Backpack Gear List [Archive]

Astepanuk

04-19-2020, 08:52 AM

Hey guys

hope everyone is doing well through this Covid mess.

wondering how many people on here keep a list of what goes in there mountain packs. I maintain a list and update whenever I purchase something new or upgrade. I’d be interested to see what every else is packing.

Some of the items on my list may be shared weight with hunting partners such as stove, fuel and tent.

here’s my current list.

My gear
Kuiu Icon Pro 6000
liteoutdoors tipi
Kelty Cosmic down – Like to Upgrade to stone glacier
Sea to summit Reactor Liner
Sea to summit Aero Pillow Ultra-Light
Static V2 Sleeping Pad
Leica HD-B 2200
Swarovski 65 MM ATS
Sirui T-025X Carbon Fiber Tripod with C-10S Ball Head
Christensen Arms Summit TI 300Rum
Leupold VX5 HD
12 Berger bullets
Sitka Downpour Jacket and Pants (Vacuum Sealed)
Kuiu Guidejacket
Kuiu Guide Pants
Kuiu Alpine Pants
Kuiu Guide Vest
Kuiu Guide Gloves
Kuiu Super down Pants and Jacket – (Vacuum Sealed)
Kuiu Gaiters
Merino Wool Base Layer
Kuiu Ball cap
Kuiu Toque
3X Saxx’s
Lowe Tibet GTX Boots
4pair’s Kuiu Midweight Mountain Sock
Jet BoilMinimo stove
HavolonPiranta + 4 blades
Ear plugs for Snoring Hunting partner and Muzzle Brake
Silky professional big boy 2000 Folding Saw
Leki CarbonTrekking Poles
Petzl head lamp Lithium Batteries
bear spray
Goal zero nomad 7 plus
Hybrid Lantern/Charger
inreach SE
2X bic lighters
2X Iso-butane fuel
MSR Spork
Parachute rope 50ft
Game Bags
Food
- Back Packers pantry 8 days stock
- Powdered Mash Potatoes
- Oatmeal packs
- 2 Lbs trail mix
- 12Clif Bars
- Costco Steak Strips
Water
- 2 – 1L Nalgene water bottles
- Water purifying tabs
- NUUN electrolyte tabs

KodiakHntr

04-19-2020, 09:06 AM

Not bad.

I have kept a spreadsheet with weights for over a decade on sheep gear, and made notes on stuff that didn’t get used as well. If it doesn’t get used it doesn’t get to go.

A silky saw but no sleeping bag, oops, missed the Kelty. Read the “upgrade to SG and my mind went to upgrading your pack not your bag.
Different clothing choices than I go with, but pick the gear that works for you.

The biggest difference I see is you don’t carry a water filter, and I love the Vapur water “bottles”. They weigh about a 1/4 of what a nalgene does and you can roll them or stuff them in a pack and they don’t take up space.

A filter is super handy if you are having to suck water up out of a depression that you can’t get a bottle into. And no cross contamination on the bottle lip if you are dipping from a water source.

Curious what your walk-away weight is?

Astepanuk

04-19-2020, 09:41 AM

I have plans to order a new Platypus Gravity Works System. I do most of my mountain hunting in Alberta I’ve always drank directly from the creek in good fast flowing water. I was taught to read the water to look for signs such as. Green Rocks = algae/orange rocks= high Iron/black rock = coal/ slimy rocks= not sure stay away.

I understand having a filter will help in an emergency situation I try always to be very diligent on my trips. Every time I come to a stream that I’m gonna fill up I drink as much as my body will take then I load up for the next leg of my plan always thinking where I’m going to get water.

I don’t weigh my pack prior to heading out But assume it would be between 50/60lbs.

butcher

04-19-2020, 10:04 AM

Don’t forget the crib board. You Alberta boys always have a crib board along don’t you?

pg83

04-19-2020, 10:09 AM

Astepanuk

04-19-2020, 10:10 AM

Don’t forget the crib board. You Alberta boys always have a crib board along don’t you?

haha you bet I have a crib board weighs nothing use the app on my phone haha.

Astepanuk

04-19-2020, 10:14 AM

Solid list you have there.

Genuinely curious why you bring four pairs of socks. I used to pack around three pairs but never used the third pair so it got removed from my list.

Have you tried a brick charger instead of the solar option? Size is smaller, weight depends on what you go with, but you know what you're getting for charge out of it. I used to pack around a goal zero, but would never do it again unless I was hunting somewhere with far more reliable sunshine than the mountains of BC or AB.

I’ve never really thought about why I pack 4 pairs of socks I guess if it’s an 8 day Hunt I reuse my socks every second day.

I do own a couple brick chargers, I actually just got this solar charger and plan on bringing it on our Caribou hunt this fall. My brick charger I’ve been using is the hybrid lantern it hold a charge enough for a full cell charge and works great as a lantern in the tent.

Astepanuk

04-19-2020, 10:23 AM

Let’s see your gear list this could be valuable information for an newbies looking to get into this addiction we all have.

jac

04-19-2020, 11:32 AM

I would ditch one of the nalgen bottles and bring a couple of smart water bottles. Cheap and lite. Also seems like a lot of pants? If you are along way from water you might want more capacity. I had 5 litres of capacity last trip

jac

04-19-2020, 11:32 AM

No Starbucks via coffee??

warnniklz

04-19-2020, 12:02 PM

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04-19-2020, 12:03 PM

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alpinedust

04-19-2020, 12:12 PM

A filter is super handy if you are having to suck water up out of a depression that you can’t get a bottle into. And no cross contamination on the bottle lip if you are dipping from a water source.

never thought about this in the past as I used chlorine drops, you can leave the bottle open a crack so the lip gets treated. Used a steripen this spring on a trip, realized that the water around the lip doesn't get treated.

Bustercluck

04-19-2020, 12:12 PM

Sheep hunting

Last minute. Boots. Rifle. Ammo. Toothbrush. Bag. Tent. Trekking poles. Range finder. Pot and lid. Splitting wedge.
Pillow to sleep in truck

Merino pants
Salt

Hatchet
Knife and havalon
2 garbage bags
Sandwich bags and large ziplocks
Jetboil and fuel
Insulated cup and spork
Tent and poles
Paracord
First aid
Shit tickets
Chafe cream
Gold bond?
Benadryl
Compression bandage
Duct tape?
Super glue and butterfly bandage
Small pack of baby wipes
Sunglasses
Ammo
And magazine****
Rifle and sling
Bug spray
Fire starters
Lighters
Paracord
Headlamp
Headlamp batteries
GPS
Electrical tape
Pocket juice and cords
Water bag
Water filter
Drink water tabs
Water bottle
Ear plugs
Soap
Hat or toque
Pack cover
Fire starters
Game bag
Bone saw

Clothes
Long underwear merino
Rain coat and pants
3 underwear
3 socks
Down mid layer
Pants
Shorts
2 shirts
Sleeping bag
Pillow
Sleeping pad
Sandals
Gaiters
Neck warmer
Gloves

Food
Emergen-c
Clif bars 1/day
Fireball/port/sambuca
Trail mix
Dark chocolate
Oatmeal 2/day
Ichiban 1/day
1 dinner/day

backcountry99

04-19-2020, 01:27 PM

Some good lists out there!
My pack for multi day backpack hunts:
SG 7400
msr hubba hubba(early)/hilleberg nallo 2 (late)
Western Mountaineering Versalite
Neo-Air pad
leica geovids
swarovski atx
8 lbs 280AI with scope
Lowa hunter gtx
kuiu chugach rain jacket and pants
2 sets of merino tops and bottoms
3 sets of merino hiking socks
arcteryx hiking pants
kuiu superdown jacket
3 pairs of underwear
OR goretex mitts with fleece liners
wool toque
jetboil flash
folding bowl
titanium spork
2 small canisters of fuel
havalon and spare blades
2 petzal headlamps
fire starter
2 lighters
small safety/medical kit
15 bullets

This is pretty close without food

jac

04-19-2020, 02:12 PM

Backcountry 99

do you sleep 2 guys in the nallo 2 or is it to small?

thanks

Astepanuk

04-19-2020, 03:08 PM

backcountry99

04-19-2020, 03:24 PM

Backcountry 99

do you sleep 2 guys in the nallo 2 or is it to small?

thanks

It’s actually the nallo 2 gt so the bigger vestibule and we sleep 2 guys in the tent and 2 dogs and all our gear in the vestibule. It’s the Cadillac of tents for space. A little heavy but when the weather gets nasty and the days are short on those late season hunts it’s worth every ounce.

Rampager

04-19-2020, 07:42 PM

Genuinely curious why you bring four pairs of socks. I used to pack around three pairs but never used the third pair so it got removed from my list.

I thought I'd give my take on the subject... A pair of socks or underwear for me are in the 30-40g range. If the weather is bad, or if you've been hiking all day, the extra 1/4lb for an extra pair or two of each is a sacrifice I'll make for the comfort of putting on a clean/dry pair or socks or underwear rather than a wet/cold pair which will probably won't dry out. IMO having your next to skin layers clean and dry matters way more than outerwear.

With socks I tend to have two pairs of each: a thicker pair for the cold or days with little activity, and a thinner pair for warmer days.

HarryToolips

04-19-2020, 08:28 PM

Great lists you guys

Heres mine for the backpack trips....

Gun/ammo (6 or so extra in my pack too), or bow/arrows, Zeiss binos, Vortex Razor spotter with tripod, pack: Eberlestock F65 with F1 mainframe, big knife, 2 smaller knives, wind checker, range finder, 2 headlamps with spare batteries, multitool, string, face paint, lighters, other fire starters, extra warm clothing/layering including UnderArmour, gloves, toque full face etc, 3 L camelback, hunting Tilley hat, food (bring enough according to duration of hunt), game calls, hiking poles, Sil-Tarp, pack-cover, game bags, saw, pack-alarm, SPOT, MSR pocketrocket + extra gas, collapsable pot, bore-snake, flagging tape, first aid, extra compass, extra blades for Outdoor Edge knife, water purification tablets, latex gloves, camplight, sleeping bag, rain gear, tags, map, spork, Marmot Nitro 2P tent, rag (remove dew from inside of tent in the morning), Eberlestock J2DB dry bag, air mattress, compression sack, extra gloves, floss, toothbrush/paste, primary compass

KodiakHntr

04-19-2020, 08:39 PM

never thought about this in the past as I used chlorine drops, you can leave the bottle open a crack so the lip gets treated. Used a steripen this spring on a trip, realized that the water around the lip doesn't get treated.

I tried a steripen a few times, but just couldn't get past the liability of a system that relies on batteries and is fragile. Plus it doesn't filter out the ptarmigan shit or algae if that is the only water you can find seeping out of the rock on the side of a mountain. And it still won't suck water up out of a caribou track and put it in your water bottle for you.

Astepanuk

04-19-2020, 08:45 PM

I definitely agree with that nothing like putting fresh socks on Raw feet.

Bustercluck

04-19-2020, 08:50 PM

I tried a steripen a few times, but just couldn't get past the liability of a system that relies on batteries and is fragile. Plus it doesn't filter out the ptarmigan shit or algae if that is the only water you can find seeping out of the rock on the side of a mountain. And it still won't suck water up out of a caribou track and put it in your water bottle for you.
I carry a filter and water tabs. I use the water tabs as a last resort if I’m sucking water out of a pond. I should be treating my water better, but I can’t stand the taste of those tabs.

Bustercluck

04-19-2020, 08:54 PM

We should start a different thread specifically on hiking socks. I didn’t think I’d ever spend $30 on a pair of socks until I bought my first pair of icebreakers on a major sale at atmosphere. Now I don’t care how much they cost or where they have to come from. So far my favourite is first lite. My hunting partner gave me his extra pair on the last leg of our last day. Never going back.

HarryToolips

04-19-2020, 08:59 PM

Everyone should also remember: if your unsure of the water source and you don't have other means of disinfection - boil it....

KodiakHntr

04-19-2020, 09:25 PM

Everyone should also remember: if your unsure of the water source and you don't have other means of disinfection - boil it....

Adding further to that, if you didn't run the water through a filter/steri/or tablet, you are unsure of it by default.....

Have twice seen people get sick from fast clean clear running water from high mountain streams. The risk is simply too high for me to be incapacitated and not able to walk out, or to not be able to get off my horse in time. And then be too weak to get back on. There are VERY few people who are tough enough walk out after a bout with bad water and they haven't been able to sleep for 2 days for fear of shitting themselves in their sleep, and all that you can do is let the shit run down your legs as you try to walk out with a heavy pack.

A lot of people seem to think it simply "won't be that bad". Watched the two people I was with each get sick within an hour of each other and stay that way for days. We sat in a cold cold rain maybe 1500 yards from the tents for an entire day because they were both scared to even try and lift their packs for fear of shitting themselves from the exertion until the fear of hypothermia over rode personal pride. And I tell you, when you are in the wide open alpine with nothing bigger than your pack to shit behind you lose a lot of pride in the most miserable way you can imagine.

While I think that the risk is likely pretty low of actually getting sick, you just never know which creek/stream/trickle is the one that might get you. And a person might go an entire hunting career without using anything and never getting sick. I spent years working in the bush dipping a water bottle in creeks without a thought because that's how I grew up with dad and grandpa. You sure won't catch me doing that now though because if you do get sick that stays with you forever. Susceptibility is increased for the rest of your life.

The cost of filters has dropped so much in the last few years that there isn't any excuse to not have one.

Just food for thought.

HarryToolips

04-20-2020, 06:31 AM

^^^^well said...

butterz

04-20-2020, 07:03 AM

You need to try Darn Tough socks! I am a carpenter who wears work boots for 8-11 hours a day. Better socks then icebreakers !

Ron.C

04-20-2020, 07:09 AM

This is my list of gear when backpack hunting solo (typically for goats in the EK early to mid Oct). The only change when hunting with a partner is we split some of the common items like the tent, pack alarm, stove, fuel...

As far a treating or not treating water, this is my take. Choosing to not treat your water is like choosing to not wear a condom. You can get the job done without doing either but the outcome may be painful.

This stuff works for me up till end Oct. Then a second pair of layering johns, warmer gloves and boots are needed.

Smartwook socks 3oz 2 pair (1 worn)
Merino Underwear 2 (1 worn)
long Johns midweight Wool
Sitka pants (wear)
2 Merino LS T shirts (1 worn)
Light Fleece sweater (wear)
RAB Gererator light puffy coat (layer) 13.2 oz
Kuhl Hooded Down Coat (outer) "makes an awesome pillow."
HH rain jacket and pants 26 oz
black wool touque 1.8 oz
Ball Hat (wear)
Gloves 3.3oz
Hanwag Boots and Goretex Gaiters (wear)
Pack frame and bag (7lb 5oz)
Thermarest mattress
Tent ( 3lb 13 oz)
Sleeping Bag 2lb 14oz
3L water bladder and hose
Pocket Rocket stove (4 oz) +1 stove fuel 1 small (8.9oz)
Coffee cup (doubles a pot to boil water)
Fallkniven F1 knife
Spoon
water tabs(.5oz)
small toothbrush/mini tooth paste/small bottle of purell/small chunk of soap 8 oz
tp 1.5 rolls
50' paracord "Taped to Frame"
First Aid/Survival: Emerg Bivy, fire starter+matches, Emer Light, moleskin, small dressing, meds
Bino's/harness(24.5oz)
Tripod, Vortex Razor Spotting Scope 2lb 8 oz
S.P.O.T. AA (worked awesome for me but want to upgrade to an in reach)
rangefinder
pac alarm
camera
licenses***
petzel headlamp
game bag 11 oz
Pepper spray
small Silva compass
7mm-08 + 10 rounds
Hiking Poles

Meal
Food
Per Serving
Cal/ea
Weight

Breakfast
Oat Meal Packets
3
390
4.8oz

Cliff Bar
1
230
2.6 oz

Coffee
1
n/a
.2 oz

Morning Snacks
Snickers Bar
1
271
2 oz

fruit leather
1
50
.5oz

Afternoon Snacks
Cliff Bar
1
230
2.6 oz

fruit leather
1
50
.5oz

Supper
Mixed Nuts
1
300
3oz

Mountain House Meal
1
500
5.1 oz

Snickers Bar
1
271
2 oz

Coffee
1
n/a
.2oz

TOTAL

2292 cal
23.5 oz

Rampager

04-20-2020, 07:10 AM

You need to try Darn Tough socks! I am a carpenter who wears work boots for 8-11 hours a day. Better socks then icebreakers !

And they have a lifetime warranty! You wear them out or put a hole in one then send them back and they will send you a new pair. I've yet to try it out though, which is also a good thing.

GreyDog

04-20-2020, 08:03 AM

I grew up drinking water out of a stream and have lived in a half dozen places where I got water from a stream. Once, when the screen came off the intake, our shower was blocked by a small trout. I figure, anything there is to get, I already got. Nonetheless, I've thought of getting a filter system for those times I am in a watershed with which I'm unfamiliar or where water is suspect due to flooding, etc.. Apart from that, I carry:
Knife
Pruning saw
axe
Spotting scope
Binos
ammunition
Hoppes, patches and pull through.
Matches, wrapped and double bagged.
Cooking and eating utensils
Stove and fuel
headlamp
Salt, pepper, seasoned salt, sugar.
Mixed grain cereal with raisins, cranberrys, and powdered milk.
Butter (1/4 lb)
beef jerky
Kraft dinner
powdered milk
trailmix
Coffee and tea
Tang
Small bottle of Dawn
freezer bags
Stanfields long johns
2 pairs socks
2 pairs shorts
teeshirt
extra pair lightweight pants
light rain jacket
mitts or gloves
slippers
Sleeping bag and liner
Bivy sack
lightweight tarp
pad
Depending on the location, I might take a compact fishing rod and some extra spinners.
The sleeping bag is either a MEC hybrid (down to -10) with a fleecy liner or a Woods Arctic Survival bag (7 pounds but really warm) with the same liner for below -15.
I like to keep the weight under 60 pounds, including the rifle but might go over on a long trip.
I agree on the quality socks. Not only are they really nice to wear, they last a long time.
A 22 pistol would be real handy for grouse but, if I did carry such a thing, I couldn't tell you about it. GD

Talltimber1

04-20-2020, 08:07 AM

I just found a website yesterday
Lighterpack.com
Helps in organization of your pack and weights.

KodiakHntr

04-20-2020, 08:25 AM

A 22 pistol would be real handy for grouse but, if I did carry such a thing, I couldn't tell you about it. GD

That would definitely be a handy addition if it were allowed in this country.

In that purely hypothetical situation, what would be your choice as a chicken gitt'r?

Bustercluck

04-20-2020, 08:44 AM

Growing up on the island I never treated water and drank any moving water as long as it wasn’t full of dead salmon or something like that. I used to dip my hard hat in the slightest little trickle in a fresh cut block and drink that, so did everybody else. It seems like that’s not the acceptable practice everywhere else.

Talltimber1

04-20-2020, 08:59 AM

PACK+SLEEP+SHELTER
Stone Glacier sky talus 6900 +hydro holster +rainfly
Big agnes copper spur hv ul2 + footprint
Thermarest neoair xtherm
Valandre Bloody Mary
Sea to summit ultralight aeros pillow
Pee bottle
Kifaru sheep tarp
Sos emergency space blanket mummy bag
Packalarm
Z lite seat

KITCHEN+WATER
Nalgene water bottle
Platypus waterworks 2.0
Platypus soft bottle 1l x2
Platypus soft bottle 2l
GSI bugaboo mug
Jetboil flash
Jetboil fuel 4oz x2
Sea to summit long spoon
Sea to summit silicone bowl
OR 15l dry bag for food

CLOTHING
HH Long underwear
Sitka lightweight balaclava
Hornady beanie
Wigwam the ice sock
Helly hansen poly liner sock x2
Kuiu Yukon raingear
OR down puffy
Kuiu peleton 200 hoodie
Kuiu synthetic tshirt
Kuiu synthetic boxers x2
Crocs

RIFLE+HUNT GEAR
Tikka t3x 300wsm Swarovski z3 3-10×42
10 or 12 180 partition
Benchmade steep country
Vortex ranger 1300 rangefinder
Jumbo lens pen
Swarovski ats 65mm angled
Sirui t025sk tripod
Cirrus wind indicator
Kifaru gun bearer
30 cal bore snake
Killkit: bags, gloves, paracord,

MISC.+TOILETRIES
Bic lighter x2
Hand sanitizer for firestarter haha was on the list before all this bs
Folding travel toothbrush and paste
TP + dehyrdrated wetwipes
Gold bond
Leukotape
Tylenol, ibuprofen
Bug dope
Chapstick
Black diamond spot headlamp

That is right around 45 pounds as a base weight and doesnt include what Im wearing or food and water.
There is some spots where I can shave weight, maybe next year.

Ltbullken

04-20-2020, 09:06 AM

No coffee or bug juice??!!

BgBlkDg

04-20-2020, 09:07 AM

Adding further to that, if you didn't run the water through a filter/steri/or tablet, you are unsure of it by default.....

Have twice seen people get sick from fast clean clear running water from high mountain streams. The risk is simply too high for me to be incapacitated and not able to walk out, or to not be able to get off my horse in time. And then be too weak to get back on. There are VERY few people who are tough enough walk out after a bout with bad water and they haven't been able to sleep for 2 days for fear of shitting themselves in their sleep, and all that you can do is let the shit run down your legs as you try to walk out with a heavy pack.

A lot of people seem to think it simply "won't be that bad". Watched the two people I was with each get sick within an hour of each other and stay that way for days. We sat in a cold cold rain maybe 1500 yards from the tents for an entire day because they were both scared to even try and lift their packs for fear of shitting themselves from the exertion until the fear of hypothermia over rode personal pride. And I tell you, when you are in the wide open alpine with nothing bigger than your pack to shit behind you lose a lot of pride in the most miserable way you can imagine.

While I think that the risk is likely pretty low of actually getting sick, you just never know which creek/stream/trickle is the one that might get you. And a person might go an entire hunting career without using anything and never getting sick. I spent years working in the bush dipping a water bottle in creeks without a thought because that's how I grew up with dad and grandpa. You sure won't catch me doing that now though because if you do get sick that stays with you forever. Susceptibility is increased for the rest of your life.

The cost of filters has dropped so much in the last few years that there isn't any excuse to not have one.

Just food for thought.

READ THIS, READ IT AGAIN.....and follow the suggestions religiously.

This is one of THE BEST posts I have ever read on the Internet.

264mag

04-20-2020, 09:38 AM

I couldn’t agree more. A few years back 3 out of 4 guys in our party picked up the “fever” on a trip up the Tuchodi. Luckily for us it didn’t take full effect until we got home. My life changing moment came a few week later watching the Jays in the playoffs. I might be the only person out there that can say he shit his pants ( literally ) when Bautista hit his dinger and did the bat flip. That was a life changing moment for me.

Since then I have played with a few filtration systems and have settled on a sawyer squeeze with multiple platypus bags for dirty and clean water. Quick connections to the bladder make it easy. As back up I carry a steripen and Aqua Mira tabs.

Now I am ready should the Jays ever make the playoffs again.

GreyDog

04-20-2020, 10:06 AM

That would definitely be a handy addition if it were allowed in this country.

In that purely hypothetical situation, what would be your choice as a chicken gitt'r?

Hypothetically, it might be a K-22 shooting CCI CB longs. This is what I might use if in Idaho, for instance. A chopped down Winchester 67 would work well too.
Regarding the water filtration, I truly believe one can acquire an immunity to many waterborne parasites and pathogens but the acquisition can be a little uncomfortable. We lived one summer in a logging camp up on the North Fork of the Clearwater in North Idaho. Our water came directly from Cold Springs creek which was a typical mountain stream. Clear and sparkling but blessed with a healthy beaver population. I was 11 years old and remember spending a night sleeping on the floor, beside the toilet. That was my last really bad experience though there have been a few other, milder, bouts. Truly, most of my intake is in the form of tea but I still drink straight from the creek unless I know there are likely to be humans camped upstream. They are pigs! I have also had some issues with the damn dog always wanting to drink upstream from me. GD

KodiakHntr

04-20-2020, 10:36 AM

I don’t disagree that some people are likely to have a level
of immunity that others don’t. I just don’t know how a person would know that he did, until he found out he didn’t....

I use CB shorts in a TC Hotshot while elk hunting, but often think that a DA pistol would be much more convenient. Although I wonder how loud that would be. The shorts from the Hotshot are really quiet. Basically like clapping your hands.

Astepanuk

04-20-2020, 10:53 AM

Great post guys its cool to see what everyone is packing into the Back country I notice several of you have "Packalarm" in your bags is this just a watch? I always have my Cell phone with me as I like Using the I Hunter App when in the back country, I sleep with my phone on Airplane mode.

Bustercluck

04-20-2020, 10:55 AM

warnniklz

04-20-2020, 11:23 AM

Good thing our ancestors had water purification

Astepanuk

04-20-2020, 11:30 AM

its a perimeter alarm for critters.

Is there a brand or model you guys are running.

BgBlkDg

04-20-2020, 11:32 AM

What is a TC Hotshot???

Yuritau

04-20-2020, 11:33 AM

Good thing our ancestors had water purification

Good thing our ancestors had a life expectancy of more than 35.

eatram

04-20-2020, 11:34 AM

Is there a brand or model you guys are running.

$10 amazon "rape alarm". It is a stuffed animal with a pull string that screams an alarm. Pull it out of the stuffy and sew the hole closed; give to your kids. Then carry this with with a bit of fishing string. Cheapest bear alarm.

Bustercluck

04-20-2020, 11:39 AM

Is there a brand or model you guys are running.
I don’t use one, but I think this is the most popular one from what I’ve read.
http://www.packalarm.net/

This is another topic. I don’t put any food or garbage in my bag at all. If it’s anything scented I put it one of those thin dry bags and hang it outside somewhere out of reach of ground critters. If a bear comes by and wants my food, he can have it.

KodiakHntr

04-20-2020, 11:45 AM

What is a TC Hotshot???

Thompson Center scaled down .22 RF that they made for a few years. Weighs under 3lbs I think. Break action, exposed hammer, peep sight. Same as the Contender series of rifles except smaller.

KodiakHntr

04-20-2020, 11:52 AM

Good thing our ancestors had water purification

Less than zero in common there. Conceived in the dirt, born in the dirt, grow up in the dirt (maybe), live in the dirt and your immune system will be vastly different from a modern human who is used to chlorinated water from a faucet and who has access to soap and regular showers.

Not to mention the fact that if you got sick and couldn't keep up with the rest of the tribe you got left behind to either catch up or die......

Talltimber1

04-20-2020, 12:11 PM

No coffee or bug juice??!!

Got bug dope on my list. They love me and coffee goes in my food list.

Talltimber1

04-20-2020, 12:13 PM

I don’t use one, but I think this is the most popular one from what I’ve read.
http://www.packalarm.net/

This is another topic. I don’t put any food or garbage in my bag at all. If it’s anything scented I put it one of those thin dry bags and hang it outside somewhere out of reach of ground critters. If a bear comes by and wants my food, he can have it.

Yep that's the one.

Bustercluck

04-20-2020, 01:23 PM

Good thing our ancestors had water purification
Some friends of mine growing up lived in a cabin a few kms out of town. Their dad got some old plastic chemical drums from the pull mill, cut the tops off of them, filled them with some rocks and strung them up in a creek to catch their water. Absolutely no purification/chlorine and it seemed to work pretty good. I drank water there all the time. I don’t know how many generations we’ve had water treated to the standards of today, but I couldn’t imagine it’s been that long or maybe it’s just a little different when you live off the beaten path.

GreyDog

04-20-2020, 01:31 PM

I think that clean water is really important, I'm just not real paranoid about it. On a trip on the upper Amazon, we were on a tributary and the guide mentioned the people drank right from the river. I told him, "Hell, if we drank that, we'd likely be dead before we got to shore!" Joking, of course, but not too far off the mark for some of the guests. GD

264mag

04-20-2020, 02:07 PM

What bug dope does everyone use on sheep hunts?

Astepanuk

04-20-2020, 06:34 PM

I’m surprised to see very few people are packing Bear spray!!

Bustercluck

04-20-2020, 06:42 PM

I pack bear spray. I’m not sure if it’s on my list, but it’s definitely on my belt

Astepanuk

04-20-2020, 06:45 PM

I pack bear spray. I’m not sure if it’s on my list, but it’s definitely on my belt

haha yah I just added it to my list it’s always on my belt as well.

KodiakHntr

04-20-2020, 06:57 PM

I carry a rifle. Rifles aren’t wind dependent. And its ALWAYS windy in the mountains.

One less thing to get in the way if a bear is coming.

HarryToolips

04-20-2020, 09:17 PM

HankBC

04-21-2020, 07:39 AM

My steripen also crapped out on me up a river last year. Thankfully I carry the water tabs as a backup. Batteries didn't die, it just started flashing red as if a warning? Be wary of technology and have a backup. I used the katadyn Befree last year and it worked like a hot damn, just don't let the filter freeze.

I tried a steripen a few times, but just couldn't get past the liability of a system that relies on batteries and is fragile. Plus it doesn't filter out the ptarmigan shit or algae if that is the only water you can find seeping out of the rock on the side of a mountain. And it still won't suck water up out of a caribou track and put it in your water bottle for you.

Rampager

04-21-2020, 08:01 AM

This is what I have...fortunately have never had it go off in a real situation, but after setting up and testing I can say it works well and I have confidence in it...

We used one on a trip last year and had a similar experience. I can say that it works well, but it was never tripped by wildlife!

I'm still on the fence about it making the cut to carry in the pack though. Probably one of those things that 99/100 times isn't useful but that 1 time would make up for it.

huntcoop

04-21-2020, 08:07 AM

What bug dope does everyone use on sheep hunts?

Great question as I have read that Deet will pull the finish off lot's of things...gun stocks, rubber armour on binos etc....

Astepanuk

04-21-2020, 05:04 PM

We used one on a trip last year and had a similar experience. I can say that it works well, but it was never tripped by wildlife!

I'm still on the fence about it making the cut to carry in the pack though. Probably one of those things that 99/100 times isn't useful but that 1 time would make up for it.

I definitely agree with this could be an item easily left home. It when going in Via Beaver plane could be added very easily going to seriously think about purchasing this once the amazon orders stop coming in!!!