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Started by #FreeCarlRay, February 04, 2025, 08:06:40 PM

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Yoder409

Quote from: Greg Massey on February 05, 2025, 03:05:47 PMIf you can't contact a game Warden, just contact the local sheriff office ....IMO

County sheriffs in PA actually have more authority than a state police officer.  However.....they are, basically and functionally reduced to being  wards of the court.  Transport inmates to and from hearings....serve papers....issue handgun permits...   Don't waste your time calling a county sheriff in PA for anything hunting-related.

It's a messed up deal.   Call the regional office.  The warden will (maybe) call you, eventually.
PA elitist since 1979

The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.

Burney Mac

Many and most have already been mentioned but here's my .02 and what stays in my truck.

Jumper cables, jump box, log chain, two 25ft heavy duty tow straps, two shackles, small tool box with wrenches, 1/4" - 1/2" sockets, screw drivers etc., 1/2 impact with at the bare minimum your specific lug nut size socket, 4 way lug wrench, air compressor, tire plug kit ( I'd recommend heavy duty along with extra long plugs ), tire slime, bottle of purple power to find the hole ( some holes will be so damn big it won't matter ), small foldable shovel, hand held saw, small chainsaw, small hydraulic bottle jack, small jack stand, two small 2X4's for the jack in case of wet or uneven terrain. It sounds like a lot but it all fits in a tote. And yes, I've had to use it all at some point and time. If you're going to be out and about on your own you'd rather error on the side of having it instead of wishing you did have it. You can get yourself in some tight spots if you're not careful, and even then, sometimes crap just happens.

If you run over size tires and your spare is OEM and you get a flat on the front, you can run the spare on the back to get you by, but you'll be changing two tires, aftermarket on the front, OEM on the back, hence the jack stand.

Extra boots, gun, and plug in boot driers are also a must. Having an extra gun has saved my trip more than once. You can get by with wet feet but you need a pea shooter that functions.

Lastly, a cooler with cold beer in it. Because if you wind up finding yourself using some of the above mentioned, you're likely going to want a few.
"It's not about how hard you can hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

YoungGobbler

Quote from: Burney Mac on February 11, 2025, 02:15:49 PMMany and most have already been mentioned but here's my .02 and what stays in my truck.

Jumper cables, jump box, log chain, two 25ft heavy duty tow straps, two shackles, small tool box with wrenches, 1/4" - 1/2" sockets, screw drivers etc., 1/2 impact with at the bare minimum your specific lug nut size socket, 4 way lug wrench, air compressor, tire plug kit ( I'd recommend heavy duty along with extra long plugs ), tire slime, bottle of purple power to find the hole ( some holes will be so damn big it won't matter ), small foldable shovel, hand held saw, small chainsaw, small hydraulic bottle jack, small jack stand, two small 2X4's for the jack in case of wet or uneven terrain. It sounds like a lot but it all fits in a tote. And yes, I've had to use it all at some point and time. If you're going to be out and about on your own you'd rather error on the side of having it instead of wishing you did have it. You can get yourself in some tight spots if you're not careful, and even then, sometimes crap just happens.

If you run over size tires and your spare is OEM and you get a flat on the front, you can run the spare on the back to get you by, but you'll be changing two tires, aftermarket on the front, OEM on the back, hence the jack stand.

Extra boots, gun, and plug in boot driers are also a must. Having an extra gun has saved my trip more than once. You can get by with wet feet but you need a pea shooter that functions.

Lastly, a cooler with cold beer in it. Because if you wind up finding yourself using some of the above mentioned, you're likely going to want a few.
That's about what I cary dayli in my truck. Minus the two guns and a cooler with beer haha.

GobbleNut

Quote from: Burney Mac on February 11, 2025, 02:15:49 PMMany and most have already been mentioned but here's my .02 and what stays in my truck.

Jumper cables, jump box, log chain, two 25ft heavy duty tow straps, two shackles, small tool box with wrenches, 1/4" - 1/2" sockets, screw drivers etc., 1/2 impact with at the bare minimum your specific lug nut size socket, 4 way lug wrench, air compressor, tire plug kit ( I'd recommend heavy duty along with extra long plugs ), tire slime, bottle of purple power to find the hole ( some holes will be so damn big it won't matter ), small foldable shovel, hand held saw, small chainsaw, small hydraulic bottle jack, small jack stand, two small 2X4's for the jack in case of wet or uneven terrain. It sounds like a lot but it all fits in a tote. And yes, I've had to use it all at some point and time. If you're going to be out and about on your own you'd rather error on the side of having it instead of wishing you did have it. You can get yourself in some tight spots if you're not careful, and even then, sometimes crap just happens.

If you run over size tires and your spare is OEM and you get a flat on the front, you can run the spare on the back to get you by, but you'll be changing two tires, aftermarket on the front, OEM on the back, hence the jack stand.

Extra boots, gun, and plug in boot driers are also a must. Having an extra gun has saved my trip more than once. You can get by with wet feet but you need a pea shooter that functions.

Lastly, a cooler with cold beer in it. Because if you wind up finding yourself using some of the above mentioned, you're likely going to want a few.
Quote from: YoungGobbler on February 11, 2025, 09:46:14 PM
Quote from: Burney Mac on February 11, 2025, 02:15:49 PMMany and most have already been mentioned but here's my .02 and what stays in my truck.

Jumper cables, jump box, log chain, two 25ft heavy duty tow straps, two shackles, small tool box with wrenches, 1/4" - 1/2" sockets, screw drivers etc., 1/2 impact with at the bare minimum your specific lug nut size socket, 4 way lug wrench, air compressor, tire plug kit ( I'd recommend heavy duty along with extra long plugs ), tire slime, bottle of purple power to find the hole ( some holes will be so damn big it won't matter ), small foldable shovel, hand held saw, small chainsaw, small hydraulic bottle jack, small jack stand, two small 2X4's for the jack in case of wet or uneven terrain. It sounds like a lot but it all fits in a tote. And yes, I've had to use it all at some point and time. If you're going to be out and about on your own you'd rather error on the side of having it instead of wishing you did have it. You can get yourself in some tight spots if you're not careful, and even then, sometimes crap just happens.

If you run over size tires and your spare is OEM and you get a flat on the front, you can run the spare on the back to get you by, but you'll be changing two tires, aftermarket on the front, OEM on the back, hence the jack stand.

Extra boots, gun, and plug in boot driers are also a must. Having an extra gun has saved my trip more than once. You can get by with wet feet but you need a pea shooter that functions.

Lastly, a cooler with cold beer in it. Because if you wind up finding yourself using some of the above mentioned, you're likely going to want a few.
That's about what I cary dayli in my truck. Minus the two guns and a cooler with beer haha.

Good recommendations. I don't carry some of the stuff mentioned, but depending on where I am hunting, I take much of it.  A few additional things to consider when hunting some of the big, remote regions in the west are taking two spare tires instead of one (I always have two, plus the plug kits), a chain saw (trees falling across roads out here is not uncommon and can make for a mighty long walk out in some circumstances), and an extra gas can or two (it is sometimes a looonnngg way between gas stations out this way.  ;D  :D

Burney Mac

Quote from: YoungGobbler on February 11, 2025, 09:46:14 PM
Quote from: Burney Mac on February 11, 2025, 02:15:49 PMMany and most have already been mentioned but here's my .02 and what stays in my truck.

Jumper cables, jump box, log chain, two 25ft heavy duty tow straps, two shackles, small tool box with wrenches, 1/4" - 1/2" sockets, screw drivers etc., 1/2 impact with at the bare minimum your specific lug nut size socket, 4 way lug wrench, air compressor, tire plug kit ( I'd recommend heavy duty along with extra long plugs ), tire slime, bottle of purple power to find the hole ( some holes will be so damn big it won't matter ), small foldable shovel, hand held saw, small chainsaw, small hydraulic bottle jack, small jack stand, two small 2X4's for the jack in case of wet or uneven terrain. It sounds like a lot but it all fits in a tote. And yes, I've had to use it all at some point and time. If you're going to be out and about on your own you'd rather error on the side of having it instead of wishing you did have it. You can get yourself in some tight spots if you're not careful, and even then, sometimes crap just happens.

If you run over size tires and your spare is OEM and you get a flat on the front, you can run the spare on the back to get you by, but you'll be changing two tires, aftermarket on the front, OEM on the back, hence the jack stand.

Extra boots, gun, and plug in boot driers are also a must. Having an extra gun has saved my trip more than once. You can get by with wet feet but you need a pea shooter that functions.

Lastly, a cooler with cold beer in it. Because if you wind up finding yourself using some of the above mentioned, you're likely going to want a few.
That's about what I cary dayli in my truck. Minus the two guns and a cooler with beer haha.

Quote from: GobbleNut on February 11, 2025, 11:28:40 PM
Quote from: Burney Mac on February 11, 2025, 02:15:49 PMMany and most have already been mentioned but here's my .02 and what stays in my truck.

Jumper cables, jump box, log chain, two 25ft heavy duty tow straps, two shackles, small tool box with wrenches, 1/4" - 1/2" sockets, screw drivers etc., 1/2 impact with at the bare minimum your specific lug nut size socket, 4 way lug wrench, air compressor, tire plug kit ( I'd recommend heavy duty along with extra long plugs ), tire slime, bottle of purple power to find the hole ( some holes will be so damn big it won't matter ), small foldable shovel, hand held saw, small chainsaw, small hydraulic bottle jack, small jack stand, two small 2X4's for the jack in case of wet or uneven terrain. It sounds like a lot but it all fits in a tote. And yes, I've had to use it all at some point and time. If you're going to be out and about on your own you'd rather error on the side of having it instead of wishing you did have it. You can get yourself in some tight spots if you're not careful, and even then, sometimes crap just happens.

If you run over size tires and your spare is OEM and you get a flat on the front, you can run the spare on the back to get you by, but you'll be changing two tires, aftermarket on the front, OEM on the back, hence the jack stand.

Extra boots, gun, and plug in boot driers are also a must. Having an extra gun has saved my trip more than once. You can get by with wet feet but you need a pea shooter that functions.

Lastly, a cooler with cold beer in it. Because if you wind up finding yourself using some of the above mentioned, you're likely going to want a few.
Quote from: YoungGobbler on February 11, 2025, 09:46:14 PM
Quote from: Burney Mac on February 11, 2025, 02:15:49 PMMany and most have already been mentioned but here's my .02 and what stays in my truck.

Jumper cables, jump box, log chain, two 25ft heavy duty tow straps, two shackles, small tool box with wrenches, 1/4" - 1/2" sockets, screw drivers etc., 1/2 impact with at the bare minimum your specific lug nut size socket, 4 way lug wrench, air compressor, tire plug kit ( I'd recommend heavy duty along with extra long plugs ), tire slime, bottle of purple power to find the hole ( some holes will be so damn big it won't matter ), small foldable shovel, hand held saw, small chainsaw, small hydraulic bottle jack, small jack stand, two small 2X4's for the jack in case of wet or uneven terrain. It sounds like a lot but it all fits in a tote. And yes, I've had to use it all at some point and time. If you're going to be out and about on your own you'd rather error on the side of having it instead of wishing you did have it. You can get yourself in some tight spots if you're not careful, and even then, sometimes crap just happens.

If you run over size tires and your spare is OEM and you get a flat on the front, you can run the spare on the back to get you by, but you'll be changing two tires, aftermarket on the front, OEM on the back, hence the jack stand.

Extra boots, gun, and plug in boot driers are also a must. Having an extra gun has saved my trip more than once. You can get by with wet feet but you need a pea shooter that functions.

Lastly, a cooler with cold beer in it. Because if you wind up finding yourself using some of the above mentioned, you're likely going to want a few.
That's about what I cary dayli in my truck. Minus the two guns and a cooler with beer haha.

Good recommendations. I don't carry some of the stuff mentioned, but depending on where I am hunting, I take much of it.  A few additional things to consider when hunting some of the big, remote regions in the west are taking two spare tires instead of one (I always have two, plus the plug kits), a chain saw (trees falling across roads out here is not uncommon and can make for a mighty long walk out in some circumstances), and an extra gas can or two (it is sometimes a looonnngg way between gas stations out this way.  ;D  :D

Yes sir, I thought about that once I posted it. Anytime I take off I always have an extra five gallons with me, and one certain place I took ten. Even some of those highways can get loooong and lonely.

I've never carried two spares, but since you brought it up, I'll probably flatten 3 at the same time this year. HAHAA
"It's not about how hard you can hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."

WV Flopper

LOL. Some great advice.

But add it all up and you'll need a semi with trailer to haul it in.
Plus a support vehicle!

Use some common since.

Have your needs and a spare. With some extra tire plugs a small compressor and 4 valve stems for the A O.

Zobo

Bourbon, beer, sandwiches and Motrin.
Stand still, and consider the wonderous works of God  Job:37:14

YoungGobbler

Quote from: WV Flopper on February 12, 2025, 06:36:28 PMLOL. Some great advice.

But add it all up and you'll need a semi with trailer to haul it in.
Plus a support vehicle!

Use some common since.

Have your needs and a spare. With some extra tire plugs a small compressor and 4 valve stems for the A O.
That's true haha My truck is full of stock I never use but I keep in case of what if haha

WV Flopper

Don't live your life or experiences by "what if".

 If you do, you'll never do anything outside your house.

 Trust me, I can "What if" you to death. Nothing personal to anyone.

Yoder409

#24
Quote from: WV Flopper on February 12, 2025, 06:36:28 PMLOL. Some great advice.

But add it all up and you'll need a semi with trailer to haul it in.
Plus a support vehicle!

Use some common since.

Nah.  Lots of room left.

Most everything listed to the top of this discussion is stuff that's in the bed of my truck 24/7/365.....and MORE.   

I call it my "MacGyver box". (Younger members may have to Google that one)  But, in it, I claim to have SOMETHING to get me outta ANY situation.  Mostly while working on the tree farm
  But it applies to turkey hunting roadtrips, just as easily with just a few added items.

Some items I carry but haven't noticed mentioned:

Cheater pipe for my 1/2" ratchet, extra fluids for ALL my truck's systems, various sizes of zip ties, Gorilla tape, black electrician's tape, selection of fuses, good LED flashlight, a new tarp, bungees, ratchet straps, 50'-100' of a lighter poly rope and a heavier one, a Leatherman-type multi-tool, a cheap fleece blanket

I have a wooden box in the bed that most everything I carry fits into, easily.  Most items are actually small and very stowable.
PA elitist since 1979

The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.

JeffC

Print by Madison Cline, on Flickr  GO BIRDS  FLY EAGLES FLY

deathfoot

I've been traveling a long time and a lot lot of miles. Y'all now got me running scared. I don't carry half the stuff mentioned. I do carry bourbon (the good stuff) and motrin. I've been very fortunate. Very fortunate honestly. Once in the Black Hills of Wyoming, after a long lunch in Sundance...I'll leave it at fortunate.

Zobo

Quote from: JeffC on February 13, 2025, 07:56:11 AM
Quote from: Zobo on February 12, 2025, 07:00:50 PMBourbon, beer, sandwiches and Motrin.

I call shotgun!!

You're more than welcome Jeff. Oh, but I almost forgot, water needs to be on the list... for the bourbon of course
Stand still, and consider the wonderous works of God  Job:37:14

deerhunt1988

Quote from: deathfoot on February 13, 2025, 07:21:23 PMI've been traveling a long time and a lot lot of miles. Y'all now got me running scared. I don't carry half the stuff mentioned.

For real.

I'm sure its been mentioned, but get a good air compressor that hooks to your battery. Not one of those cheap ones that plugs into a cig lighter. I use this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Viair-00088-88P-Portable-Compressor/dp/B005ASY23I?mcid=a5268fd7730c3f74841e7dd9a746c9e8&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693274273635&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15316730241992411329&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9013818&hvtargid=pla-316724739814&th=1


Also, the block portable jump starters. Thankfully i've never had to use mine on a trip, but its nice insurance.

A first aid kit with the essentials.

Small shovel.

Super glue.

Gorilla tape.

I've used my Jet Boil A TON for instant coffee, cooking food, etc.

Tail Feathers

I carry extras of things that you can't do without in turkey hunting.  Extra gun, ammo and a spare truck key. 
Most of the tools, tire changing stuff and such live in my tool box all the time.  Figure out what you can't turkey hunt without and make sure you have an extra.  You don't want a broken firing pin to ruin a 1000 mile hunting trip so I put an extra gun in the truck.
Love to hunt the King of Spring!