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    First Gear List - What should I drop/add, etc?

    How is it overkill? Perhaps you didnt read it correctly - one filter is for winter, the other for the rest of the seasons. I'll go ahead and bring an extra 3L bladder. I will also be bringing an extra pair of socks and underwear. Seems like a consensus on dropping the quick clot and adding...
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    First Gear List - What should I drop/add, etc?

    Essentially, yeah, a shopping list :). I'll take your advice on the stove, and save it till the 20 degree weather. So a cooking stove will suffice for the rest of the three seasons? As for the water, so you take an extra bladder, just not filled until you need it? There's a lot of water here...
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    First Gear List - What should I drop/add, etc?

    Ray, good idea on the 'bore snake', I'll remember that one. Desertcj, I guess what I'm trying to accomplish with this list is an all around gear list for a first time backpacker/backpack hunter. For clarification, I wouldn't necessarily take all of what's on the list - but I wouldn't be taking...
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    Chance to Win a Kifaru Arctic Woobie

    Very neat opportunity!
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    First Gear List - What should I drop/add, etc?

    I appreciate the advice guys! The FL gloves are liners for the Talus when its nippy out. As for the Quik Clot, I do have training in the medical field (EMT), but if it still doesn't serve any purpose, I can toss it. I'll take out the Labrador and maybe add a FL Llano base layer? More duct...
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    First Gear List - What should I drop/add, etc?

    Lol! Forgot the knife(s). I added the weight of the Havalon to the Kill Kit, but didn't write it down. I'll also be carrying a Leatherman Skeletool. Appreciate the reply!
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    First Gear List - What should I drop/add, etc?

    Alrighty folks, for the past couple weeks I've been compiling different items to create a comfortable, functional, semi-light gear list aimed to make a joyful hunting/backpacking trip. (This list is meant to incorporate all 4 seasons.) Let me know what you would drop/add or switch for a...
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    Pullout System

    Do most folks use the UL kind?
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    Light duty trapping

    You can easily grab an animal damage control permit and use a DP and trap the coon out of season, if in his state, that's the case. After all, his exact situation is what DP's were created for..... Me, being a trapper, didn't see the suggestion of a 330 as a joke, and I assume only a handful of...
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    Howdy from North Idaho

    Bitchen, I'd love to be able to see the Duplex/EMR in person if we can work out a meeting date. I'm all for buying top quality gear, but it sure is reassuring to handle it before I drop a grand on packing equipment, especially being new to the game.
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    Pullout System

    Maybe this is a silly question, and feel free to tell me if it is, but I've seen folks have their entire pack organized with pullouts. Is this common? It seems like a very organized, logical way to go about packing, but I'm quite new to the industry and havent seen enough people that actually...
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    Light duty trapping

    I would take some of these suggestions worth a grain of salt. I'm an avid trapper, and catch coon throughout the season. Yes, havaharts are fine, especially if your in a very residential area, but still being in a residential area, I'd reccomend a DP of some sort - whether its a Duke, Ztrap...
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    Howdy from North Idaho

    Looks like Duplex is taking the lead! I appreciate the offer, Ryan. Do you happen to have an EMR II?
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    Howdy from North Idaho

    I appreciate the reply, and I think I'll take you up on that. Ill shoot you a PM. I guess thats one downside of purchasing high end packs - no retailers stock them. So you have the Nomad currently? I was going to do the exact thing you're talking about, Nomad with Camp bag, but I figure the...
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    Howdy from North Idaho

    Howdy guys, have been lurking for a couple weeks, sure is a very neat forum! A little about myself... I live here in North Idaho on the east side of Coeur D'alene Lake and am an avid outdoorsman. Whether I'm elk hunting or coyote trapping, I find myself in the mountains a good majority of the...
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