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    Saddle hunters

    IME dont focus so much on the total weight compared to a traditional stand. You can wear your saddle in on a hunt. Sticks can get hung in various ways on your pack again possibly reducing felt/ carried weight. The biggest difference if you can overlook weight is the flexibility you gain in...
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    Turnips!?? WTH?

    Couple things to consider with turnips 1) They were probably seeded a little too deep and failed to germinate last year. If you apply herbicides this year those were likely in a spot you missed. When you worked up the dirt this year it brought those up to proper depth and they germinated. Very...
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    Time for new sleep system. Quilt+Bivvy+Floorless shelter?

    WM Lynx Gore, SO Cimmaron/SXL Nemo Alpine pad. I did a bunch of experimenting last winter in solid 0F temps. For every 1" above ground air temp increases abt 5 deg with the stove fired. Ill be trying a Helinox UL cot this season to gain a few inches and degrees. For those who say cot= extra...
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    How many packs?

    2 packs for hunting. 1 for deer/ bear. 1 for waterfowl and predators. Def agree with all the folks who like to keep it simple and streamlined and not have to keep moving items from 1 pack to another and forget something or have 5 kill kits, 5 emergency fire kits, 5 headlights etc....
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    FNG from PA

    Welcome!
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    1P or 2P Floored Tent

    Cant go wrong with any Big Agnes tent. Ive ran a Fly Creek UL for 3 fire seasons and had 0 issues which is more use than most back country hunters will put on a tent in its entire lifetime. Real world weight on a scale with the optional footprint it just over 3#. Only downside for some folks is...
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    FNG from PA

    FNG/ Rokslide Lurker from SE PA 5C here tho rarely hunt down this way except for waterfowl. Many seasons tho with a confound bow or a bang stick on public land in 3A 2G and 2H and looking to get over into 2F next season. Or to put it another way after finding Rokslide I discovered the hunting...
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