Pack list 2014

[Bmcox86]

So here's my pack lost for this year so far. I upgraded a lot so my weight dropped about 7lbs then what I'm used to for basic backpacking.  My stove is still going to be in the testing faze, I'm trying a new titanium woodburning stove but my back up will be a jetboil if my trial.  My weight is around 29lbs before food and water and my food will weigh just about 5lbs. All weights in oz, let me know what you think. Tripod is missing because I don't know the weight of the one that I got with my scope. Also I will be wearing my binos on my chest and using my trekking poles so that's 44 oz that won't be in the pack.  Am I missing something obvious or not obvious?


EXO pack   76oz
Pad             14
Quilt            22
Shelter        24

Water filter   03
Stove           2.8
Titanium pot  05


Gps              9.8
Headlamp    3.6
Havalon.       02
Towel.           1.5
Trekking poles 22
First aid kit.     16
Spare batteries. 04
Tp.                    05


Puffy.              18
Socks.           06
Base layer(top and bottom) 08
Gloves.            03
Hat.                  03
Orange vest.    04


Gun with scope and sling with full mag  123
Loaded spare mag     10
Kill kit.            16
binos   22
Range finder.   06
Spotting scope. 36
Tripod.              22


Food for 3 nights/4days.      72

[mrolen]

you could save some weight by only taking one range finder 

[Bmcox86]

Haha fixed that, was suppose to be binos

[fair-chase]

Good list.

What base layers are you using? 8oz seems light for both top and bottom. [E.g.] My medium FL Llano top is 8oz by itself. 

[Bmcox86]

Core4 merino. 4oz each when I weighed them

[fair-chase]

Thanks. That's pretty light. Will have to cache that info for later use.

[aorams]

What kind of Tripod are you using?  I'm in the market now...

[Jingles]

Sight in your rifle for maximum point blank range and depending on your rifle caliber you won't need the range finder.
Guess for some it is necessary to carry a water purifier, 20+ years of drinking from mountain creeks and streams and I've never had a problem just always drank upstream form the herd and drank moving water.

[Bmcox86]

What kind of Tripod are you using?  I'm in the market now...

Vortex summit ss, great little lightweight tripod with the same warranty as their optics. Elknut has the best prices I've found and he's good to deal with.

[Bmcox86]

Sight in your rifle for maximum point blank range and depending on your rifle caliber you won't need the range finder.
Guess for some it is necessary to carry a water purifier, 20+ years of drinking from mountain creeks and streams and I've never had a problem just always drank upstream form the herd and drank moving water.

Your a braver man then me, 3oz is light enough insurance to keep me from getting the beaver fever and peeing out my butt

[fillthefreezer]

what are you doing for water storage?
any midlayer? or do you just plan to use your top base layer?
hat? bandana?
spare havalon blades? or are they part of you kill kit
16oz for first aid is kinda heavy
lighters in redundancy?
trioxane or wetfire tabs?
baby wipes?
rain shell?
map?
camera?

personal preference here but i add everything otherwise i just trick myself by bringing stuff at the end. like truck keys. wallet. extra chew. whiskey. etc. ive started adding them to my list as i know alot of it comes, and by having it added in there, its changed my ways. such as a $20, debit card, and id, instead of my full wallet. the truck key, instead of normal key pile. putting whiskey into a plastic bottle, rationed for the trip instead of grabbing some on the way out of town 

[Stein]

I always take a spare light of some sort, that guarantees your primary light won't decide to die in the middle of tracking something in the dark 2 miles from camp.  Not a big deal unless you are by yourself.

[Skyvalhunter]

TP

[Shawn Ryan]

Firestarter so you can start that stove
touthbrush/paste
calls
wind indicator/squeeze bottle
license/tags
compass
spoon
water bottle/bladder
lip balm
watch
glasses
black Sharpie
lg garbage sack
emergency bivy if not carrying the full pack all the time
electronics/camera/phone/PLB/SPOT?

You may not use all of those, but I take most of them.

Agree with FTF, I never carry a wallet (or even money).  I keep an old driver's license with my tags. One truck key.  Assuming your kill kit at 16 oz. includes at least one game bag.

Just an idea:  For years I've unrolled my marking ribbon and written my name and/or initials on the ribbon every few feet and then rolled it back up before it goes in my pack.  That way my buddies or SAR know the ribbon markers they are looking for are mine.  No weight penalty.

[Shawn Ryan]

I use a Photon X-light micro as a back-up light.  It weighs less than 1/2 oz, remains clipped inside my pack at all times and has great lumens for its size.  http://www.photonlight.com/led-flashlights/photon-x-light-micro-led-keychain-flashlight/.

[aorams]

What kind of Tripod are you using?  I'm in the market now...

Vortex summit ss, great little lightweight tripod with the same warranty as their optics. Elknut has the best prices I've found and he's good to deal with.

Thank you!


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[Bmcox86]

So I've been taking all the advice so far.

My kill kit includes my havalon and blades now, I took some of the flagging tape and wrapped it around my pen. Can not see needing and entire roll of flagging tape.

My mini sawyer squeeze is rigged inline but I can pop it of to filter water. Have a 70oz platypus zip lock bladder, one light 16oz water bottle and a 32oz sawyer collapsible bottle. They two probally weigh an oz each.

I have my first aid kit down to 8oz and might refine it more, that includes matches.

My cook set I'm just going to use my snow peak giga power and snow peak mug. So that with a fuel bottle, spork and lighter weigh 12oz.

[Bmcox86]

Compass, I have a zipper pull one that will work in a pinch

I will have a map in the waist belt pocket at all times

I'll have my id and a couple bucks on me.

Does everyone just take their phone and use that as their camera too? Just leave it off until needed?

[kselkhunter]

Depending on where you're packing, I wouldn't skimp on the rain gear.  It's heavy, but thankful to have if weather changes to multiple days of downpour. 

[ctwiggs1]

Depending on where you're packing, I wouldn't skimp on the rain gear.  It's heavy, but thankful to have if weather changes to multiple days of downpour.

   In the Army we'd use our poncho's as a tent.  Worked well even in rainy conditions.  In the morning you can pack it back up or put it on.

Curtis

[WaltAlpine]

Does anybody else out there NOT filter their water? I have only used filtered water when I was with other people who did.
I am 47 years old, been in the woods since I was a teenager and never had any problems drinking out of lakes, and streams, even in the backcountry...

[JackOfAllTrades]

Filtering water is the smart thing to do.
 
-Steve

[ctwiggs1]

It's not really about how many times you didn't filter water and were fine.

It's more about that one time that you didn't filter water and you ended up with Giardia or some other nasty bug.    Your hunt is ruined, you probably end up taking more vacation than you originally wanted to from work, and you've got a big ER bill.

I've never been sick from that stuff either.  I do know someone who has, but only one.

Regardless... I'd hate to be the one.

[Jingles]

Does anybody else out there NOT filter their water? I have only used filtered water when I was with other people who did.
I am 47 years old, been in the woods since I was a teenager and never had any problems drinking out of lakes, and streams, even in the backcountry...

At 65 almost 66 and having packed in the Wilderness for over 12 years I never filtered water either.  Always drank upstream from the herd and only got water from moving water source.  knock on wood never had a case of the squirts from water, don't know if was a built up immunity or luck.
One thing is if in doubt you can boil the water and let cool before putting in canteen or storage item.