What are fragmenting bullets to you? - Page 8

sabotloader · 05-25-2009, 02:24 PM

Grouse45

I am thinking they are planning a backpack hunting trip. Everything they need will need to be carried in on their backs. that will take some special equipment you might not normally have.... just thinking.. Think spaniel said it was an eight mile walk one-way.

spaniel · 05-25-2009, 04:35 PM

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ORIGINAL: Grouse45

Spaniel,
A ton of gear to buy??????? Isn't he already a hunter? Can you explain a little. I never have been elk hunting.

There's a world of difference between stand hunting deer in the Midwest and pack hunting for elk in Montana. Cheap clothes that get you by in Michigan will get you killed in Montana. So hundreds of dollars for clothes, a grand or so for a rifle (southern MI is shotgun/ML only, most people don't even own rifles), a good pack, camping gear, boots, etc.

I've never walked 8 miles in a day deer hunting, going after elk we were covering 16-18/day for 4 days. $270 boots were worth every penny.

I have found that all the good quality gear I bought for Montana last year is "nice to have" and makes deer hunting in Indiana more enjoyable, but I certainly wouldn't have spend the money for it if I didn't NEED it for out west.

Grouse45 · 05-25-2009, 04:39 PM

I get it now, thanks. Have you ever heard of Rivers West hunting clothing? It's not real exspensive but pretty good.

burntmuch · 05-25-2009, 05:31 PM

spanial you re right. Ive done Colorado elk hunts a few times. dawn to dusk walking the miles & blisters add up fast. Nothing like it though. Something we did, bot sure if it will work for you. We had big packs 70 lbs or so ,then day packs. We walked down an old logging road 6 or 7 miles, then a mile or so thru the brush. What we did was strapped the big packs onto a golfers wheeled cart. & pulled it down the road It saved our backs a bit

MountainDevil54 · 05-25-2009, 05:40 PM

rivers west is ok. I own about $1000 worth of their stuff and i have a $275 jacket of theirs in my closet with #2 broken zipper. I love the pants but they make them for short fat boys. Large doesnt fit a 6'3 pollock very well.

Still pissed off about the jacket and it breaking 2 zippers [:@]

I'll take my blanket capote as its warmer

Grouse45 · 05-25-2009, 06:23 PM

Aren't they lifetime warranty?

MountainDevil54 · 05-26-2009, 06:21 PM

no, they have a 10 year waterproof warranty.

I'll just take it into town and have the shop put a good zipper on it.

Grouse45 · 05-26-2009, 06:48 PM

My zipper seems okay. Thanks for the heads up.

spaniel · 05-27-2009, 10:10 AM

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ORIGINAL: burntmuch

spanial you re right. Ive done Colorado elk hunts a few times. dawn to dusk walking the miles & blisters add up fast. Nothing like it though. Something we did, bot sure if it will work for you. We had big packs 70 lbs or so ,then day packs. We walked down an old logging road 6 or 7 miles, then a mile or so thru the brush. What we did was strapped the big packs onto a golfers wheeled cart. & pulled it down the road It saved our backs a bit

That's a good idea if you hunt the terrain to allow it. Where I go is back country in every way; it takes an hour just to hike to a point where my bull tag is valid and another hour to get somewhere I'm likely to encounter one...and another hour to where I actually shot one. And I hike FAST (won a marathon 2 weeks before last year's elk hunt).

I'm ok with the 70lb pack, I just got sick of lugging it EVERYWHERE when we were hunting. We spent more time hiking than hunting. And carrying everything all the time, when I actually did shoot something I had to climb back over the mountain with about 100lbs on my back, plus a heavy-barreled rifle.

My pack is a Cabela's Gun and Bow, it comes with a small detachable day pack that I stuff with everything I'd need if I needed to chase a critter (plus survival stuff). That way I can (and did) drop the main pack with a GPS waypoint and take off with just a few pounds on my back.

sabotloader · 05-27-2009, 11:08 AM

spaniel

Don't forget they have those alaskan man sleds you load your equipment into and then they drag behind as you walk - that will get a lot of equipment in and out of the camp. Basically used on snow but it would be easy to fashion one from Teflon with a man harness on your shoulders...