I didn't have that issue pulling water out of mud puddles... Was the filter on yours fairly old? Mine was brand new, and with some cheese cloth rubber-banded to the intake it seemed like it was pumping just fine
I use a llano or wick or core lightweight with a fleece midlayer. I sweat like a fool, so moving is typically just the baselayer down to the mid 30’s. Below that the fleece goes on. Once I stop I immediately put on a puffy and/or the fleece and puffy pants
Basically I’m trying to sweat as...
Living in Texas, if you don't want to pay landowners to hunt, you need to know someone that owns land. The north TX area has lots of day hunt opportunities for hogs/turkey/dove/predators, but it's all on private land. You can find yearly leases for deer anywhere from 500/yr on up. If you want...
I'm also a flatlander, after the hunt last year I decided to do something about it and changed gym memberships to a place that has a stairclimber. I went back to the same mountain I was on last hunting season 2 weeks ago, and can tell you that climbing the stairclimber with a loaded pack makes a...