Your (limited to 3) top gear items for 2024

[hereinaz]

I upgraded a handful of items this year. My favorites were…
1) Zenbivvy Sleep System
2) Lobo’s Triple S pillow
3) Platypus Quickdraw

Thanks for the mention of the SSS!

 

[JohnB]

Have you compared the Beta AR to other jackets? What stood out about the Beta?

I only compared it to a Kuiu Kutana Storm plus some old Outdoor Research shell. I really like the cut, low over my butt, long sleeves and giant hood. The dwe leaves a bit to be desired but I think that is true of most that are trying to avoid forever chemicals.

 

[JohnB]

Have you compared the Beta AR to other jackets? What stood out about the Beta?

I only compared it to a Kuiu Kutana Storm plus some old Outdoor Research shell. I really like the cut, low over my butt, long sleeves and giant hood. The dwe leaves a bit to be desired but I think that is true of most that are trying to avoid forever chemicals.

 

[SixteenG]

Thanks for the mention of the SSS!

I was just talking about the SSS tonight with one of my hunting partners. He liked it on one of the trips we went on. Plans to be picking one up as well.

 

[HouseCL]

1. Nemo Moonlight Elite chair - having a comfortable camp/glassing chair is worth its weight in gold

2. Footwear setup - Crispi Valdres GTX, with Superfeet hike inserts, Kennetrek ultimate liners, and Darn Tough lightweight hikers. ZERO blisters or hotspots on my backcountry archery elk hunt this year.

3. Argali Absaroka - incredibly versatile shelter, I may never go back to freestanding


Honorable mention:

Argali Guide X trekking poles - very versatile in combination with the Argali X3 adapter, allowing use of the trekking poles as the center pole for my Absaroka and as a monopod for glassing.

ScytheTI - everyone needs a suppressor. Even if you think you don’t, you just don’t know it yet

Sitka Ambient Hoody - mentioned numerous times in this thread already

Peax Duo headlamp - super bright, this thing is a tank

 

[BigSkyHntr]

Good thread! For me it was:
1.- @Hoffman Boots Summit boots with super feet hike insoles. I like Crispi but like these better!
2.- MKC speed goat. A gift from my brothers. My first ‘high end’ knife and I really like it.
3.- A scope I can dial! Even though it’s a Leopold haha. Was a gift from my Dad and I’ve never been more confident in my rifle.. no more hold over with hash marks!

 

[hereinaz]

1) Exo K3, goes everywhere, carries everything
2) Mathews V3X, new to bow hunting
3) Kenetrek Desert Guides, a little cooler for warm hunts

 

[limpet]

1. A Columbia pfg sun shirt was huge for scouting this summer and those hot days during archery. I plan on trying some rit due to make it a more natural color.
2. Maven cs1.s spotter. It’s not top of the line but it was a nice weight and much better than the vortex I had before.
3. The lightweight block and tackle I set up allowed me to skin and quarter a buck in a burn and keep the hide and meat much cleaner than if I tried to cut him up on the ground.

 

[FAAFO]

1). Wet wipes. No more using my bare hand. Worth the weight penalty

2). Coors light instead of water. Can smash the cans up as your drink them. Try to do that with your Nalgene bottle

3). Vape pen instead of a pipe. Huge weight savings

 

[77TMK]

1. A compact clip-on thermal. Culling has never been more efficient.
2. Western Mountaineering Megalite sleeping bag. I'll never go back to synethic bags unless I'm going to be in a constantly-raining place.
3. Wool briefs. Lots of brands. Went 4 days without changing them over 30+ miles and they barely stank.

 

[silvab03]

#1 SG Sky Talus 6900 pack
#2 Crispi Briksdal Non-Insulated Boots
#3 Peax Backcountry Pro Trekking Poles

 

[Mikey_B79]

Garmin Xero - seems to be a common item in this thread which speaks volumes. Works awesome and so easy to use.

Timney The Hit trigger - this one is a weird one, I have a Rem700 Tactical in .223 that eats more ammo than all my other rifles combined. It had a Trigger tech Primary in it. I got a $200 Cabela's gift card for Christmas last year and bought this as a replacement early this year. What that meant is I could put the Triggertech into another Rem700, a .243 I bought for my kids, and that one has become one of my favorite rifles now. The Hit is great, but I love my little .243!

Not hunting related, but a Daiwa Tatula baitcaster. Mounted on a 7' Fenwick Medium Heavy, the pairing helped me limit out on walleye several times this summer, it worked fine in the weed beds for bass, and also pulled a couple of monster muskies in Lake of the Woods.

 

[pugwylde]

Exo K4 5000, Sitka Ambient UL Hoodie, Crispi Lapponia Lite. Each piece was on every hunt this year, from day hike to six day hunt.

 

[kswaterfowl]

Garmin Xero - seems to be a common item in this thread which speaks volumes. Works awesome and so easy to use.

Timney The Hit trigger - this one is a weird one, I have a Rem700 Tactical in .223 that eats more ammo than all my other rifles combined. It had a Trigger tech Primary in it. I got a $200 Cabela's gift card for Christmas last year and bought this as a replacement early this year. What that meant is I could put the Triggertech into another Rem700, a .243 I bought for my kids, and that one has become one of my favorite rifles now. The Hit is great, but I love my little .243!

Not hunting related, but a Daiwa Tatula baitcaster. Mounted on a 7' Fenwick Medium Heavy, the pairing helped me limit out on walleye several times this summer, it worked fine in the weed beds for bass, and also pulled a couple of monster muskies in Lake of the Woods.

I have a daiwa tatula sv and it is my absolute favorite reel.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

This year I had more road camps planned than ever before, so got some comfort gear:
1) Stanley French Press- never been more excited for morning coffee
2) Exped MegaMat 10- this on top of a cot was like sleeping at home
3) Leofoto 324C- been great for some first timers to shoot off

 

[MeatInTheFreezer]

1. Duckworth socks
2. Gohunt merino hooded baselayer
3. A $300 borrowed crossbow to kill 2 deer

 

[silvab03]

I forgot to add the Garmin inReach.

 

[Mikey_B79]

I have a daiwa tatula sv and it is my absolute favorite reel.

Mine is a 100HSL and it's my second baitcaster reel, once I got it dialled in for casting distance with my line/lure weights and got the drag and backlash set I can absolutely huck things into low earth orbit. Daiwa is solid IMO.