backpacking for game?
08-03-2009, 09:41 AM
#41
Banned
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08-03-2009, 09:46 AM
#42
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
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The Crooked Horn pack that I am currently using allows you to carry a bow or firearm. There are a ton of different packs out there that will do both as well.
08-03-2009, 09:51 AM
#43
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
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I try to go with at least one other person, but to be honest it is sometimes difficult to find people that enjoy this type of hunting.
08-03-2009, 10:35 AM
#44
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Colorado
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I have found that to be a huge problem. Just about everyone likes to think about backpack hunting in the spring and early summer. Then, after the draw results are out and a tag is drawn folks start to think about what it actually takes to complete a pack in hunt, they start to back out. The "dropout" rate continues to increase throughout the summer. I bet fewer than 1 in 20 folks complete a pack-in hunt planned prior to the draw, generally ruining your hunt in the process. It is easier to plan on going it alone...
08-04-2009, 07:22 AM
#46
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,526
Believe it or not, but I have had more problems with mice than anything else. I have never had a bear problem, but those stupid mice will try to get into everything. I have even had them chew thru my pack.
08-04-2009, 07:24 AM
#47
Spike
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08-04-2009, 11:05 AM
#48
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2008
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Quite honestly I don't know a foolproof way to keep them out of your stuff. If you follow general "bear" rules more than likely you will be ok, but every now and then they just seem to find a way. If you can find where they are nesting I say drown them, but thats not always an option. Besides when I'm out hunting I don't really want to hunt a mouse nest.
If anyone out there has any ideas I would love to hear them.
If anyone out there has any ideas I would love to hear them.
08-06-2009, 11:19 AM
#49
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 111
These kind of threads get me pumped up cuz it seems like only the diehrads do this type of hunt anymore.
It is the only kind of hunting I do out west. All DIY on public lands and in some of the roughest territory you can find. I would suggest you limit your pack to 60 pounds for a 5 day hunt (including rifle). It all depends on how rough the territory is though. I hunt in central Idaho and it's tough enough packing 60 pounds in on your back.
Buy the best gear you can afford. There's a reason it costs more. It's probably lighter and better constructed. I hunt with two other guys, so one guy carries the tent and the other guys carry other camp essentials. We use a katahdin filter bag and we pack in those 5 gallon collapsible water containers. The day before we hunt, we pack everything in and filter 10 gallons of water.
As for the area, it doesn't have to be wilderness. I would look for a low density of roads and trails though. We pack in about 3 miles from the end of the trailhead and never see anybody.
It is the only kind of hunting I do out west. All DIY on public lands and in some of the roughest territory you can find. I would suggest you limit your pack to 60 pounds for a 5 day hunt (including rifle). It all depends on how rough the territory is though. I hunt in central Idaho and it's tough enough packing 60 pounds in on your back.
Buy the best gear you can afford. There's a reason it costs more. It's probably lighter and better constructed. I hunt with two other guys, so one guy carries the tent and the other guys carry other camp essentials. We use a katahdin filter bag and we pack in those 5 gallon collapsible water containers. The day before we hunt, we pack everything in and filter 10 gallons of water.
As for the area, it doesn't have to be wilderness. I would look for a low density of roads and trails though. We pack in about 3 miles from the end of the trailhead and never see anybody.