Back Pack Weight
08-30-2011, 07:08 AM
#11
Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Trumbull County, Ohio
Posts: 9,161
Howler, I carry about 85 ounces of water. SO not a full gallon. I'm from Ohio, and I'm on a medicine that makes me dehydrate quickly, so I carry more than most do probably. But you also have weight in water bottles, or a little weight if you carry a Bladder.
-Jake
-Jake
08-30-2011, 10:07 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Elizabeth Colo. USA
Posts: 4,413
I understand that some, such as yourself, almost have to carry the water weight, and there are places where there's little water to be found. Where I elk hunt, my one 16oz. filtered water bottle is all I need. Fill it as needed.
08-30-2011, 07:22 PM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 612
I generally pack 20 to 25 lbs including 3 qts. of water. The quality of the pack makes a huge difference. 25lbs in a well designed, well fitted pack will wear you less than 15 lbs in a poorer pack. Many can pack 60..80..or 100 lbs., and many of us have to to pack out animals, but I wouldn't recommend doing it if you don't have to. In the long run most will pay for. Muscle strength isn't the problem. Our skeletal structure really isn't designed for it. I wrecked my knees packing heavy loads in steep country.
08-31-2011, 03:38 AM
#17
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: On an Island in Vermont
Posts: 22,154
Mine weighs in at around 20 pounds. I have game bags, bone saw, a couple of knives, survival kit, food for lunch, and a water bladder. I tend to keep things like GPS, radio, flashlight and knife in there rather than on a belt. After I get an elk down and quartered I switch to a pack frame which is back at the truck to get the meat out.
