Physical_Wind954
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- Oct 1, 2025
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All my previous experience has been on 200ish acres of family farm land in North Idaho. Where you could basically just drive anywhere you knew the elk would be and then hike the last quarter mile. That being said I've never worried about my rifle's weight. I moved a couple years back to Western Montana and this will be the first year I really go after elk on public land and am expecting to hike 2-3 miles each day.
My current rifle setup is as follows if based off of specs:
Tikka T3x Hunter in 30-06 22" - 6lb 11oz
Talley Lightweight Low 30mm - 3oz
NF NXS 2.5-10x42 - 21oz
Diligent Defense STI - 9oz
Bradley Adjustable Cheek Riser - 7oz
Browning Timber Sling - 5oz
No bipod - 0oz
Total weight: 9lb 8oz
In its current configuration, I am able to shoot this rifle about .5 moa prone and not out of breath, but closer to 2 moa in real life hunting scenarios. For this reason I am limiting myself to 400y shots.
My question to you all give the above information; what changes would you make about this setup knowing you'd be hiking around?
I am not super fond of the sling so I am very open to suggestions on a change for this.
I also only currently have an old hiking (non-frame) pack that I am looking to upgrade from since it is starting to fall apart. So looking for suggestions on a hunting pack? Frame? No frame? Probably won't get this till next year, but would love to pick something out still in the meantime.
My current rifle setup is as follows if based off of specs:
Tikka T3x Hunter in 30-06 22" - 6lb 11oz
Talley Lightweight Low 30mm - 3oz
NF NXS 2.5-10x42 - 21oz
Diligent Defense STI - 9oz
Bradley Adjustable Cheek Riser - 7oz
Browning Timber Sling - 5oz
No bipod - 0oz
Total weight: 9lb 8oz
In its current configuration, I am able to shoot this rifle about .5 moa prone and not out of breath, but closer to 2 moa in real life hunting scenarios. For this reason I am limiting myself to 400y shots.
My question to you all give the above information; what changes would you make about this setup knowing you'd be hiking around?
I am not super fond of the sling so I am very open to suggestions on a change for this.
I also only currently have an old hiking (non-frame) pack that I am looking to upgrade from since it is starting to fall apart. So looking for suggestions on a hunting pack? Frame? No frame? Probably won't get this till next year, but would love to pick something out still in the meantime.