Hunting Season Checklist: 24-Point Pre-Hunt Prep Guide
Hunting Season Checklist: 24-Point Pre-Hunt Prep Guide. Complete hunting season prep checklist covering firearm inspection, gear maintenance, tree stand safety, clothing layers, and field recovery. Don't let a { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/otistechnology#person", "name": "Otis Technology", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/otistechnology", "description": "Otis Technology is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/846634e2-ab9d-45c6-b744-ef07d32859c0.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/hunting-season-checklist-prep-guide#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/hunting-season-checklist-prep-guide" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/hunting-season-checklist-prep-guide", "headline": "Hunting Season Checklist: 24-Point Pre-Hunt Prep Guide", "name": "Hunting Season Checklist: 24-Point Pre-Hunt Prep Guide", "description": "Complete hunting season prep checklist covering firearm inspection, gear maintenance, tree stand safety, clothing layers, and field recovery. Don't let a", "articleSection": "Hunting", "articleBody": "Preparing for hunting season isn't complicated, but it is detailed — and the details are exactly what fail on opening morning. In a 24-minute pre-season walkthrough on Greyhive, Greg and Jared from Otis Technology break down a full hunting season checklist built entirely from mistakes they've made themselves: loose scope screws, a sling that dumped a rifle in the mud, a box blind full of bees, and a haul rope that snapped twenty feet up a tree. The short version: inspect the firearm, confirm zero with your hunting ammunition, physically check every tree stand and strap, pack and test your batteries, layer your clothing, and carry a recovery kit you've actually verified. Everything below follows that order, with the specific failure points Greg and Jared have each lived through. Before any of it, both hosts open the video the same way they'd open a gun case: magazine removed, bolt back, action open, then a manual and visual check of the chamber. Every inspection step in this guide assumes the firearm is confirmed unloaded first. Key Takeaways Check scope rings, rail screws, action screws, and sling swivel hardware — Jared's sling let go mid-hike and sent his rifle \"off my shoulder like a folding lawn chair.\" Re-confirm zero every season with the exact ammunition you plan to hunt with; a new lot of the same brand may not even come from the same factory. Wear a harness in every stand. Greg's…