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Gear List for Backcountry Hunting

Episode 39 Published 6 years, 9 months ago

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Backcountry Gear Challenge: fit 10 days worth of gear into 55 pounds

Top-of-the-list item: Tag/Hunting license!

• Sleep systems: Sleeping bag, pad, & tent

• Backpacks: Types and recommendations

• Raingear: Jackets & pants, pack covers, drybags for camera & electronics

• Clothing & footwear: From skin to shell. Underwear, base layer, pants, shirts, the annoyance of layering, puffy coats & pants, neck gaiters and warm hats, appropriate boots, Crocs and manliness, crampons, and more.

• Cooking systems: backpacking stoves, fire starters, water filters, water containers, and the critical Life Straw

• Optics: Rangefinding binoculars, Badlands bino harnesses, spotting scopes,

• Communication: inReach Mini, Midland handheld radios, lithium batteries, solar chargers, battery reservoirs, smartphone headphones, headlamps, and compasses.

• Camera: Smart phone vs. compact lightweight DSLR, plus Phone Skope

• Tripod favorites: Outdoorsman Medium and Spartan Precision Sentinel

• Rifle, Ammo, & Accessories: sling, Galco ammo carrier, Spartan bipod, Otis cleaning cable, electrical tape (yellow!), ballistic chart, wind checker, and handgun if applicable

• Knives & Accessories: Leatherman Tool, fixed-blade hunting knife by Browning, Arno Bernard, or Siembida Custom Knives; Outdoor Edge or Havalon, compact EZE-Lapp diamond stone, Outdoor Edge folding saw, Gransfors Bruks Hunter's Axe, Kuiu or Caribou Gear game bags, contractor-grade garbage bags

• Health & Hygiene: compact deodorant, hand soap, toothbrush & paste, floss, Airborne tablets, Zip Fizz, MTN OPS, Ibuprophen, Mucinex D, NyQuil, Blister kit, sunscreen, chapstick, vaseline, sunglasses, wipes, bug spray, bug net, knee braces, TETRA ear pro, notebook

• Food: Mountain House and other freeze-dried brands, snacks, gum, hard candy, energy supplements, Montreal Stake Seasoning, coffee or tea

RESOURCES:

Mountain Hardwear sleeping bags

Stone Glacier sleeping bags

Kuiu sleeping bags

Wiebad Mini Tac Pad (pillow)

Thermarest sleeping pads

Klymit sleeping pads

Big Agnes sleeping pads

ExPed sleeping mats

Big Agnes tents

Mountain Hardwear tents