Backpack Hunter
WKR
Before I left for my archery elk hunting trip in CO someone asked me for a gear list, and I have had plenty of people asking about cost for easterners so I thought I would write up both in one post, and hopefully help some folks out. For clarification I started out in NC, and ended up in Northwest CO. I litterally began driving and stopped when I was tired. I neither attempted to make hotel reservations nor find cheaper gas. I am quite confident that if I had done either I could have reduced the price fairly significantly.
Cost of hunt
OTC Either sex elk tag $651
Car Rental $593 (3 weeks) – less because I didn’t keep the vehicle for three weeks
Hotel (3 nights stays) $382.30
Gas (starting with a full tank and ending with a full tank) $189.73
Food (on the road) $64.80 (I realize some people don’t include this because they have to eat, but I do because I rarely eat out).
Total $1,880.83
PACK LIST (All clothing including what was worn, and what was in the pack)
1. Bowtech Guardian
2. 5 arrows w/broadheads (6 more in the vehicle)
3. Thumb release
4. Kifaru Timberline 1
5. Bow tools
6. First Lite Llano Long sleeve merino wool shirt
7. First Lite Labrador
8. Cabelas Polartec Quarter Zip shirt
9. Kanab Pant
10. First Lite Uncompaghre puffy
11. 2 pair merino or coolmax socks (2 more pairs in vehicle)
12. ASAT Beanie
13. First Lite merino balaclava
14. Kryptek baseball cap
15. MSR 6 liter bladder with inline mini Sawyer filter
16. Platypus Meta Bottle
17. Kifaru Sawtooth w/peg & pole kit
18. Black Diamond Trail aluminum flick lock trekking poles
19. Leupold binoculars (green ring)
20. Sig Sauer Kilo 2000 rangefinder
21. Sony NEX 6 with two lenses
22. Sony camera batteries (2)
23. 16GB SD Card (2)
24. Mini camera tripod (don’t know what brand)
25. Big Agnes Q Core SL
26. 25”x 80” Tyvek sheet
27. Kifaru Woobie
28. Soto Windmaster stove
29. Olicamp XTS Pot
30. 100g Jetboil fuel canister
31. Tin foil square
32. Garmin 64ST GPS
33. Suunto MC-2 Compass
34. Mytopo map of area
35. Spot Gen 3
36. Spare AA batteries
37. Lens Cleaning Wipes (14)
38. Zebra Light
39. Spare 18650 battery
40. Toilet Paper
41. Baby wipes
42. Waterproof Matches
43. Swedish Firestick
44. Vaseline soaked cotton balls
45. Trioxane tablet
46. Grease Monkey glove (2 pair)
47. Havalon Piranta w/5 blades
48. Backpackers pen
49. TAG Bomb Bags
50. 50’ Paracord
Carried in vehicle
1. Kifaru Megatarp w/stakes
2. Kifaru 20degr sleeping bag
3. 100g Jetboil fuel canister
4. Arrows
5. Socks (2 pair)
Pretty sure I covered everything, but if there are any questions feel free to ask.
Cost of hunt
OTC Either sex elk tag $651
Car Rental $593 (3 weeks) – less because I didn’t keep the vehicle for three weeks
Hotel (3 nights stays) $382.30
Gas (starting with a full tank and ending with a full tank) $189.73
Food (on the road) $64.80 (I realize some people don’t include this because they have to eat, but I do because I rarely eat out).
Total $1,880.83
PACK LIST (All clothing including what was worn, and what was in the pack)
1. Bowtech Guardian
2. 5 arrows w/broadheads (6 more in the vehicle)
3. Thumb release
4. Kifaru Timberline 1
5. Bow tools
6. First Lite Llano Long sleeve merino wool shirt
7. First Lite Labrador
8. Cabelas Polartec Quarter Zip shirt
9. Kanab Pant
10. First Lite Uncompaghre puffy
11. 2 pair merino or coolmax socks (2 more pairs in vehicle)
12. ASAT Beanie
13. First Lite merino balaclava
14. Kryptek baseball cap
15. MSR 6 liter bladder with inline mini Sawyer filter
16. Platypus Meta Bottle
17. Kifaru Sawtooth w/peg & pole kit
18. Black Diamond Trail aluminum flick lock trekking poles
19. Leupold binoculars (green ring)
20. Sig Sauer Kilo 2000 rangefinder
21. Sony NEX 6 with two lenses
22. Sony camera batteries (2)
23. 16GB SD Card (2)
24. Mini camera tripod (don’t know what brand)
25. Big Agnes Q Core SL
26. 25”x 80” Tyvek sheet
27. Kifaru Woobie
28. Soto Windmaster stove
29. Olicamp XTS Pot
30. 100g Jetboil fuel canister
31. Tin foil square
32. Garmin 64ST GPS
33. Suunto MC-2 Compass
34. Mytopo map of area
35. Spot Gen 3
36. Spare AA batteries
37. Lens Cleaning Wipes (14)
38. Zebra Light
39. Spare 18650 battery
40. Toilet Paper
41. Baby wipes
42. Waterproof Matches
43. Swedish Firestick
44. Vaseline soaked cotton balls
45. Trioxane tablet
46. Grease Monkey glove (2 pair)
47. Havalon Piranta w/5 blades
48. Backpackers pen
49. TAG Bomb Bags
50. 50’ Paracord
Carried in vehicle
1. Kifaru Megatarp w/stakes
2. Kifaru 20degr sleeping bag
3. 100g Jetboil fuel canister
4. Arrows
5. Socks (2 pair)
Pretty sure I covered everything, but if there are any questions feel free to ask.