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Old 05-19-2004 | 07:12 AM
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ironranger
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Default RE: First pack in ELK hunt what to take

Cut out the blues jeans (Cotton) totally and buy some light camo pants instead...maybe two pair at the most. Instead of Wool pants, you may want to look at picking up a pair of fleece pants as they are very warm and I would think they'd be lighter than the wool. That wool coat should go and instead find a fleece sweatshirt or something like that. Even in October at 11,000 feet in CO, when it snowed I would hunt in my canvas pants that I usually use for pheasant hunting and a t-shirt plus fleece sweatshirt at most. Sure, you'll be glassing some but I would imagine you'd also be covering some ground and would be sweated up from walking if you had too much clothing on. If you are taking rain gear then you could bring that in your daypack to wear as an outer shell (with orange vest over it) if need be. The main thing I try to do is to bring clothes that allow layering for different temp differences. Also, from the map it looks like where you are hunting is prime grizzly country. Get pepper spray even though you will be carrying a rifle as I would think every advantage would help. For game bags, I went to Walmart and bought kingsize cheap white pillow cases. They are light weight, big enough to hold one elk quarter, and I didn't like those thin mesh ones that some outdoor stores sell. One thing I always carry are some unscented baby wipes to wipe my face, neck, hands, pits, etc down with. I buy a box and then take a bunch out and put them in a zip lock bag to take along. I've only done 5 "Do it yourself" elk hunts so I'm not a veteran by any means. Hope some of this makes sense...
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