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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2019, 03:31:48 PM »
I usually carry 2 lighters and some waterproof matches but now I may need more lighters!

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2019, 05:01:26 PM »
Heck! If hunting in September the odds are likely greater of encountering a burn ban than cold enough weather to need a stove...I’d say we’ve had burn bans more often than not for the past 10 years in E.WA.......though it was a little dicey pulling my utility trailer down the mountain in ‘17 after getting hit with snow at 6k.
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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #17 on: June 30, 2019, 07:29:36 AM »
The stove might be a good idea if rain is possible. Might not be cold enough to need a stove for warmth, but rather to dry out your stuff.

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #18 on: June 30, 2019, 11:27:16 AM »
I keep a lighter in my pocket, my bino harness, one in my top lid, one in my main bag and one in my fire kit. I won't hate on the lighters👊

With that combination you won’t be found unprepared
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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #19 on: June 30, 2019, 06:42:16 PM »
Half my bag is socks and underwear.  I like feeling fresh . Hahaha.  So two pairs of underwear isn't enough lol .

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2019, 06:49:01 PM »
Half my bag is socks and underwear.  I like feeling fresh . Hahaha.  So two pairs of underwear isn't enough lol .

Diet change ?  :chuckle:

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2019, 09:35:16 PM »
Real talk here. I roasted in a 0° slick bag in Alaska in Feb. You sleep that cold that you need that much bag in September? And a wood stove in sept?

Haha I agree its over kill. Ive only got the one sleeping bag for now aside from my old badlands 45 degree bag. I need to save up for a better lighter option. Should have mentioned there will be two of us to divy up the tent and stove. I love having that stove to dry things out!

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2019, 09:37:45 PM »
Appreciate all the input its much appreciated!

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2019, 09:41:37 PM »
That looks heavy. What’s the total weight?

Its not light, i dont really worry about weighing it, i just take the things i want/need. Were going into a place we've hunted before and i had a simliar gear list, plus a pistol, tripod and kifaru woobie.  Was using a lighter suckier bag back then. But its not an ultra light set up thats for sure.

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2019, 10:00:28 PM »
That looks heavy. What’s the total weight?

Its not light, i dont really worry about weighing it, i just take the things i want/need. Were going into a place we've hunted before and i had a simliar gear list, plus a pistol, tripod and kifaru woobie.  Was using a lighter suckier bag back then. But its not an ultra light set up thats for sure.
amen. I couldn't tell you what a single thing in my pack weighs without looking it up online or getting a scale out to check it. I pack what I want and need.  And yeah if that's the only sleeping bag you have then it just became the best bag for the job :chuckle:
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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #25 on: July 01, 2019, 07:22:51 AM »
That looks heavy. What’s the total weight?

Its not light, i dont really worry about weighing it, i just take the things i want/need. Were going into a place we've hunted before and i had a simliar gear list, plus a pistol, tripod and kifaru woobie.  Was using a lighter suckier bag back then. But its not an ultra light set up thats for sure.

Right on. Just curious. There was a guy posted on here about his deer hunt where his pack was around 100# GOiNG IN! To each there own.

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #26 on: July 01, 2019, 07:26:19 AM »
I usually carry 2 lighters and some waterproof matches but now I may need more lighters!

Im with ya, I have the ability to make lighters magically disappear

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #27 on: July 01, 2019, 07:26:49 AM »
Don’t forget your boots!  I also pack my crocks along so I can take my boots off after I’m done hunting for the day.

Good call!

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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #28 on: July 01, 2019, 08:03:28 AM »
If packing my tipi in September hunts I keep the stove in my truck.  And if it rains a lot I hike back out and grab the stove so I can dry gear.  If November hunts, the stove goes in with me on the first trip.


I really like the cigar torch for a lighter these days.  Refillable and much easier to light stuff with than a simple Bic lighter.   I pack that, and a sealed container of waterproof matches as backup (in a separate location in my pack).  Mine is similar to this one:
https://www.cigarsinternational.com/p/vertigo-excalibur-lighter-lighters/1512671/




 




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Re: Gear List Review
« Reply #29 on: July 02, 2019, 06:45:02 AM »
If packing my tipi in September hunts I keep the stove in my truck.  And if it rains a lot I hike back out and grab the stove so I can dry gear.  If November hunts, the stove goes in with me on the first trip.


I really like the cigar torch for a lighter these days.  Refillable and much easier to light stuff with than a simple Bic lighter.   I pack that, and a sealed container of waterproof matches as backup (in a separate location in my pack).  Mine is similar to this one:
https://www.cigarsinternational.com/p/vertigo-excalibur-lighter-lighters/1512671/



 

Ill check that out. Thanks!

 


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