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    Leaking hydration bladder.

    Im sorry. I interpreted your comment that you were reading the reviews to mean that you were doing research for a potential purchase.
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    Leaking hydration bladder.

    I use platypus. A Camelbak bladder weighs roughly 1.5x what a similar Platypus bladder weighs. Maybe 3-4 oz more weight. The platypus hoser is a few bucks cheaper than the cheap Camelbak is on sale. If you really think you need a big lid for cleaning access or whatever the Big Zip is the same...
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    Jetboil Sol vs. Jetboil Sol Ti?

    The SOL ti is what I have. I moved up from the old Jetboil. You would have to decide for yourself if the few oz savings was worth the price. I only boil water. Folks say stuff sticks real bad to the Titanium.
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    Crocs?

    If your doing it right there would be none to see your manly camp slippers!
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    Kuiu Attack Pants and Rain Gear

    Nikwax makes a wash in DWR as well as a wash to preserve the DWR finish. With the two you can keep your gear performing well for years.
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    Bad Elk

    For antelope we had a freezer and generator in the back of the truck. Antelope were cleaned, quartered and in the freezer within an hour of being shot. Then back at camp in the evening we would bone them out, put them in gallon bags, and then back into the freezer. Elk we get them gutted and...
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    Why?

    I've killed 9 elk in 11 years, sw Washington public land. For me it's about recognizing elky areas and staying in them. After that it's just a matter of time. Some guys walk all over but don't stay in elky areas. I grew up in the woods trapping, hunting, and fishing. I think trapping taught me...
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    Bad Elk

    Meat care is important for flavor. I've had 2 bad elk. One we wounded, broke the front leg. Had to more or less run it down. 3 hour chase to bring her down. The meat was a pale pink color. I believe the off taste was from lactic acid buildup in the muscles. The other was a bull I got in...
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    Sleeping pads

    Neoair for me. Just make sure and bring a patch kit if you do the floor less TP. It sucks when it's flat. But so did my last pad.
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    Punk my list please!

    I bring a water tote so I can make a water run down to a spring and then be set for a few days. But if water is easy right by where you hunt then no need. A 3 l bladder would have me filtering every day. Do you go commando??? I bring an extra pair of socks and skivvies so I can swap out and...
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    Digital Scale

    I use the US-250 pocket scale for small stuff, archery, and sorting bullets/brass ect..... Everywhere seems to sell this with their name on it for $20. Think mine is from 3-Rivers archery. I have the Rapala fish scale for stuff up to 50#. For stuff over that I have a hanging spring scale that...
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    Water purification, filter or drops?

    I dont have the Katadyn, but have friends that do. It suffers from the same stuff as the Sweetwater filter does. You shouldnt pump as hard and fast as you can. If you do you will break the system. Its not built to handle that kind of pressure. You need to pump at a smooth even mild pace. As the...
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    Anyone using smartphone for gps and topo map ?

    I have the Topo Maps app on mine as well as, Wind meter, Shooter, Navionics, and RMushrooms. Its not my primary navigation aid but I do use it to look at topo, satalite images, and water navigation charts from time to time. It also runs my ballistics program and has a nice app for identifying...
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    Lightweight Saw

    For several years I used the Gerber saw that the blade retracts into a black tubular plastic handle. It was compact, light, sharp, and cheap at $10. But now they only sell it with a wood blade version model 46048. I cant find the bone blade version anymore and my last one is getting dull. I...
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    Upcoming REI sale

    "Lighter" is to prevent suffering on the way to and from a destination. But if in trade it just transfers the suffering to the time you spend at the destination, then it didnt move the suffering to the correct time frame. It moved it to the wrong time frame. Preferably "lighter" would move the...
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    meat hauler

    On the cheaper side of things "L.L.Bean Hunters Carry All pack". I have one and its good for the price, but havent hauled anything with it yet to rate its comfort. The Kelty cache hauler frame is another good one for cheap. I use an ACE frame from a Dwight Schuh pack with hooks mounted along...
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    Which type of water filtration you have?

    I'm lucky in a way. My hunting partner loves gear. I can often just let him test the new stuff before I decide to purchase. The hyper flow has clogged up on us a few times now. Muskeg water in SE Alaska killed it fast. It seems only good for very clear spring water. The back flush feature seems...
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    Dehydrating your own meals.

    For energy bars look up university of Alaska Logan bread. It's decent stuff and not hard to make. You can produce 300 calorie energy bars for about 25 cents a piece.
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    Dehydrating your own meals.

    I do but it isn't easy or time affective and home dehydrated doesn't rehydrate like freeze dried. You really need to simmer it for a bit to rehydrate. I get away with pouring in the boiling water and then wrapping the bag in my stocking cap to hold the heat in longer for it to rehydrate. I have...
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    Kuiu Attack Pants and Rain Gear

    I use then here in sw Washington. Wash them with nikwax treatment. They do great in all but a downpour and they dry quickly.
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