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Title: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on August 06, 2015, 10:49:00 AM
I like seeing other people's gear list , please put down you newest pack list for a 7-10 day backpack hunt for elk or whatever it is your hunting. Also what bow-n-arrow set-up you will be using , I still haven't got mine together for this year. Will start sorting through gear and see what I can live without this year as to keep weight down. Soon as mine is completed I will post it up.....

One thing I'm doing different is going with tarp and bivy instead of tent...

,,,,Sam,,,,
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: MnFn on August 06, 2015, 11:26:00 AM
54# recurve with surewood arrows from Snag, 160 grain Stos two blade.
Water purifier
Granola for breakfast each day
One Mountain House medal each day
Trail mix, Jerky for noon meal each day
Cliff bars
Knife
Water bottle, wide neck
Big coolers
Two sets of pants, shirts
Rain gear and or jacket
Three pair of good socks, three pair of sock
liners
One set of lightweight long johns
First Aid supplies
TP
Fire Starter
Rope - to hang food up high
Good backpack, sleeping bag
Gas Stove
GPS, compass, map
Extra String, shot in
Extra glove/tab
Additive for drinking water
Camera
Extra batteries for headlamp, camera
Headlamp
Quiver
Trek poles

A good start, probably forgot a few things
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: Hummer3T on August 06, 2015, 11:53:00 AM
Sam this is three to four days, but just up food..
  (http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/Tloran/Mountain_hunting_gear_list_Page_1_zps70124f41.jpg) (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/Tloran/media/Mountain_hunting_gear_list_Page_1_zps70124f41.jpg.html)
  (http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/Tloran/Mountain_hunting_gear_list_Page_2_zps776e737e.jpg) (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/Tloran/media/Mountain_hunting_gear_list_Page_2_zps776e737e.jpg.html)

look at column for "in the pack".
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on August 06, 2015, 12:55:00 PM
Good stuff...
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: two4hooking on August 06, 2015, 01:18:00 PM
Using a Sunset HIll 66 inch 55 pound at my DL longbow with back quiver, spruce arrows and ace standards.

Pack Golite Odyssey pack
Tent  Kelty teton 2
Sleeping Bag  eureka wild basin
exped air pillow
Sleeping Pad Big Agnes insulated
Tarp
Minox BV II BR Compact Binoculars
Head lamp 2 each (Gander AA) 0.18 lb ea
bright LED hand light AA battery
Garmin radio -GPS / compass / map
Camera
Tags, lic, ID, lens pen
Game bags  x 4 cheese cloth
Gerber pruning saw
wtrprf compression sack for Bag everything else use Ziplock bags
Socks 3 pr (Murino wool socks) x 0.20
Belt pack
AA batteries 0.025 lb ea x 15
poncho   1.5 lb ea
Disposable mini lighters x2
550 cord  4 ea x 25'
mini bungee x4 0.14 lb ea
freeze dried meals food 0.4 lb ea x 5
Ramen noodle x 4 x 0.195
spam singles 0.2 lb ea x 4
40 dried wet wipes
Tooth brush / paste 0.05 lb / Floss 0.03#  (travel sized)
flask w wild turkey
mess kit and alcohol stove, utensils
camp towel
fire starters (cotton ball type) 35 MM
diaphram calls
crocks / camp shoes
fishing gear/tenkara
First aid kit / emergency kit
Base layer lightweight
Base layer mid wool
Field dressing
Compass
walkstool 3 legged stool
water filter dirty bag
sawyer inline filter and  syringe
emergency kit
tooth brush and paste
deodorant
ivory soap


On Person
KBAR
Pliers and pocket knife
Emergency fire starter kit
Bow  
Quiver, glove, bracer & arrows
Headgear (wool beenie and floppy)
Gloves (lightweight wool fingerless)
Boots  (12"  uninsulated) Bean Maine hunting boots  
wool shirt green plaid
Camo top
Camo pants desert 6 color BDU
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: PistolPete on August 06, 2015, 04:13:00 PM
Here's my list for September elk. I'm usually shooting around 65#, with 650-grain arrow and single-bevel broadhead. I bivy hunt, so I carry all my stuff all the time; thus, it has to be very compact and light. I'm also switching to a tarp and bivy.

As you organize your pack, if you take no other advice, get a kitchen scale and weigh EVERYTHING.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BTneYy-CXpw/VP78ksRf0vI/AAAAAAAADA4/7o7L2ItI-Ds/s1600/packlist.png)

The only thing to add here is another 4 lbs for more food, since this list is calculated for 4-days worth.
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: stonewall on August 06, 2015, 07:59:00 PM
Don't forget the Motrin. Another good thing to do is keep some asprin on ya in case of a heart attack .
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: Tim on August 07, 2015, 09:45:00 AM
I sustained a pretty good injury in the field several years ago and something I always take with me now is half a dozen "strong" pain killers. If you or a friend break a leg the meds would help manage the pain for a day or two until help arrives.  Along with that I have a few antibiotics, again enough to start the regiment until you get to a doctor.

Just a thought......     :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on August 07, 2015, 03:03:00 PM
Several years ago I was up in the mountains on a Bear hunt and ended up with a severe tooth abscess , not fun by the time we hit an ER the infection had went down my neck. So I do carry meds as part of my gear now , good thing to bring up..

,,,Sam,,,
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: Basinboy on August 07, 2015, 03:55:00 PM
I'm glad you mentioned that Tim. Just put some in my pack. I usually have some but had forgot to put some in the gear list.

Here's a video of what's in my pack. Light on food but there are 3 other guys and we split the food load. One of the group mates is bringing the water filter and another is packing the stove  

http://youtu.be/icfanwEGhH0
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: AZ_Longbow on August 07, 2015, 07:23:00 PM
looks like some pretty well planed out kits. All I would add is some solid thread and needles. or Para cord and a bit bigger needles.
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: old_goat2 on August 07, 2015, 09:55:00 PM
Pile of stuff in the basement! Bow is in my signature and shooting 580gr total arrow weight with 200gr screw-in Cutthroat's.
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: Bigriver on August 08, 2015, 09:51:00 AM
2 things I never forget, lip balm and rolaids. Rolaids are great for settling your stomach at altitude.The weather is so much dryer out there, lip balm is the first thing in my pack.
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on August 09, 2015, 11:55:00 PM
Hope to get my pack started this week , going to get me a scale and see how much weight I can get rid of. Need to get my maps ordered and get everything in order. Nothing like waiting til the last few weeks to get it going , been hiking with 60# pack in this nice Tx. Weather. Also going to order a Tenkara outfit for some fresh fish meals.....

,,,Sam,,,
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: Hackbow on August 10, 2015, 12:27:00 AM
My list is always changing and I haven't finalized this year's gear yet. I thought about getting a Tenkara outfit a few years back but instead I just put some tippit and some bead head nymphs in a sandwich baggie.  When I wanted a few fresh trout I took my nock out of my carbon arrow, put the thick end of the line inside the shafts and reinserted the nock. Tied on a fly and dropped it over some overhanging rocks and a few minutes later had a stream-side lunch fit for a king. No extra cost, weight or pack space needed.
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: two4hooking on August 10, 2015, 09:30:00 AM
My tenkara is so light I can't help but bring it...it will ride in my back quiver with arrows.  :D
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: elkbreath on August 10, 2015, 05:07:00 PM
Here you there, I keep a cabelas cgr fiberglass rod in my back when in certain areas.

To add to too these, my buddy and I carry one cotton sheet a peice, which is used to lay meat,quarters on and to cover, until they are hung.  Keeps them clean, gives us a 'cleaning station' in between cutting and hanging.

Everything should serve more than one purpose if possible
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on August 15, 2015, 12:25:00 PM
My list so far........
 (http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac45/samstephens71/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-08/646572A0-A8BA-4401-BF02-752844745D40_zpswdi1vm4z.jpg) (http://s884.photobucket.com/user/samstephens71/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-08/646572A0-A8BA-4401-BF02-752844745D40_zpswdi1vm4z.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: Sam McMichael on August 15, 2015, 01:11:00 PM
A friend of mine used always make the last item on his list "the list". This way he had reminder to carry the list along so he could make notes on what did not work as desired and to add stuff he thought of as a result of the trip events.
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: Basinboy on August 15, 2015, 01:33:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by SAM E. STEPHENS:
My list so far........
  (http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/ac45/samstephens71/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-08/646572A0-A8BA-4401-BF02-752844745D40_zpswdi1vm4z.jpg) (http://s884.photobucket.com/user/samstephens71/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-08/646572A0-A8BA-4401-BF02-752844745D40_zpswdi1vm4z.jpg.html)  
Good Luck Sam!
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: fisherick on August 16, 2015, 08:09:00 AM
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Here is my 3-days bivy pack. I could get 5-days of food in my Badlands 2800 pack, but I usually only do 3 day hunts and then resupply.
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: pinky on August 16, 2015, 10:15:00 AM
Sam, Last year Robtattoo had a thread devoted to a packlist for a back country Elk hunt, and then he followed up with a packlist revision thread after he got back. I'm sure you have it mostly covered by now but if you want to read some more on TG there are several pages of these threads.
http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=139279;p=1#000000
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=139630;p=1#000000

The picture of your gear and the coolness of this morning's air is getting me excited. I'm sure you will gave a great time.   Good Luck!
Title: Re: Pack list for 7 days in....
Post by: SAM E. STEPHENS on August 19, 2015, 01:05:00 AM
Well my pack is 51# , I'm sure I could leave out some stuff but I'm happy with where I'm at with my gear. Thanks for all the info and good luck everyone on your hunts...

,,,Sam,,,