The coarser blades from Silky are great for wood, suck for bone. I keep a fine blade in my kill kit; the extra blade weighs 0.2 oz.
The saw with wood blade only 2.1 oz
I've tried it. It works OK in the "summer", but shoulder seasons/winter I want warm meals and warm beverages. My stove, pot and a small fuel canister (~ 5 days worth) is a pound—a pound I'm not skimping on :D
Beautiful afternoon (actually too beautiful, we could use snow) for a hike—6 miles (600') with Tiny Elvis; Tiny Elvis found a partially ate rabbit off the trail that I had a heck of a time making him give it up
Haven't been to the gym in awhile, but that's to be expected this time of year :)
5 rds—1 min rest between rds
squats x 5 @ 70%
bench x 5 @ 70%
pullups x 10
I think there are some advantages of using the pack you'd use for hunting—you get to know your pack intimately as far as all the adjustments, etc; also I think there is also some adaptations your body makes to the pack you're using.
Like @justinspicher I don't think there is much risk of...
^ nice work! :)
4 miles (500') with Tiny Elvis this afternoon; spent a couple of crappy hours swapping on winter tires/rims on my truck and wife's car. Two very stuck wheels— finally got the truck one by beating it was a heavy rubber mallet. Beat the one stuck on the car for almost 30 minutes...
Yeah definitely less critters. True with just about everywhere I hunt mule deer, but the flip side is while densities are less—there are a significant number of bucks that die of old age :)
Merlin is a nice little pack, but I found that much after early season simply not enough volume. The Silverton has a ton of room for a day pack and then some :)