All the elk will be blown out from wherever they are about 30 mins into legal shooting light on opening morning. I would use your days prior to season to find the places that they will go, not the place they currently are. My experience in that area is that hunter pressure is extremely heavy the first two days and then everyone seems to thin out.
60 lbs seems like a lot to me. My pack is usually around 45lbs with similar stuff. That said, it’s better to be comfortable and get a good night’s sleep to me than worry about 4/5 lbs of pack weight, YMMV.
60 lbs seems like a lot to me. My pack is usually around 45lbs with similar stuff. That said, it’s better to be comfortable and get a good night’s sleep to me than worry about 4/5 lbs of pack weight, YMMV.