5 things Howard Hill always carried

[two4hooking]

knife, file, binos, pliers, talcum powder:

 

I would propose one more.... a lighter.  I doubt he went anywhere without flame being a regular smoker.

[M60gunner]

One item that catches my eye is the simple pocket knife. Reflecting back on other pictures of HH I can not recall any showing him with a belt knife or folder worn on the belt. This makes me wonder if he used said pocket knife to gut big game?
Opinions, comments, maybe pictures?

[Soonerlongbow]

Thinking back to both my father and grandfather, while both owned bigger knives, both routinely used smaller pocket knives as their main knife. My dad regularly used a Swiss Army Knife to completely disassemble animals with.

[Charlie Lamb]

In a picture from his African trip he is shown with a large folding knife and the head of a Cape Buffalo. I read somewhere that it was a Tree Brand (Boker) that he got in/from Germany.

Not that that little knife wouldn't do everything you want. I just think he would have preferred the larger knife. Razor sharp of course.

I carry one like it except mine is an Old Timer, has two blades and liner lock. Razor sharp of course.    

What? No Hugggies Wet Ones?  I guess I carry that instead of the arrow puller wrench.  My powder can is the little travel size and I use Dr. Schulz foot powder, not quite lillac or lavender scent, but maybe I need something that does double duty anyway. My leatherman covers three of those in the pic.

[two4hooking]

He used the pocket knife as a fulcrum for the pliers with the ferrule channel to help remove broadheads stuck in trees.  

On another note, for deer field dressing all I carry is a folding barlow.

[BAK]

To "remove broadheads stuck in trees".  Say it ain't so, not Howard Hill!!!

Must have been pass through's.....

[Stumpkiller]

Parallel jaw pliers, I see.  

I use a pair to hold hot glue-on broadheads when attaching.

Must say I never carried talc powder.  But then I never hunted in Africa or California.

[bucknut]

95% of the deer I've killed have been field dressed with a knife smaller than that and I've never wanted one any bigger. The only time I've used a bigger Knife was symbolic in remembrance of a Trad buddy of mine who built knives with me.

[Ron LaClair]

I add to that a small flashlight, water bottle, paper towels, extra knife, compass, cell phone. Everything in my small canvas Duluth brand shoulder bag

[frank bullitt]

Remember an article where said he carried a "pen" knife!
Always carry a pair of locking pliers, vicegrips!
Very handy.

[Roadkill]

Small knives rule for every day use.  Big blades have a place, too, but my folders get used daily.   I have sleeves for a file and skinner knife on my quiver.  Did  he use the powder to slicken his glove?  I have seen it done.

[Charlie Lamb]

Roadkill... to make his glove slick. Exactly right. Something John Schulz learned from him and still does to this day.

[RC]

I carry a two blade case pocket knife. Two sharp blades will field quarter a lot of meat.I carry a compass,lighter,toilet paper for more than one reason and two flash lights. I once was coming out of the tree and my only flash light fell to the ground and busted. Its a big deal when your over a mile in the swamp..RC

[RC]

I also carry a puff bottle with talcom powder and a camera.

[Mint]

Always have a o light flashlight and a head lamp just in case. I don't like using a folder for game since the channels get filled with gunk and it's hard to clean them. Always carry one though but use my belt knife for game.

[ChiefStingingArrow]

So how often is the powder used? And where did Howard carry these items? Pockets? Back quiver?

[Brock]

extra tab, extra string, knife, file or Lansky carbide sharpener, compass, 550 cord, flagging tape, toilet paper roll, copy of hunting license in ziploc baggy, Pelz headlamp, and water bottle....all go in my little day pack.

[two4hooking]

I have stuck three arrows in trees in 50 years of deer hunting.  My first technique is to try to insult them enough so they come out of the tree on their own.  My last one was at a turkey across a narrow deep ravine.  That branch was not there when I made the shot, them trees is evil that way. To make it worse, I couldn't reach the arrow.  I considered cutting the tree down. No arrow gripping device was going help. I did get one out that I shot through a deer using Hill's method. That single bevel Hill went through the deer then buried so deep in a basswood that I ended up cutting a bowling pin chunk of wood out of the tree with head embedded in the chunk. One time with a Deadhead, out of a 90 pound bow, after cussing out the arrow for not hitting cross grain, I kicked it off, leaving the point.  I never hunt in the evening with out packing a good light source. Hunters and poachers around here shoot at moving things in the dark.