I will second the comment about hunters being under prepared. I have a Survival kit for wilderness type situations, but even when I am hunting near home I have some gear that I dont leave home without. A couple hunting buddies chuckle at the thought of being "Lost" in this one wood lot we hunt. It's about 2 miles wide, and 4 miles long. When they see me booting up my GPS at the truck, they get a good laugh. One evening my buddie shot a buck on this very peice of property. He called me from his cell while I was in a Resturant meeting my new girlfriends parents. I had to leave dinner to go find him and help him find the truck. See the problem wasn't being lost. He knew exactly where he was. He just didn't know What direction his truck was in the dark. Now who's laughing? I didnt give him a hard time about it, but he doesn't give me a hard time anymore either.
Here is a list of stuff that is in my bag, or on my person when I am hunting a KNOWN area, even a small one, like the one mentioned above.
My Knife
A NEW Bic lighter
2 fire starter packets (like Ignite-O)
Compass
Folding saw
Whistle
Emergency Meds, in a small match case
AMK Heatsheet
Cordage
A wind-up Fashlight.
Snikers bar - or Engergy bar
Sometimes my GPS, but not always

Obviously some will see this list as incomplete, and it is in a true "wilderness" setting; but if more hunters would at least carry these items, less folks would wind up in severe trouble, or even lost to begin with.
In my cousins case it could have saved him from dragging a dead deer around in the dark for a few hours. Who knows it could end up saving YOUR LIFE.