HalfLungHunter
FNG
- Joined
- Mar 14, 2016
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As the username implies, I only have 1 lung. Much to my pulmonologist's displeasure, I still continue to backpack and hunt. With the upcoming whitetail season I still do some backpack hunts into Dolly Sods and Mt Rogers and I need a new pack more suited to carrying standard gear as well as saddle hunting gear.
Current big gear consists of a Kifaru Sheep Tarp and a OR Bivy, Thermarest NeoAir Pad and a Enlightened Equip quilt. Use a MSR reactor stove with Boil in Bag meals, Stone Glacier down jacket and a first lite mid layer and extra socks, beanie, glove liners, etc. Hunting gear consists of Arc 30 bow with quiver, Tethrd Saddle, 3 One Sticks (1 with an aider), XOP Superfly, Tree Tether, and a lineman's belt both on 8mm with ropeman 4s, Marsupial Gear Bino Harness with, Leupold Range Finder, and Vortex Viper HD 10x50s, carry a battery bank, headlamp, some meds, a NAR backcountry IFAK, the rokslide killkit, and my Garmin inReach and that's about it. I've tried the Stone Glacier archery pack and it wasn't cut out for carrying the stand and sticks. I have probably 2-3 years left before my lungs can't take the strain anymore, so I'd like to get a couple good hunts in while I still can.
Current big gear consists of a Kifaru Sheep Tarp and a OR Bivy, Thermarest NeoAir Pad and a Enlightened Equip quilt. Use a MSR reactor stove with Boil in Bag meals, Stone Glacier down jacket and a first lite mid layer and extra socks, beanie, glove liners, etc. Hunting gear consists of Arc 30 bow with quiver, Tethrd Saddle, 3 One Sticks (1 with an aider), XOP Superfly, Tree Tether, and a lineman's belt both on 8mm with ropeman 4s, Marsupial Gear Bino Harness with, Leupold Range Finder, and Vortex Viper HD 10x50s, carry a battery bank, headlamp, some meds, a NAR backcountry IFAK, the rokslide killkit, and my Garmin inReach and that's about it. I've tried the Stone Glacier archery pack and it wasn't cut out for carrying the stand and sticks. I have probably 2-3 years left before my lungs can't take the strain anymore, so I'd like to get a couple good hunts in while I still can.
