Double duty glassing tarp/field dressing tarp

[LarryB]

Looking to save as much weight as possible on a haul road 5 mile walk in caribou hunt. Planned on taking a glassing tarp and also a field dressing tarp. Anybody have one solution that would work for both so I could just carry/use one tarp for both?

 

[180ls1]

I use a disposable mylar blanket for field dressing. They are just over an oz.

Not what you asked but it also serves double duty for saftey and survival.

 

[chucko]

Tyvek ran through the washer works as meat tarp -ground cloth- and caribou decoy yep they do come to white flapping in the wind

 

[BLJ]

Tyvek ran through the washer

It doesn’t unravel in the washing machine?
Do you put it in the drier afterwards?

 

[chucko]

No it will not unravel simply hang dry- folded a 8x8 will fit in a 1 quart zip lock put some gorilla tape squares on both sides at the corners and in the middle to poke holes thru for tiedowns

 

[BLJ]

No it will not unravel simply hang dry- folded a 8x8 will fit in a 1 quart zip lock put some gorilla tape squares on both sides at the corners and in the middle to poke holes thru for tiedowns

I’ll give it a try.

Thank you.

 

[mcseal2]

I like carrying an XL poncho like the Onewind one for a light glassing tarp and to go over my breathable rain gear in a true downpour. For meat an Adventure Medical 2 person mylar blanket seems to work well enough. Both are multi-purpose items too.

For 2 hunters or a real wet hunt I’ll pack my Seek DST tarp. It’s way bigger than the poncho but heavier & bulkier in the pack. The dyneema tarps are nice too, but I tend to stick to a silnylon or silpoly for really exposed places. I have never had dyneema in hail but have heard it can shred it easier than a silnylon with more stretch.