GunsAreFun
WKR
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0.6 miles into a 1 mile hike to a public spot, this guy popped out behind me where I was just walking a few seconds ago. I stopped to mark a scrape on OnX. The wind was in my favor and a steady 10-15 mph so he never heard or smelled me until he got to the spot I had just stopped to take a drink. I couldn’t pass him up. He crashed on private property so I had to walk back out to knock on the door because they didn’t answer the phone. Once I got permission, I walked back sans rifle because I assumed 45 minutes after a 308 shot and crash that there is no way he was alive. Well, I was wrong…shot was a bit too high…so out and back again with the rifle.
Quartered him and loaded everything (total load weighed later on bathroom scale at 98#) and I was headed back to compete my third trip…well I made it a quarter mile before the shoulders couldn’t take it anymore (should have brought my EXO 3500 and not the ILBE). So I split the load and made two trips. So what is that…4…4.5 trips?
I need to play around more with carrying my climber with the Exo or my KUIU 3600. Can’t do that again with the ILBE, especially since I have spots even further back. Might need to make some of my own straps to extend what they come with.
Quartered him and loaded everything (total load weighed later on bathroom scale at 98#) and I was headed back to compete my third trip…well I made it a quarter mile before the shoulders couldn’t take it anymore (should have brought my EXO 3500 and not the ILBE). So I split the load and made two trips. So what is that…4…4.5 trips?
I need to play around more with carrying my climber with the Exo or my KUIU 3600. Can’t do that again with the ILBE, especially since I have spots even further back. Might need to make some of my own straps to extend what they come with.
