Must have's on a stalk

[sinbad]

If stalking in forest or heavily wooded ground a dog, as well as rifle, ammo, knife, binos and a strap for carrying or dragging.
sinbad

 

[Grant.N]

I find plastic sleeve protectors handy.
Keep your clothing clean and away from contact with the carcass
I suspend all my deer to Gralloch Them, and the process I do involves putting my arm inside the chest Cavity to lift the pluck out. By using the sleeve protectors it stops your clothing coming in contact with the carcass.
Just a handy bit of kit. £2.50+p+p for 25 sets.

 

[prometheus]

I'm pretty much in agreement with the list above but would add a good torch, perhaps more than one, as an necessity as I tend to shoot sika in forestry at last light.

To the optionals, but really nice to have, I would add some of those glow/light sticks that you snap and they then produce a good light for up to about 36 hours. When it is clear that I will be following up a deer into forestry at last light I usually snap one and drop it at the spot from where I took the shot. I will then walk to where I thought the deer was standing and drop another one. If I know the deer ran to the left then even in the dark I can see this line and I know that it is a last resort to search on the right hand side of it. If the heather is high then I might leave my sticks in the ground and attach the light stick or tie it to a tree. I also use two light sticks for marking a blood trail, if I find any, putting one on the last drop of blood I saw and then hunting until I can put the one in my hand on the next drop, then I go back and retrieve the previous one etc.

Agree about the lights sticks if shooting late, invaluable. Even for marking deer that have been followed up found but you need to leave to organise recovery and will be very dark on return.

 

[paulmoto]

A Gun always a good idea

 

[alaskagray]

Teckel!