I was looking at keeping my pack between 50-60lbs. Ultra light everything.
You just turned 30!Must haves for me as I age in backcountry wisdom have become things like: Floss. Whiskey. Leukotape. Coffee. Puffy Pants.
The rest is whatever.
Looking back it was a bad move but I was desperate! I’m the same way. Sun, wind, dry air, after a few days without it’s miserable. After that hunt I always keep a backup in my pack and my bino harness always has one too. Burts bees is the alpha balmI don't know that it would cross my mind to try that lol..... I've usually got some Burts bees in my pack. Especially for elk. My lips chap bad when I'm hiking around with a diaphragm in my mouth for days on end.
You just turned 30!
I will be hunting in one of the unlimited units. I'm doing some research and have it narrowed to two potentials. I really like one more than the other because there are more out of the way basins that I think will be nice secluded places away from pressure.Anti Diahrea and Anti Nausea meds. OTC Anti Diahrea works. RX Anti Nausea if you can get it. A bad case of either one leads to dehydration, exhaustion, etc. and the hunts over. You cant hunt if you can eat or keep fluids down. On two different sheep hunts here in AK my Anti Diahrea meds saved my partners @sses, and the hunts.
Also basic back country first aid/wilderness first responder knowledge. I slipped in a steep chute one year stalking some rams and dislocated my shoulder. We were a 2 day hike out to the road. I knew what had to be done to reduce it and was able to instruct my partner on the how to. Between a makeshift sling, ibuprofen during the day and RX muscle relaxers and/or pain meds at night we hunted 5 more days. No rams but also no medivac!
Good Luck on your hunt! Where at in MT? I was born in Whitefish, grew up in Missoula/Whitefish before moving here to AK 32 years ago.
Having guided in Wyoming, I was required to have wilderness first aid certification. I had to stitch myself when a moose spooked my horse and it went on a balls out run through the timber. Sliced open my leg. Some stitches made me be able to stay out and keep scouting.Anti Diahrea and Anti Nausea meds. OTC Anti Diahrea works. RX Anti Nausea if you can get it. A bad case of either one leads to dehydration, exhaustion, etc. and the hunts over. You cant hunt if you can eat or keep fluids down. On two different sheep hunts here in AK my Anti Diahrea meds saved my partners @sses, and the hunts.
Also basic back country first aid/wilderness first responder knowledge. I slipped in a steep chute one year stalking some rams and dislocated my shoulder. We were a 2 day hike out to the road. I knew what had to be done to reduce it and was able to instruct my partner on the how to. Between a makeshift sling, ibuprofen during the day and RX muscle relaxers and/or pain meds at night we hunted 5 more days. No rams but also no medivac!
Good Luck on your hunt! Where at in MT? I was born in Whitefish, grew up in Missoula/Whitefish before moving here to AK 32 years ago.
Facts.I wouldn’t bring any of this, it’s all dead weight.