Back Country Elk!!

[JD338]

Rod,

I have a Badlands pack with an internal frame.
http://www.badlandspacks.com/

JD338

 

[Guest]

Cabelas MT 050 stuff is pretty good gore-tex rain gear. I've been using it for several years with good results and just treated my youngest son to a set. Not cheap, but pretty good stuff.

Although tough, the military stuff is way too noisy for hunting.

I have a set of Cabelas Gortex packable rain gear, great stuff. It keeps you dry and also breaks the wind.

JD338

I hate to ask this, but did you say your gore tex rain gear breaks the wind? Where I come from, that can get pretty noisy, and even scentlok won't keep it in. :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[big rifle man]

JD, It's good to see another hunter using a Badlands pack. I've been using the Super Day pack for my Elk hunting trips and it more than meets my needs. I had an older Bianchi Pack with a couple of openings in the upper shoulder area that did a fantastic job of collecting snow. The Superday pack eliminates that problem. Not to be a Badlands rep, I can say that the badlands packs are among the best.

 

[Powerstroke]

Just a second note on those safety type things mentioned above. I really stink at getting a fire going when it's cold, wet and miserable. Pretty much one sure way to get one going is to use the good ole cotton balls covered in vasoline. I keep several of them in an old 35mm camera film bottle.
The use of the magnesium fire starter on top of that and you'll start a fire anywhere.

 

[nodak7mm]

P/Stroke,

Good point to mention. I do carry an emergency kit with that stuff even over here in the barren terrain. I grew up in th MN northwoods where people do get lost and learned from others...

I hope others do... I know of folks walking into the trees of their back yard and getting lost for 2 days.

Rod

 

[Guy Miner]

"the good ole cotton balls covered in vasoline. I keep several of them in an old 35mm camera film bottle. The use of the magnesium fire starter on top of that and you'll start a fire anywhere."

Yup! Works like a champ! :grin:

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

Back country elk hunting here what I typicall carry:
Flashlights, at least 2, AA bettery size.
Matches in a water proof case, and maganezium match. Trioxane fuel tabs. and a bit of pitch pine.
GPS, compass, map.
3 emergency blankets. One to go under me, one over, and one to seal the roof on a shelter.
In clear weather a disposable poncho, in bad weather real ponch/rain gear.
Hunting knife + either my hunting saw, or 9" bowie.
Hunters TP, the small role with no roller.
Dragger.
Flagging tape. Everyone in the party has their own color and combination of knot's notches ect.
2 one gallon ziplock bags for heart and liver.
Canteen with metal canteen cup.
Rifle
Pistol
binoculars
Range finder.

 

[SJB358]

That is a full load! I usually throw some salt and pepper shakers in there, just in case I want to sample the downed game. Scotty

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

Well thanks Scotty, I forgot, yes I do have the 1" salt and pepper shaker, salt on one side, pepper on the other. Just in case i shoot it in some deep dark hole where the only way I can get it out is to eat it. :grin:

 

[SJB358]

I haven't ran across having to eat it yet, but if you are back packing, it is pretty cool to have some loins or something off your fresh game, plus, it does lighten the load a little. Man, it is getting pretty hard to actually wait for the Fall. I am getting pretty amped up to start hunting already. Good thing Summer is on the downswing. Scotty