was ever given was learn to loose arrows without a mechanical release. If you can master loosing just with your fingers than you never have the worry of a release malfunctioning and stopping your hunt.
It gets harder as the bows get shorter and shorter axel to axel. I always and I mean ALWAYS carry a spare release and have yet to need to dig it out of my pack. I think its like when you have the ice scraper in your car it never snows but as soon as you take it out for the season you get dumped on...
That tiny little saw has saved me a lot of times. It is hard to be a mobile hunter without one. Public can be tough since you are not supposed to saw anything in most states.
Hey guys!! First time watching one of these. I enjoyed it. Just so everyone knows. Those sculls he has on the wall. The biggest issue the guys doing that work is making the bone white!! If you take the condensate water from any high efficiency furnace/boiler you can do a bunch of that cleaning with it. That water is very acidic. I have a friend who does 80% of his cleaning with that water which otherwise would have gone down the drain and his last 20% with chemicals.
EMERGENCY ONLY Chemical Hand Warmers are a must. Keep a single 2-pack separate from your other gear with an emergency fire starting kit. These hand warmers are only to be used in an emergency when you need your hands warm enough to build a fire.
Where do you put extra clothing, I always need turtle neck, sweater, heavy jacket and any very warm clothes goes in my pack cause I would sweat walking in wearing my really warm clothes ??
The outside of my pack has a lot of compression straps and I pack in all of my layers and get dressed at the base of my tree or even up in the tree. That’s why I don’t understand when hunting pack manufactures put out packs without any straps.
If I start heading out to bear country I would definitely add something like that. Here in michigan, the thing I need to worry about the most is runnig into a skunk in the dark lol.
I appreciate it! I'll be trying out the new talon base from Fourth Arrow as soon as it gets here and doing a vid on that too! Should help condense even more of the gear.
Next Step Outdoors that talon base looks sweet! I have been using a Mystery Ranch PopUp 28 as my hike & hang backpack because I can use the load sheet for my Lone Wolf stand (plus on western day hunts), but it has its challenges in the tree because it has such a large opening. I found a new Sitka Tool Box for $130 currently, and I am considering getting one to try out. Looking forward to your talon review!
Next Step Outdoors have you tried swapping out that ratchet strap on you Fourth Arrow Baselayer with a cam-buckle? I did that this year to reduce weight and bulk, and it seems to be working great through the various tests I put it through.
I’m really curious why you use milk weed over just a bottle of wind checker. Seems like it more difficult/longer to use? Note I’m a brand new hunter so this is a genuine question. I’ve only seen one other TH-camr use milk weed.
The windchecker powders/sprays only give you a small glimpse of what the wind is doing. Milkweed is super light weight and you can watch it farther than the 4 or 5 feet the powder shows so you can see how the wind is effected by terrain/thermals. Just gives you a better idea what is actually happening to your human scent.
It all depends. In most cases in the midwest, I'd drag the deer out to a road or somewhere I could get a vehicle. I have yet to need to pack an animal out yet but I do have another pack that I would use that is designed more for that. If that was the case, I would probably hike all my hunting gear and bow back to the truck, grab the other frame pack, and go in and pack the animal out in as few trips as possible.
Hi Tom, yeah if you just go to the Amazon Associate website you just apply and there is different criteria you have to have to meet their qualifications. I love testing products and sharing my experience so it was a no brainer for me.
Next Step Outdoors absolutely agree! Fourth Arrow has definitely lessened the load, but if you want good high quality video & audio that requires quite a bit of gear. I carry multiple lenses for my DSLR, and while some call it cumbersome, I feel like it allows me to capture much higher quality video and photos.
TNFishingFanatic I picked up a Sony mirrorless and may be using that in the fall some to get more cinematic shots. The only major advantage of my camcorder is the one hand operation which comes in handy when you are covered up with deer or trying to frame the shot right before the moment of truth.
I always carry a knife but usually that is it. Anything else, I keep in the truck. Figure most of the time you give the animal some time to expire and need to unload your other gear anyways.
I mobile hunt too, so my pack is where I attach my sticks, platform, and any extra layers. Not sure a fanny pack would work well but I get your point for sure.
@@outlawbackwoods931 You'd be surprised how many people film their hunts but I agree. The average person doesn't take a camera. Myself, as someone who is building a youtube channel, brings camera gear. So when I do a pack dump, there are cameras in my pack.
@@NextStepOutdoors and I respect that. Iv looked at some some of your videos. They are good. I didn't mean to be a troll. Iv been hunting all my life and I'm getting back into deer hunting after my open heart surgery. Thats why I got video games on my channel. Couldn't do anything else. I was just looking for a good deer call and didn't find it so I took it out on you. Sorry. But you got my like and sub
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Most of the hunting gear is just camera equipment and accessories 😂
Definitely a good chunk in my case. Obviously the filming deal is not for everyone. Hopefully there were a couple items in there that you felt were useful still.
The change purse with the milkweed is a great idea. Plus, spreading milkweed seed (much to the farmers chagrin) is good for monarch butterflies!
The change purse also keeps it dry so they float better in wet conditions. I do my best to actually get the seeds off the fibers before I put it in the purse though. They are lighter that way and a truer indication of the wind in my opinion. So not actually broadcasting seeds all over.
That streamlight flashlight is a MUST for deer tracking. I use the same exact one.
I run lithium batteries in mine. Even after a late night of tracking it is super bright.
Me and hubs only buy streamlight now. It's an investment but we haven't had to replace a single one. Highly recommend
I’m new to saddle hunting, would love to see a video showing your whole process: truck to tree, climbing method and how you haul your sticks up and how you set up once on your platform. Love the videos so far, excited to see more. Subscribed!
Thanks Ashton! I'll definitely do some videos surrounding how I pack in my climbing method and stand/platform, as well as how I set them up etc.
Next Step Outdoors thank you! I shared your content with a buddy of mine that got me into the saddle scene. We both like what you’re doing, you’ve got a unique channel, we like the content a lot!
@@44hashbrowns That means a lot and I appreciate the feedback as I'm trying to get this thing off the ground!
Next Step Outdoors keep it up man! You should post some videos to the saddle hunter Facebook pages. 12,000 or so guys and gals on there that love this stuff!
Awesome video, very informative! I love the gear overviews. I’m starting to get into self filming my hunts as well so any tip videos on that or the film gear itself you use would be great! I just recently purchased a Go Pro Hero 8 Black but don’t know much about them tbh. Would love to know more about how to use it for hunting/different scenarios. Thank you!
I appreciate the feedback! My most recent video outlines my self filming setup if you want to check it out! Let me know what questions you have, would love to help anyway I can!
Great video ! My pack is the exact same besides I carry tp and extra batters for flashlight/trail camera. Been on some long recovery track jobs. Keep up great work !
Thanks Matt that means a lot! I generally have TP and extra batteries etc in the truck and unless I'm super far back, i'd more than likely head back to unload some gear or wait for some help before tracking. Definitely good thoughts though and can definitely relate to some long track jobs...
It blows my mind you only have 2k subscribers. This video was super informative and the quality of the video is incredible. Definitely earned a new subscriber
Wow, that means a lot! I really appreciate the comment! I'll do my best to keep putting out quality content!
Alternative title!! Best camera equipment gor hunting trips! 😂
I like it! I need to make an updated version of this video!
As a sage and broken timber canyons hunter, who only does fair chase (no stands, blinds, roadhunting, sitting on food/water, etc), I have gotten away from packs, per se. I use an Alps Z Commander pack frame, worn over a South African LBE/LBV. Modded the LBE so the pack frame waist belt fits under it.
Average weight I am packing for an 8 mile, brutally steep day of hunting is 34lbs, which includes binos, and rifle. Lighter the better. I can pack out a boned out deer up to 120lbs myself in one trip, without a buncha shit I have never used cluttering up my pouches and making 2 trips or more, necessary.
To each their own, YMMV.
Like you said, to each their own. Glad that works well for you and sounds like you are hunting some real rugged terrain. Good luck this fall!
Less than two minutes in, I am subscribed and going to love the content. The first initial thought, though, is I see his binos and think "this is just a flex video," now back to the show.
I only flex on my haters 😎
@NextStepOutdoors no hater here! Great video. I especially liked the homemade wind checker. I've never seen this or thought of it. Great bit of info!
My backpack as a hunter gps navigation also a compass, flashlight, fire starter, first aid kit,
Surivival Knife , pocket knife, walkie talkie, toilet paper, water filter straw, water purification tablets,water containers 32 Oz insulated, rain tarp, mosquitoes/bugs repellent, game bags,
Extra ammo I always carry atleast 3-4 magazine loaded for whatever gun I'm carrying along with atleast 20-30 extra rounds in a box ..
Some of this stuff I would have never thought of but seems super useful!
Glad you think so!
Best advice I was ever given was learn to loose arrows without a mechanical release. If you can master loosing just with your fingers than you never have the worry of a release malfunctioning and stopping your hunt.
It gets harder as the bows get shorter and shorter axel to axel. I always and I mean ALWAYS carry a spare release and have yet to need to dig it out of my pack. I think its like when you have the ice scraper in your car it never snows but as soon as you take it out for the season you get dumped on...
Please post a list of the key items you went through. Great video! Really loved the intro, great camera work! Thanks.
Zachary Olsen I just added it to the description down below the video!
Thumbs up for the folding saw. So many don’t carry one and try to snap a branch to remove it.
That tiny little saw has saved me a lot of times. It is hard to be a mobile hunter without one. Public can be tough since you are not supposed to saw anything in most states.
Hey guys!! First time watching one of these. I enjoyed it. Just so everyone knows. Those sculls he has on the wall. The biggest issue the guys doing that work is making the bone white!! If you take the condensate water from any high efficiency furnace/boiler you can do a bunch of that cleaning with it. That water is very acidic. I have a friend who does 80% of his cleaning with that water which otherwise would have gone down the drain and his last 20% with chemicals.
Interesting! I did not know that. I use hair toner from sallys beauty supplies lol
I’m not even an hunter and I still love these videos
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely brilliant idea with the change purse for milk weed!!!!
I don’t remember where I got that idea but it works great and keeps it dry too!
EMERGENCY ONLY Chemical Hand Warmers are a must. Keep a single 2-pack separate from your other gear with an emergency fire starting kit. These hand warmers are only to be used in an emergency when you need your hands warm enough to build a fire.
That's a good idea. I normally have an extra pair of hand warmers in there especially this time of year!
Nice work on the video man!
Alex Comstock appreciate it brotha!
I have that same buck knife and those vortex binoculars
They are legit!!!
Where do you put extra clothing, I always need turtle neck, sweater, heavy jacket and any very warm clothes goes in my pack cause I would sweat walking in wearing my really warm clothes ??
The outside of my pack has a lot of compression straps and I pack in all of my layers and get dressed at the base of my tree or even up in the tree. That’s why I don’t understand when hunting pack manufactures put out packs without any straps.
Needed to see this thanks in advance
Glad it helped!
Are you hunting or going to a photo shoot?
I film my hunts buddy… post them here on my TH-cam channel…
You do need a .45 acp or gloak in waist gear pack.So any animal attack, you have first line of defense.
If I start heading out to bear country I would definitely add something like that. Here in michigan, the thing I need to worry about the most is runnig into a skunk in the dark lol.
Great video! As a self-filming hunter I am always looking to optimize my gear setup and carrying method.
I appreciate it! I'll be trying out the new talon base from Fourth Arrow as soon as it gets here and doing a vid on that too! Should help condense even more of the gear.
Next Step Outdoors that talon base looks sweet!
I have been using a Mystery Ranch PopUp 28 as my hike & hang backpack because I can use the load sheet for my Lone Wolf stand (plus on western day hunts), but it has its challenges in the tree because it has such a large opening. I found a new Sitka Tool Box for $130 currently, and I am considering getting one to try out. Looking forward to your talon review!
Next Step Outdoors have you tried swapping out that ratchet strap on you Fourth Arrow Baselayer with a cam-buckle? I did that this year to reduce weight and bulk, and it seems to be working great through the various tests I put it through.
Interested to see how you pack in climbing sticks, platform etc...
If it ever gets above single digits here in Michigan, that is the next video in the pipeline...
But where is the toilet paper?! Leaving this out could ruin the days hunt. Commonly skipped by many people. Great video thank you for your advice!
As much time I spend in the field I very rarely need TP and if nature calls I improvise lol...
I’m really curious why you use milk weed over just a bottle of wind checker. Seems like it more difficult/longer to use? Note I’m a brand new hunter so this is a genuine question. I’ve only seen one other TH-camr use milk weed.
The windchecker powders/sprays only give you a small glimpse of what the wind is doing. Milkweed is super light weight and you can watch it farther than the 4 or 5 feet the powder shows so you can see how the wind is effected by terrain/thermals. Just gives you a better idea what is actually happening to your human scent.
@@NextStepOutdoors aha. Okay very good to know. Thank you sir. I’ll support the cause and send you a sub. :-) let’s bag some deer!
@@outdooroutpost6061 That means a lot! Good luck to you!!!
Dude awesome kit and video
Thanks 👍
@@NextStepOutdoors your welcome
I like hunting very much.
You and me both
What do you use to carry all the meat and antlers and whatever else you get?
It all depends. In most cases in the midwest, I'd drag the deer out to a road or somewhere I could get a vehicle. I have yet to need to pack an animal out yet but I do have another pack that I would use that is designed more for that. If that was the case, I would probably hike all my hunting gear and bow back to the truck, grab the other frame pack, and go in and pack the animal out in as few trips as possible.
Great vid!
Thank you!
I'd say your a better packer than i am lol
Tine Tales repetition is key 😅
Hey man it’s my first time I don’t how much we should pay for tags 🏷 in California
Great question I’d check the California fish and wildlife website and do some research. I’ve never hunted Cali. Good luck tho!
I’d recommend a gerber multi player tool
That’s a good suggestion. I always have one in the truck and I’ve used it multiple times.
hey bro these are hunting gear or video shooting gear
I'm not clear
It’s whatever you want it to be bro
Link for clothing. Pants.
Thanks for video, greatly ppreciated!
amzn.to/33s1Bct is for the pants!
What did you have to do to become a Amazon affliliate? Was there a application you had to do for that?
Hi Tom, yeah if you just go to the Amazon Associate website you just apply and there is different criteria you have to have to meet their qualifications. I love testing products and sharing my experience so it was a no brainer for me.
I didn’t expect to hear selfie stick lmao
It's a tripod but you got to do whatever you can to get the video shot!
TIL hunting gear involves a lot more camera equipment than I ever would have thought.
Most people do not film their hunts. I like to have those memories and share them with other people, hence why I bring all the extra camera gear.
Next Step Outdoors absolutely agree! Fourth Arrow has definitely lessened the load, but if you want good high quality video & audio that requires quite a bit of gear. I carry multiple lenses for my DSLR, and while some call it cumbersome, I feel like it allows me to capture much higher quality video and photos.
TNFishingFanatic I picked up a Sony mirrorless and may be using that in the fall some to get more cinematic shots. The only major advantage of my camcorder is the one hand operation which comes in handy when you are covered up with deer or trying to frame the shot right before the moment of truth.
Where can I find the felt tape you have on your camera hard case?
Common hunter assassin tape.
Where do you carry I your feild dressing stuff??
I always carry a knife but usually that is it. Anything else, I keep in the truck. Figure most of the time you give the animal some time to expire and need to unload your other gear anyways.
Great video, however, that’s not enough water. Haha. Good stuff.
It depends how long of a sit. I take two nalgenes for all day sits or a nalgene and Yeti full of hot chocolate like I did today.
Really he doesn’t have that much stuff , he just makes it easy on his self by taking more stuff than needed just in case
I like to be prepared 😤
We carry a slingshot just in case come in handy
Not a bad idea!
More of a photographer then a hunter it looks like
I still kill more bucks than you buddy
Sure pal
Who makes the tree gear holder.
I believe it is by HME. Link in the description.
Where do you get the Milk Weed?
It grows all over here in Michigan. Lately I’ve been getting it in my backyard.
If you werent filming a fanny pack could carry all your stuff. Its basically all camera equipment
I mobile hunt too, so my pack is where I attach my sticks, platform, and any extra layers. Not sure a fanny pack would work well but I get your point for sure.
Half the stuff is for your camera. I'm shooting deer, not a documentary lol.
🤣🤣 valid point. Hopefully there were a few helpful things in there still.
@@NextStepOutdoorsThere were.
came for hunting gear reviews. got camera gear reviews....
I film my hunts, what can I say? 🤷🏼♂️
Dude that is a ridiculous amount of stuff to carry
It all gets used! I changed some things out this last season but for the most part it stayed the same.
@@NextStepOutdoors good video
@@ericbenefiel6075 I appreciate that brother!
More of a filming tutorial then…
Hopefully, there are a few useful hunting items in there.
Hello,can I invite you to test night vision?
Pls email me more info: aaron@nextstepoutdoors.com
Toilet paper 🧻
I like living dangerously
Bro 90% of your items are video
Bro I film my hunts 💁🏼♂️
So when you go hunting you take a bunch of junk is what you mean. No one here will take a camera to go hunting.
So glad that you speak for the 46,000 people that have watched this video. Go play video games and quit trolling my page.
@@NextStepOutdoors I'm not trolling ? But the average person isn't going to take a camera
@@outlawbackwoods931 You'd be surprised how many people film their hunts but I agree. The average person doesn't take a camera. Myself, as someone who is building a youtube channel, brings camera gear. So when I do a pack dump, there are cameras in my pack.
@@NextStepOutdoors and I respect that. Iv looked at some some of your videos. They are good. I didn't mean to be a troll. Iv been hunting all my life and I'm getting back into deer hunting after my open heart surgery. Thats why I got video games on my channel. Couldn't do anything else. I was just looking for a good deer call and didn't find it so I took it out on you. Sorry. But you got my like and sub
@@outlawbackwoods931 Glad to hear you are getting back in the woods. Hope you kill a giant this year!
Intros way too long
I apologize for wasting 60 seconds of your precious time.
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Half this gear is all camera related pointless 🤦🏻♂️
I’m a TH-camr bro… of course there’s a bunch of camera gear 🤷🏼♂️