This is a mule deer hunt and the tripod is for my binos and spotting scope. I'll be shooting a recurve, it's tough to shoot one of those off a pack :)
My base weight (for the items you listed) is already lower than that. I'm just fine tuning and not expecting to be able to reduce my total...
Just listened to the latest Rokcast podcast with Brandon Diamond from COP&W and for anyone that hasn't yet, it's a gem. So much good info and discussion, much of which is applicable to much more than the Gunnison Basin or even Colorado's mule deer herd.
I've talked to Brandon several times...
All good points. Yes, I've spent time at elevation before, every year for about the last 25 yrs. I hunted this same basin several years ago for 10 days, there's plenty of water and I'll be acclimated (as best I can). It's a long way in and it's a long way up and a hunt that's mostly type 2...
I thought this might be some low hanging fruit to cut almost half a pound but it sounds like I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'll just stick with the bigger canister and throw a few extra packs of coffee in to enjoy mid-morning with my extra fuel. My future self on day 7 of the hunt is...
Appreciate the input. I pretty much figured my current setup would fall short. I'll probably buy the Petrel pot and a BRS stove since both are a pretty low cost of entry and test boil times with both stoves and see how close I can get. With a 25% loss factor, my current setup should get...
I'm curious how much margin of error everyone uses when calculating how much fuel to bring on a backpack trip. In the past I've always just packed one of the larger 227 gram MSR canisters and it's been more than enough for my trips. I'm trying to shave some weight for an upcoming hunt and could...
A youth season double here in Arkansas for my two youngest sons (twins) first turkeys.
Arkansas Ozarks gobbler from last week
Montana gobbler from Saturday
4.5 Mile Trail Run, 445' ascent
Back at it today. Spent Monday & Tuesday last week chasing gobblers here in the Ozarks then up to Montana to chase them Thurs - Sunday. My favorite kind of WOD!
Each landowner can also get up to 5 licenses with the appropriate amount of acreage. You can bet some of the mega ranches that are several hundred thousand acres are divided into multiple ownership shells and will be able to pull 5 licenses for each of those shell ownerships. How many total...
For those of you that have the Ambient, how quiet is the outer material? Is it similar to the Jetstream from a quietness standpoint, or quieter? I'm looking for a mid / outer layer that's quiet enough for stalking with a trad bow but that's significantly lighter (and hopefully a little...
When looking at last year’s draw odds, keep in mind there will be 15% fewer non resident general big game combos issued this year than last year. 15% will be going to non resident landowners due to HB-635 passing.
Between that and overall creep I’d expect a pretty significant dip in the odds...