Leaf bags anyone?

Lone Hunter · Jan 23, 2001

I have always considered leaf bags to be a main part of my kit,in fact I put it in my top 3,knife,fire starter,leaf bag.Canoeing the Yukon or hunting local farmland always have 1or2.I get large heavy duty ones.They make a good groung sheet,poncho,or cut them open and use as a tarp.Btw for a poncho don't just poke a hole and stick your head out,cut a corner into a hood.I've read a lot here about peoples "kits" but never read any that used leaf bags.Am I the only one?

Josh Wilson · Jan 23, 2001

Me too. You can also use them to cover your pack during rain or snow.

Sgt.D · Jan 23, 2001

I dont really get what a "leaf bag" is. I cant find any translation. What is it normally used for? Sounds like a bag to put leafs in, but what is that? Just a simple black plastic sack or what.

Qurious Daniel

Lone Hunter · Jan 23, 2001

sgt.d yes a plastic sack used for leaves and other yard waste.They come in rolls and fold really compact.Cheap,light and take up little room.Where I live you rake the leaves up out of your yard,some places you put them in these bags for pickup.In my town you rake the leaves to the street and the town comes by with trucks with really large vacuums and sucks up the leaves.

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Josh Wilson · Jan 23, 2001

A Big black plastic garbage/yard waste bag that holds 35-40 gallons.

matthew rapaport · Jan 23, 2001

The kit lists do leave these out you're right! I carry a few in my jump kit, and I also carry smaller, quart-sized (about a liter) bags with me. One or two unused and compressed, a few more already stuffed with some of the other things in my pack.

amalgam · Jan 24, 2001

some will let you hide in a field of giant jack-o-lanterns, too!

Sgt D, many folks here call them "trash bags", too.

fixer · Jan 24, 2001

both Wal-Mart and Home Depot carry the "Husky" brand, VERY heavy-duty 45 gal, 2mil bags that measure 3'2" x 3'11". that's the heaviest bag i've been able to find in my area. now, if they just made them in OD!

Sgt.D · Jan 24, 2001

OK I've got it. We call them plainly "black trash bag".We do have a blue, thicker variant wich is often used with field- outhoudes.(You wouldn't want to be the guy emptying one of these where the thinner variant has been used)

Best regards
Daniel