Daypack weight

[mad_angler]

Your morning hunt ends at 10 am? I’m out all day as well but I’m hunting the whole time. There are some slow times but ... .

The hunt doesn't end at 10. I just stop glassing as hard. Then, i enjoy a nice cup of coffee and get ready for the rest of the day.

After the coffee, I pack everything back up and then start the midday hunting.

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[mad_angler]

Holy cow. I’m around 15# for my day pack.

The 38 lbs includes my water, rifle, bino harness. My pack alone is close to 20

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[mtnbound]

The hunt doesn't end at 10. I just stop glassing as hard. Then, i enjoy a nice cup of coffee and get ready for the rest of the day.

After the coffee, I pack everything back up and then start the midday hunting.

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Nothing better than mountain coffee.

 

[Poser]

You just need to go drop $100+ on a Snow Peak double wall titanium thermos like the rest of us and you can ditch the jetboil for day hunts.
Annoyingly expensive, but one of my favorite and most used pieces of gear.

 

[Fullfan]

Checked mine last year @33 pounds, chest rig was 4.

 

[butcherboy]

The hunt doesn't end at 10. I just stop glassing as hard. Then, i enjoy a nice cup of coffee and get ready for the rest of the day.

After the coffee, I pack everything back up and then start the midday hunting.

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That makes more sense to me now. Get r done!

 

[Slugz]

Over the years its gotten less and less.
If not used its coming out for day hunts going back to a main camp. 20lbs is my max weight. And yes I check it.

First aid kit
Kill kit
Hydration /food / snack kit
Hunt kit

Geographical region, archery vs rifle and weather drives whats in those.

Lastly, IMO its money well spent on things that may seem expensive, but very light.

At 56 hunting Wyoming , Colorado and Alaska I still wanna cover ground like I was in my 30s. Im not as fast, but still cover the ground.

Hope that helps.

 

[Tobe_B]

I’ve never bothered to weigh my stuff. I just load what I may need and go. I also keep my pack loaded year around, never know when I’ll get a chance to go chase something. But curiosity got the better of me today.

Pack:
Water (bottle and collapsible water bag)
Food
Pocket stove and fuel
Pot and coffee cup (I always have coffee stuff with me)
Inreach
First aid
Trauma aid
Game bags
Knives and sharpener
Toilet paper
Gloves/beanie
Jacket (unless raining I never wear it while hiking)
Wyoming saw
Spare bullets
Tripod

Bino Harness:
Binos
Headlamp
Spare magazine
Batteries (for everything)
Calls
Bipod

Rifle

All bundled together and weight at once was 49 lbs total. My pack weight was 31 lbs, only thing i don’t have in there currently is my snacks.

 

[CMF]

You just need to go drop $100+ on a Snow Peak double wall titanium thermos like the rest of us and you can ditch the jetboil for day hunts.
Annoyingly expensive, but one of my favorite and most used pieces of gear.

Or Zojirushi from amazon for a lot less.

The 38 lbs includes my water, rifle, bino harness. My pack alone is close to 20

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I'm 37lb skin out on sheep list, I'd be 32lb for an elk hunt cause I'm usually not carrying big glass or tripod.

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[Skerhunter]

The 38 lbs includes my water, rifle, bino harness. My pack alone is close to 20

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Lots of cherry picking as to what counts at “pack weight” and “day hunt” on this thread, which muddies the waters some. You could lighten up your gear some, but your not going to cut it in half they way you are calculating it.

Below is what I had on me at the beginning of every day this archery season.

2L water (2x light weight nalgenes, steripen) = ~5lbs
Food = 2.5lbs
Kill kit (4-5 light weight bags/some paracord/light weight knife) = 1.5lbs
Rain gear = ~2lbs
Puffy gear and fleece hoody = ~2lbs
Basic first aid/possibles = .25lbs
Bow = 6.5lbs
2x head lamp = ~.25lbs
Bino/harness/range finder = 3lbs
Trekking poles = 0.5lbs
Pack weight = 5.5lbs
Calls/tube = .5lbs
Inreach + phone = 1lbs
Loaded Glock (run into grizz here) = 2lbs

This put me in the 30-35lbs range for everything except for the clothes I hike in and out with on. I can’t really lighten up the gear I have, without leaving it in camp.