Sheep Pack Dump 2021 Early Season

[Dust1n]

I’m gonna have a 74lb Pack Including the clothing worn, food and water for a 14 day early season hunt.

https://lighterpack.com/r/35zlal

I know this has been covered lots but I don’t see how you can get it any lighter.
A new rifle could save 1lb but with thousands into the investment, I don’t need the SLR but the photography imo is worth it.

I’m only missing a phone Scope then I’ll have a complete Pack.

 

[Dust1n]

Food is 21lbs
Water 4.4lbs (2L)
Clothing Worn 6lbs

Base Weight is about 43lbs

 

[Farmerlentz]

What back pack that seems heavy. I'll have to look up my weight from my sheep hunt last year. I think my base weight was 19lbs

 

[kaboku68]

Dump the battery bank and get Fenix headlamp that uses 18650 batteries. This gives you a two for one(headlamp and powerbank) and you can get those high gain chinese 9K-11K mhamp18650 nicad lithium batteries that weigh about 1 ounce each. Otherwise you are riding good but have a lot of pads. I would swap the some of those pads( keep the main one) for a bivy. I never count the trekking poles because I use them all of the time. Hell I don't even count water that much.

 

[kaboku68]

I was wonder if Toque is a cool new way to say weed but I generally carry whiskey so to each their own.

 

[Dust1n]

What back pack that seems heavy. I'll have to look up my weight from my sheep hunt last year. I think my base weight was 19

I’m running an Exo K2 5500
I got extra pockets, a game bag holder and misc add one that add up the weight

 

[tdot]

I was wonder if Toque is a cool new way to say weed but I generally carry whiskey so to each their own.

Toque is the proper way to say Beanie...

 

[JohnB]

Seems decent to me. Id ditch one of the sleeping pads and add in some Aqua Mira or other treatment drops as a back up to your Sawyer.

 

[kaboku68]

ok. I just didn't know. I'll still take whiskey.

 

[tdot]

I thought my system was dialed last year, no where to save weight. 68ish pounds, skin out, inc. 11 days food + water. Came home and stripped 3lbs out of my gear pretty easily, over the last few months I've knocked a few more pounds off. So it can definitely be done.

Sleep system is a huge weight. Sleep pad for a summer hunt should easily by a pound or so, and that's still a comfortable pad. I use a Seek Outside Matty McMat Face as a ground sheet, sit pad and a little extra insulation, in addition to my inflatable pad.

Tent can easily be under a pound, especially solo. I prefer floorless w/ a bivy.

Check your fuel useage. I can get away with a smaller can then you are taking on a 12 day hunt, w/fuel to spare and I heat 3 meals a day.

I'd lose the guide jacket. Way too heavy for what it gives you. I love my guide jacket, but not for sheep hunting.

I prefer to keep all electronics rechargeable with USB cords. Then use a Nightcore F2 to charge everything and simply bring additional 18650 or preferably 20700 batteries. Nightcore NU25 headlamp.

I personally only take 2 sets of socks and boxers.

The one thing I'd add to my bag, last year my feet froze after hiking and relaxing in camp shoes. It almost froze at night and that wasnt in the forecast. So as opposed to taking heavier spare socks, I'll add in some down socks for in the crocs.

 

[tdot]

ok. I just didn't know. I'll still take whiskey.

I was introduced to river beers last year. That's definitely happening on this years hunt.

 

[wind gypsy]

Most obvious weight saving opportunity to me is the redundant sleeping pads and kuiu Guide jacket.

Why an xtherm, zlite mattress, zlite glassing pad, and gossamer gear 1/8? Xtherm and a glassing pad should be plenty?

Can find a lighter tent but sub 3# aint bad.

Tripod is a little heavier than necessary. A Sirui 0025x and outdoorsman micro pan head is about 28 ounces.

 

[TFrank]

I was wonder if Toque is a cool new way to say weed but I generally carry whiskey so to each their own.

1 ounce allotted for dat OG Kush. LOL

 

[Elkfitness]

I’m gonna have a 74lb Pack Including the clothing worn, food and water for a 14 day early season hunt.

https://lighterpack.com/r/35zlal

I know this has been covered lots but I don’t see how you can get it any lighter.
A new rifle could save 1lb but with thousands into the investment, I don’t need the SLR but the photography imo is worth it.

I’m only missing a phone Scope then I’ll have a complete Pack.View attachment 302287

Thanks for posting! I need to do the same to look at weight savings here and there.


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[Outdoorsman12b]

If you wanted to I’m betting you could shave 10lbs easy off that weight for items excluding food and water. It would be a combination of rebuying gear and making choices about what your taking. You will just have to make a decision if it’s worth it for you to make the investment.

 

[justinspicher]

I am using 50lbs as a max weight for all my goods, including my rifle for a sheep hunt this year. Like most have said, the food is what makes up about 1/2 of my weight, I don’t carry much water and a layering system is used so I don’t have to take so much clothes. An extra pair of socks is the only doubled piece I take.

 

[wind gypsy]

part of the reason your pack weight sounds so heavy is you're counting clothes and boots you're wearing in the pack weight. You may know this but lighter pack allows you to click on the clothes button in each line to put that in the "wearing" weight column and not pack weight.

 

[william schmaltz]

Assuming early season is August, dump the guide jacket and either the fleece or long sleeve. I go with a wool t, sitka hoodie, down jacket, and rain jacket. That's plenty and I run pretty cold. Also dump a pair of undies; wear one and pack one. Undies say Hanes so I'm assuming cotton. It's worth looking into some wool ones. The Black Ovis ones often on sale at camofire.com and are great for the price.

IF you know your water situation in the area you are going, you can trim there. If I'm in a place I know there's plenty of flowing water, I only bring a gatorade bottle and a bladder. Typically leave the filter at home and just bring aqua mira. Usually I'm just dipping and drinking in sheep country. In the rare event that I'm drinking from a pond in sheep country, the few liters of aqua mira-treated water consumption is negligible to my health. Again, just food for thought and it depends on what your area is like and how well you know it.

Make things work twice. Instead of anti chaffe, I bring a couple small vaseline packets. They double as fire starter. With the addition of water proof matches to the vaseline, you can ditch the heavy flint and steel.

You got a GPS, compass, and a map. Again, depending on your comfort level and how well you know the area, they may not all be needed. It's pretty hard to get turned around in sheep country IMO. It's big, steep drainages with plenty of geographic markers. Easy to tell direction by which way the drainage lays or direction of water flow if you know the area a little.

That's a heavy camera. Get an iphone 12 with a digiscope and call it good!

 

[madcalfe]

id get rid of the long sleeve, the fleece shirt, the guide jacket. only take spare pair of socks and boxers. ditch the map and compass. you could actually ditch the gps to and use something like fatmaps on your phone its tracks where you go without services and if you buy it you can download maps of the area where your going. way nicer than a gps. and id take 5 more shells with yea incase your gun goes for a tumble.

 

[WestDakMtn]

Dump the battery bank and get Fenix headlamp that uses 18650 batteries. This gives you a two for one(headlamp and powerbank) and you can get those high gain chinese 9K-11K mhamp18650 nicad lithium batteries that weigh about 1 ounce each. Otherwise you are riding good but have a lot of pads. I would swap the some of those pads( keep the main one) for a bivy. I never count the trekking poles because I use them all of the time. Hell I don't even count water that much.

Wicked Idea. Didn't even realize the Fenix could do this. Do you have a link to the batteries you're talking about?