AK Troutbum
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Wow troutbum..you got me rethinking things here. Primarily the 9 lb rifle I planned on using.
Seems like waiting out storms in the patrol tarp would wear on a guy. It looks like you forego a bivy with that bathtub floor?
I haven’t had the opportunity to use the Patrol tarp in any kind of inclement weather thus far but I have waited storms out, for multiple days, in other floorless solo shelters and yeah, it wears on a person for sure.
I set the shelter up with the CF bathtub attached inside and eliminated the bivy all together. It ended up shaving another 3 oz. off of the sleep system.
I’ll be sheep hunting with my son this year so we’ll be able to split up the weight a little bit with the commonly shared items. The plan is to only hike in for a week, but have more gear/supplies back at the strip that were flown into. So, I’m hoping to have my sons pack only weighing in at about 25 lbs or maybe a little more and mine to weigh in at around 37 lbs. We are only taking one rifle and those were the rough estimates I came up with last night.
I'm heavy on the spotter and tripod at 6.5 lbs for a swaro 65mm but find it a valuable tool to have for sheep.
That’s one piece of equipment (80mm Swaro HD), that could absolutely lose some weight, but I don’t think I really want to. I’ve been considering other, much lighter weight, scopes but I am super happy with the one I have and I don’t think I wanna give up anything in regards to quality.
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