Re: Gear questions for first (and last) sheep hunt.
The people you’re watching on YouTube are paid influencers selling a product. The first goat hunt I went on at the age of 14 in 1996 I wore an old pair of my uncles work boots, an aluminum pack frame and we ate cans of soup. lol. If your kid has most of the backpacking gear like tent and water purification stuff than you’re halfway there. There’s a couple good gear lists on this site where guys weigh everything out.
Boots is one thing I’d definitely treat myself too. I’d say you’re looking for something in the $450 or more range.
I would say bugs aren’t a problem everywhere. I can only think of a couple times where the bugs were bad and it wasn’t in the alpine. I bring a small bottle of bug spray and no net.
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