Overnight bear hunt

[Tbob]

Cigars and whiskey!

[Bmcox86]

Water purification, stove/cook set, knife, clothing, probally bug spray

[CAMPMEAT]

Here's the scenario guys, it's august first and I'm Gino on a overnight bruin trip. 7 miles round trip. What do I need besides: gun, water, food, bag, tent, and Binos?

This for $750.......

[RadSav]

If it is just an over nighter with that much distance I would spend more time working on what I did not absolutely need than what I do.  Need to figure what availability there is to good water and then plan meals accordingly.  August don't need much for tent or bag.  I'm never without first aide basics.  I've started using a Havalon knife for saving weight.  You will want a reliable lightweight saw too as the Havalon can be trouble getting the skull off.  Even though it is August you want some type of rain gear.

Problem with August is bear meat goes bad fast!  So you want to be as mobile as possible.  And have a plan to get meat and hide off the mountain quick.  Large cooler with long term ice at the truck will be a must if you will need to make multiple trips at that distance.  Making a thick foam cooler cover helps!  But nothing will help more than going in LIGHT!  Since you will probably have no less than two trips coming out heavy.  Often times best to pack meat first and then return for your camp in a second or third trip.

In the Strawberries we once came back a week later for camp after busting tail to get a large hide and meat to a cooler before it spoiled.  Dang squirrels chewed the tent and a bag a small amount, but I believe it was worth it to fully recover from the hard pack before going in for large extended stay camp.

[Shane54]

All awesome info guys! Little young for whiskey and beer  . I will be hunting with three other buddy's

[DeerThug]

Common sense???  Seems a little too much to bite off and still recover the meat

[7mag.]

Common sense???  Seems a little too much to bite off and still recover the meat

Why is that? Have you ever been on a backpack hunt? You should read Fillthefreezer and Silkonthewestside's backpack bear hunt from last year. Silk shot his bear well over twice as far in, and didn't lose any meat.

[acnewman55]

Common sense???  Seems a little too much to bite off and still recover the meat

Why is that? Have you ever been on a backpack hunt? You should read Fillthefreezer and Silkonthewestside's backpack bear hunt from last year. Silk shot his bear well over twice as far in, and didn't lose any meat.

Anyone got a link to that thread?

[BOWHUNTER45]

Sun tan lotion and bug spray ....literally !! 

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

Common sense???  Seems a little too much to bite off and still recover the meat

Why is that? Have you ever been on a backpack hunt? You should read Fillthefreezer and Silkonthewestside's backpack bear hunt from last year. Silk shot his bear well over twice as far in, and didn't lose any meat.

Anyone got a link to that thread?

You can pull it up by looking at the posts started under my profile.

I'd link it but I'm on my phone.


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[fillthefreezer]

Anyone got a link to that thread?

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,132674.msg1767806.html#msg1767806


god i want to go bear hunting..

[_TONY_]

If it is just an over nighter with that much distance I would spend more time working on what I did not absolutely need than what I do.  Need to figure what availability there is to good water and then plan meals accordingly.  August don't need much for tent or bag.  I'm never without first aide basics.  I've started using a Havalon knife for saving weight.  You will want a reliable lightweight saw too as the Havalon can be trouble getting the skull off.  Even though it is August you want some type of rain gear.

Problem with August is bear meat goes bad fast!  So you want to be as mobile as possible.  And have a plan to get meat and hide off the mountain quick.  Large cooler with long term ice at the truck will be a must if you will need to make multiple trips at that distance.  Making a thick foam cooler cover helps!  But nothing will help more than going in LIGHT!  Since you will probably have no less than two trips coming out heavy.  Often times best to pack meat first and then return for your camp in a second or third trip.

In the Strawberries we once came back a week later for camp after busting tail to get a large hide and meat to a cooler before it spoiled.  Dang squirrels chewed the tent and a bag a small amount, but I believe it was worth it to fully recover from the hard pack before going in for large extended stay camp.

 

if you do end up using long term cooler/ice setup, and you dont have a cooler thats good for long term ice storage ( like Yeti etc), bring some extra blankets and wrap your coolers in them.... This will insulate the coolers and make your ice last a lot longer. worked great for me in the past.

[Shane54]

Common sense???  Seems a little too much to bite off and still recover the meat

Ouch, kind of a low blow there bud.

[Shane54]

And to the rest of you thank you

[acnewman55]

Anyone got a link to that thread?

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,132674.msg1767806.html#msg1767806


god i want to go bear hunting..

thanks for the link! 

curious about the procedure here for keeping the meat cool if part/all of it needs to overnight.

1. does boning the meat out help with the cooling process or is it mostly just for weight savings?

2. spreading the hide out over some deadfall to let it cool overnight... critters don't come around and chew it up?

3. i'm always curious what people are using to hang their meat during an overnight.  seems like hauling anything into a tree with 550 would be very difficult.  are people carrying some sort of accessory cord, like 4mm stuff? what about pulleys or carabiners to assist?  am i overthinking it?

4. how many game bags are typically carried for a bear and what size?

thanks!