Big Game Hunting > Backcountry Hunting
GF wants her first hunt to be a high buck
JeffRaines:
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--- Quote from: Ltburrows on September 03, 2018, 07:52:53 PM ---Thank you everyone for the advice. This is my first back country hunt as well but I’ve been a backpacker and a hunter my whole life. This hunt was actually her idea. I loaded up the packs with everything we’re going to take gave her only her clothes, orange, rifle(she’s determined to take her own), her sleeping bag and pad. It all came to 20lbs and even that was to heavy for her to walk around the block with. Now I’m looking at ways to make it even lighter for her. She refuses to take just one gun because she’s paranoid about bears an lions.
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If she can't do 20lbs around the block, she isn't ready to hunt high buck. I'd be very concerned about that.
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Yeah 20lbs around the block... even body weight around the block is nothing compared to climbing 3000'... not to mention needing energy left in the tank to actually hunt, and if you get an animal down...
Maybe settle for a backpacking trip or two this year and next year start hitting the hills hard as soon as you can so come next years high buck she's ready.
fishngamereaper:
Not being in mountain shape and trying a mountain hunt is a recipe for disaster. Spend this year down low walking miles of gated roads and see how it goes...you need to stand your ground if she's not ready for the mountains, or you'll be carrying her off the mountain.
yakimanoob:
--- Quote from: Ltburrows on September 04, 2018, 06:13:07 AM ---I agree. I don’t feel she’s ready at all but refuses to cancel the trip
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Girl's got grit. Keep her :chuckle:
@ 5'2 and 80lbs, you could probably carry all her gear for her and not add much weight to your pack vs a solo hunt. Let her carry what she wants to carry and go have a great trip with your lady :tup:
Has she done any backpacking?
yakimanoob:
--- Quote from: fishngamereaper on September 04, 2018, 08:15:53 AM ---Not being in mountain shape and trying a mountain hunt is a recipe for disaster. Spend this year down low walking miles of gated roads and see how it goes...you need to stand your ground if she's not ready for the mountains, or you'll be carrying her off the mountain.
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I don't necessarily agree (although I certainly agree with the level of caution you're going for, reaper). LT, if your priority is your hunt and you think bringing her along will compromise that, then yeah, maybe standing your ground is advisable. But since giving a go at the high buck was her idea, that doesn't seem like an advisable path if you want to keep dating her :chuckle:
To reaper's point here, I wouldn't go diving through a labyrinth of alder 3 miles from a trail with a newbie mountaineer carrying a firearm. But folks shoot deer from the trail every year, so while it might reduce your chances of taking a buck, sticking close to the trails might be the least of the evils. Worst case, you go on a backpacking trip together in beautiful country with a little more steel and gunpowder than you'd regularly carry.
fishngamereaper:
Guess I didn't have to be so discouraging..
My main point was when your not in mountain shape you have a higher likelihood of mechanical injury...
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