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Speaker 1: As a guide and hunter, I've spent thousands of days

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Speaker 1: in the field. This show is about translating my hard

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Speaker 1: won experiences into tips and tactics they'll get you closer

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Speaker 1: to your ultimate goal success in the field. I'm Remy Warren.

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Speaker 1: This is cutting the distance. It's pretty hard as a

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Speaker 1: hunter to have a conversation about hunting and not talk

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Speaker 1: about gear. It's because gear is such an integral part

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Speaker 1: of what we do and can really make or break

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Speaker 1: a trip. Having the right gear might mean the difference

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Speaker 1: between being successful consistently or just looking into something. There's

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Speaker 1: so much new and awesome gear out there, but there's

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Speaker 1: also some really great, tried and true pieces. The trouble

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Speaker 1: is what do you take? What don't you take? You're

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Speaker 1: always balanced seeing this carrying the weight of something or

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Speaker 1: lightning your load a little bit. So this week on

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Speaker 1: the podcast, what I want to do is a pack dump.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about my kit and what I

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Speaker 1: carry for both a day hunt and a backcountry trip.

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Speaker 1: Then I also want to give you some tips on

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Speaker 1: refining a kit for yourself. But before we go into that,

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Speaker 1: I want to share a story of a hunt I

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Speaker 1: took with my dad in Montana, and let's just say

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Speaker 1: one of us had way too much stuff. This story

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Speaker 1: takes place during the general rifle season in Montana. Now

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Speaker 1: I just got done guiding some hunters for the week,

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Speaker 1: and of course it's the weekend. So what do I do?

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Speaker 1: I go hunting. I like to get out and stay out. Now,

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Speaker 1: maybe most people would reset and recuperate for the next

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Speaker 1: group of guys coming in, but me, it's like, all right,

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Speaker 1: I've got a few days off, just like anybody else

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Speaker 1: that works Monday through Friday. It's the weekend. Now I

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Speaker 1: can get out and do some hunting myself. My dad

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Speaker 1: happened to be up for that time, and so I figured, Hey,

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Speaker 1: I'll just ask Dad, you want to go elk hunting

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Speaker 1: with me today. He's like, yeah, that sounds great. So

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Speaker 1: the next morning, we load up the truck and just

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Speaker 1: we're looking and we spot some milk up higher on

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Speaker 1: It's just some cows and spikes, but we could tell

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of ilk, and we weren't really sure

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Speaker 1: go get in there close and see if we can't

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Speaker 1: pick out a bowl. So we started walking up the

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Speaker 1: mountain and it's a ways away. We get in there,

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Speaker 1: and by this point it was one of those deals

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Speaker 1: But who knows where they disperse you once they get

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Speaker 1: couple of canyons back and bed in some thick timber.

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Speaker 1: So we get up there, but by the time we

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Speaker 1: and my dad's doing pretty good. But I noticed we

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Speaker 1: first couple of times he'd been out for a few weeks.

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Speaker 1: So now that yeah, you know, sometimes just he's a

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Speaker 1: up way further than we thought. The water source that

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Speaker 1: he keeps bringing it up, like, yeah, I remember when

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Speaker 1: I was like, I guarantee I can go through this

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Speaker 1: no, no no, And I'm like what this is? So I'm like,

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Speaker 1: So before I give him his pack, I just have

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Speaker 1: There is a full ratchet set with all the bits.

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Speaker 1: There is a dualt saws all, and there is five

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Speaker 1: So he had all this construction stuff, like work stuff,

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Speaker 1: While the story of my dad having way too much

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Speaker 1: stuff is just on the extreme side, I think we're

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Speaker 1: all guilty of it. In some ways where we've got

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Speaker 1: what my KID is. I refer to my kit as

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Speaker 1: just the basic things that I take pretty much on

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Speaker 1: every hunt, and then I kind of adjust from there

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Speaker 1: my kit will just slightly adjust for elk, or if

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Speaker 1: I'm hunting meal deer, antelope, it kind of adjusts from there.

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Speaker 1: Whether I'm doing a day hunt or a backcountry hunt,

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Speaker 1: a few things will change. But overall, I figured out

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Speaker 1: a system to help refine my kit to make sure

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Speaker 1: that the things I have are very useful. I know

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Speaker 1: and it kind of cuts the weight of just some

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Speaker 1: many times where you'll be on a day hunt or

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Speaker 1: whatever and you just kind of you're lugging up the

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Speaker 1: and I've got way too much stuff. So just refining

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Speaker 1: your kit really helps you streamlined the process and use

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Speaker 1: what you have. So let's start out with a day hunt.

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Speaker 1: What I want to do is I want to kind

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna essentially grab my pack, dump it out,

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Speaker 1: and let you know what's in it, and then how

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Speaker 1: I modify it from there. It's taken me years to

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Speaker 1: need to carry, And how I've done that is I'll

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Speaker 1: go out on a hunt and there will be things

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Speaker 1: in my backpack that I've kind of always taken, and

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Speaker 1: I'll take it on a trip. And after a couple

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Speaker 1: of times, I realized, Man, this thing that's sitting in here,

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Speaker 1: whatever it is, this extra water bottle, I've never really

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Speaker 1: used it, Or this, you know, this survival type kit

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Speaker 1: already have two of, Or this old flashlight where I've

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Speaker 1: got my two good flashlights, but I've got this other

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Speaker 1: one that I just never use and somehow it sat

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Speaker 1: in the bottom of my pack for years. So what

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Speaker 1: I do as I go on trips and I really

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Speaker 1: scrutinize the things that I use a lot and prioritize

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Speaker 1: those and the things that maybe have multiple uses for

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Speaker 1: other things, and just kind of refine it that way.

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Speaker 1: So let's get into the pack dump and this is

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Speaker 1: gonna be for a day hunt. So what a day

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Speaker 1: same page, same terms. A day hunt essentially where you're

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Speaker 1: going out from a base camp. Could be vehicle based,

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Speaker 1: could be it could even be from the back country

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Speaker 1: or whatever. But you're just you're going back to some

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Speaker 1: the day from there. So it's normally you're maybe you've

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Speaker 1: parked your vehicles and you're camping, or maybe you're hunting

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Speaker 1: from your house or a cabin somewhere, and then you

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Speaker 1: go out and come back to that spot and you're

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Speaker 1: hunting for the day. Actually, I would say on day hunts,

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Speaker 1: you're probably covering a lot more ground than many back

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Speaker 1: country hunts. So they can be physical, they can be hard,

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Speaker 1: a day, and honestly, day hunting is probably the way

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Speaker 1: that the majority of Western hunts go. There are the

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Speaker 1: I've always got it in my backpack, something that always

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Speaker 1: to dig around, and you always know you've got it.

430
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Speaker 1: Then another item that I always have in my pack

431
00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,720
Speaker 1: is I have a small flashlight. I always have my headlamp,

432
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,800
Speaker 1: but I also carry this small other flashlight that's a

433
00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,399
Speaker 1: lot brighter. I don't use it as like constant on,

434
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,400
Speaker 1: but when I'm navigating night, maybe in some more treacherous

435
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,560
Speaker 1: country or whatever, it helps really identify, okay, you see

436
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:25,760
Speaker 1: a little bit further than where my head lamp goes.

437
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,800
Speaker 1: And it's nice to have a backup light because I

438
00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,840
Speaker 1: have been in scenarios where my light batteries have died,

439
00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,440
Speaker 1: haven't had extra batteries, or something's gone wrong, and it's

440
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,080
Speaker 1: just nice to have that that flashlight for navigation and

441
00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:42,560
Speaker 1: just light things up a little bit brighter. Now, let's

442
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,720
Speaker 1: talk about optics. We've talked about using optics, and we've

443
00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:49,880
Speaker 1: talked about the types of different optics and past podcasts,

444
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,400
Speaker 1: but I think optics are one of the key pieces

445
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,640
Speaker 1: of gear that you're gonna have with you, and each

446
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 1: hunt is a little bit different. So this is where

447
00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,320
Speaker 1: we start to get into the type of year that

448
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,879
Speaker 1: starts to shift based on how we're hunting, what we're hunting,

449
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,439
Speaker 1: what our goals are, and what we're gonna need. I

450
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:12,000
Speaker 1: always have my binoculars on me. My two top suggestions

451
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,840
Speaker 1: for binoculars for Western hunting are gonna be a little

452
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,440
Speaker 1: bit higher magnification, So I I either go my standard

453
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,080
Speaker 1: ten power or I also really like the twelve power,

454
00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,879
Speaker 1: and I'm going to do for me personally like a

455
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,160
Speaker 1: by fifth, So ten by fifties or ten by fifty

456
00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:30,920
Speaker 1: two s or twelve by fifty twelve by fifty two

457
00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:35,080
Speaker 1: something like that. Uh. That bigger objective lens is nice

458
00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:36,920
Speaker 1: because it lets in a little bit more like gives

459
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,960
Speaker 1: you bigger field of view. So when I'm looking at binoculars,

460
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 1: I'm looking at something with a good magnification and a

461
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,320
Speaker 1: good field of view. There's guys that hunt with eight powers.

462
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,080
Speaker 1: I think they're fine for a lot of things, but

463
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,040
Speaker 1: you know, most of the hunting I do us in

464
00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,639
Speaker 1: big open country, and as well, is the twelve power

465
00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:54,679
Speaker 1: too much for when you get in the timber. But

466
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,159
Speaker 1: you can still use it. I just like having that

467
00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,879
Speaker 1: extra bit of kick out at some range. So tens

468
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,879
Speaker 1: or twelve power binoculars are my go to, and this

469
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,959
Speaker 1: would be something that I'm always wearing anyways, and then

470
00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,919
Speaker 1: I've got my range finder there. Range Finders just another

471
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,679
Speaker 1: thing that just makes you that much more successful. I

472
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,360
Speaker 1: remember hunting without a range finder, not knowing how far

473
00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 1: to shoot, and just judging range and mountains is really hard.

474
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,359
Speaker 1: I think the skill that you need to have to

475
00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,160
Speaker 1: be able to judge distance, especially as a bow hunter,

476
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,800
Speaker 1: but it's nice to have that verification. And I think

477
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,480
Speaker 1: as really accessible as range finders are, I don't even

478
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:30,479
Speaker 1: know if I need to mention having that, but if

479
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 1: you're new to it, those are things that you should

480
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,639
Speaker 1: have because you're gonna need them. Now. One of the

481
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 1: pieces that could be the variable piece is going to

482
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: be the spotting scope. You know, there's all this gear

483
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 1: and you kind of got to decide, well, what kind

484
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 1: of hunting do I do? What kind of pieces are

485
00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,679
Speaker 1: going to be essential. Here's how I decide, like what

486
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,119
Speaker 1: spotting scope I'm gonna take, or if I'm taking a

487
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,679
Speaker 1: spotting scope, it's going to depend on the type of

488
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,520
Speaker 1: country i'm hunting, how big and vast is it? How

489
00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 1: far am I going to be looking most the hunting

490
00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:01,199
Speaker 1: I do, I'm looking pretty far, So it's nice to

491
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,199
Speaker 1: have a spotting scope for verification. Then you're also going

492
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,119
Speaker 1: to have to decide, well, what type of hunt is it?

493
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,440
Speaker 1: Is it a type of hunt where you're really scrutinizing

494
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 1: what you're hunting, so you know it might be a mule,

495
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: your tag in a really good unit, and you're looking

496
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 1: for a certain sized buck. That means you're going to

497
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,520
Speaker 1: really scrutinize the deer. So you're gonna want that big magnification,

498
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,680
Speaker 1: a really high quality scope to be able to really

499
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,679
Speaker 1: scrutinize what you're looking at. Maybe you're in Alaska and

500
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,680
Speaker 1: you're hunting doll sheep and you need to make sure

501
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: that it's a full curl ram, really scrutinizing. Maybe you're

502
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,320
Speaker 1: on a bow hunt and you're just like, hey, any

503
00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,199
Speaker 1: buck is fine. You just need to know if what

504
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,600
Speaker 1: you're looking at is a buck or a bull or

505
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 1: maybe a brow time bowl. And if you're hunting general

506
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,960
Speaker 1: area Montana and you're just you're looking for the bare minimums,

507
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,480
Speaker 1: you aren't really scrutinizing, then you can kind of go

508
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 1: a little bit less on the spotting scope, say, less magnification,

509
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:54,360
Speaker 1: less clarity, and as you go less magnification, less subjective lens,

510
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,560
Speaker 1: everything it gets lighter. So the type of hunting and

511
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,760
Speaker 1: the type of optic you're gonna buy for spotting scope

512
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:01,600
Speaker 1: is really can depend on the type of hunting you

513
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,560
Speaker 1: do the most. Honestly, I think that something in the

514
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 1: middle is probably the best for everything you know you've got.

515
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: I would say the best type of optic spotting scope

516
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 1: for long range really scrutinizing would be a large objective lens,

517
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:19,160
Speaker 1: high magnification, So I'll probably be, you know, a up

518
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:23,200
Speaker 1: to sixty power spotting scope with a large objective lens

519
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 1: and the eight to nine millimeter range. A mid range

520
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:31,600
Speaker 1: optic would be something like a sixty five millimeter that's

521
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,320
Speaker 1: the objective the out of the furthest lens away from

522
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,760
Speaker 1: your eye, and then something in the say fifteen to

523
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,840
Speaker 1: forty power is generally with that type of objective lens.

524
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: So what happens is you get a larger objective lens,

525
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: you can get a little bit more magnification out of it,

526
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,479
Speaker 1: and a lot more clarity and light gathering. But if

527
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,719
Speaker 1: you know that, hey, you're you're mostly the hunting your

528
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,000
Speaker 1: due is kind of truck based. You're doing a lot

529
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,560
Speaker 1: of long range glassing, and then you aren't hiking as

530
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,679
Speaker 1: far and you're going to be scrutinizing trophy quality or legality.

531
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 1: That bigger, heavier spotting scope is great, and maybe that's

532
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 1: the one you invest in because that's the type of

533
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,520
Speaker 1: hunting you're doing the most. Uh, if you're doing a

534
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 1: lot more backcountry hunting, man, just look at not as

535
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,679
Speaker 1: much magnification, lighter, but still able to just verify what

536
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,600
Speaker 1: you're looking at. That might be your go to. You know,

537
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 1: if I'm doing a back country hunt, I've got like

538
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:25,720
Speaker 1: a small Vortex razor goes small objective lens thirty three

539
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 1: power max. But it's super light and I can verify

540
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 1: what I'm looking at legal or what I'm going to

541
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,119
Speaker 1: chase super lightweight. That's a great scope to have, but

542
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:36,760
Speaker 1: something in the middle is the best for kind of

543
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:42,240
Speaker 1: every scenario, balancing lightweight but also varying from being able

544
00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 1: to judge quality to not being so big and cumbersome. Now,

545
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,439
Speaker 1: one piece of gear that I also find essential in

546
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: just having used so many things, I like to be

547
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:57,159
Speaker 1: able to put my binoculars onto my tripod, so I

548
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,199
Speaker 1: use a binocular adapter. I use the Outdoorsman Adapter. I

549
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 1: think it's kind of the gold standard for binocular adapters.

550
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 1: It's got a nice post, you put your base plate

551
00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: on it, and then just it's super easy. You don't

552
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,760
Speaker 1: have to you don't have the post on all the time.

553
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: You just slide that on your tripod, click your binoculars in,

554
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: good to go. Adding that really adds some stability and

555
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 1: now you can kind of decide, well, what kind of

556
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 1: hunting do you do? And having that extra stability and

557
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 1: the binocular helps you kind of see what you're looking

558
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 1: at in a clearer picture. It could also mean maybe

559
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 1: just carrying like a higher magnification binocular. Maybe you just

560
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 1: go twelve power binocular and you won't really need the

561
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 1: spotting skille possibly. Um. So that's just something to think

562
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 1: about as well when you're refining the type of hunting

563
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 1: you're doing and what you're gonna need now. In my

564
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:45,679
Speaker 1: day pack or any pack, I also always kind of

565
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: have a dry bag, and in that dry bag i'll

566
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 1: stuff my puffer or insulation layer maybe my extra jacket,

567
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,400
Speaker 1: whatever I'm You know, as you're hiking, you're gonna have

568
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: to have room for your clothes because you're gonna hike

569
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: with your jacket off, so you're gonna stop and maybe

570
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 1: need some extra ins elation. I'd like to keep stuff

571
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: in that dry bag because then I can put anything

572
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: in there that I might need later on. That bag

573
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 1: also helps me kind of keep things organized, and then

574
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 1: depending on the hunt, I'll have some rain gear, whether

575
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: it's just a jacket or pants or the whole set

576
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 1: that day. Hunting is nice because you can kind of

577
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: decide each day whether you're going to take it. Most

578
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: of the time I end up just carrying it because

579
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:24,199
Speaker 1: it doesn't hurt, and if I do carry it, then

580
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 1: I know it probably won't rain. Just a strange, superstitious thing.

581
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 1: But most of the time I've got it. Now, if

582
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 1: I'm an early season archery Nevada hunt, probably not going

583
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,639
Speaker 1: to get it. Keep it in there, or I'll just

584
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: do a jacket because if it does rain, it's pretty

585
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: fast and furious and then let's up pretty quick. So

586
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: that's what's in my daypack. Then there's a couple other

587
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: pieces that vary, but if I'm bow hunting, I've got

588
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 1: my extra socks for stalking. You might remember the old

589
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: shoes off situation early in the podcast if you've listened

590
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,960
Speaker 1: to them all my extra stocking socks. And then one

591
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 1: other thing that I really like is a small water

592
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 1: bottle for my drink mix. So I I've talked about

593
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: it before. It's like my hydrate recover drink mixed stuff.

594
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily always like to put it in my

595
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: water bottle because I like to keep that for water

596
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: and then I'll fill up just like a you know,

597
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,040
Speaker 1: you just get like a plastic single use that I

598
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: end up using for the whole season, like the sawny

599
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: water bottle where you can scrunch it down, put the

600
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: cap on, and then when you want drink mix, you

601
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 1: can pour your water in it, mix it up and

602
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,239
Speaker 1: you can kind of keep the two separate. That's just

603
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: that's personal preference for me. And then you've got your electronics.

604
00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: So one thing that I've found handy I use the

605
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: inn Reach Garment makes it. There's also the other one

606
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: spot um satellite messenger thing or there's different kinds of

607
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,160
Speaker 1: eprubs out there. And now that we have this technology.

608
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: I used to not carry something like that, but man

609
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 1: to just have that peace of mind of knowing you

610
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,840
Speaker 1: can reach someone if you need to in an emergency,

611
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,640
Speaker 1: especially because I hunt alone a lot, it's great to have.

612
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: And then I take my phone and I use my

613
00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,920
Speaker 1: phone for my mapping apps on x whatever. I always

614
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: download the maps and then put it into airplane mode.

615
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 1: And this might turn you off from my podcast, or

616
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 1: it might just reinfigure you for your podcast. But I

617
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 1: have a Samsung type phone and there's actually a sweet

618
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: battery saving mode when I put it in that it

619
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,480
Speaker 1: lasts like seven days, so I don't have to worry

620
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 1: about it, and then I can just jump into the

621
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 1: app whenever I need. For me, I carry my camera

622
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: and batteries, but I'm also doing like a lot of

623
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: extra filming stuff. So my pack is generally heavier than

624
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: most because I've got all my camera stuff, but something

625
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: that probably most people will take as well as maybe

626
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 1: an extra better camera or you just use your phone.

627
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 1: And then the last thing that you cannot forget toilet paper.

628
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 1: I almost forgot it in my little packing list right here.

629
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 1: That would be in the always in my pack bag.

630
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: You know, you look at that and you think, okay,

631
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 1: that's probably pretty similar to what you're carrying. But I know,

632
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: you know, just having been a guide for so long,

633
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: you look in people's packs and there's just I don't

634
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: even know, like there's full I've seen full size saws

635
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: and all this other stuff, and just you know, it

636
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 1: just depends on the hunt. The only reason that I

637
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 1: take a saw if I know I want to take

638
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: like the loin with the rib attached, then I cut

639
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: the ribs off halfway through, and I just use a

640
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: small I've got like this Exo mod that has a

641
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 1: fixed blade knife and it's got this like little safts

642
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: about four inches long. I'll use that little soft for that.

643
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: I can break down an entire elk with two inch

644
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: razor blade or even just like a regular you know,

645
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: razor blade fairly easy. So you don't need a saw

646
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: for any cut on a deer except for maybe cutting

647
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: the skull plate off, and if you wanted to make

648
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 1: that rib roast thing. So I will carry that on

649
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: certain hunts if I know I'm going to take the

650
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 1: ribs bone in like that or not just the whole

651
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: rack but haven't attached to the loin outside of that

652
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: that's pretty much it. And then one thing I always

653
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: have is I kind of have like my pocket gear,

654
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: where it's stuff that's in my pants pockets or jacket pockets.

655
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 1: I always keep a head lamp in my pocket and

656
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,200
Speaker 1: just make sure to hit the button so it doesn't

657
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 1: go off while crawling around or whatever. I always have

658
00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,120
Speaker 1: a lighter in my pocket. I generally the of the

659
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: thing that I do take that's redundant, I take a

660
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 1: multitool because I like having the pliers and the other

661
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,760
Speaker 1: tools if necessary. And it also has a knife as

662
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: a backup. I know a lot of guys take way

663
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: too many knife into the back country you're out hunting,

664
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 1: but it's nice to just have that in my pocket

665
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,719
Speaker 1: for just things that I need to cut or whatever

666
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,720
Speaker 1: without having to get my processing knife out of my pack.

667
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 1: Sometimes I won't take that, though, I'll just have my

668
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 1: pocket knife in my pocket and that will be my

669
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 1: knife for everything. So that just depends. And then I'll

670
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: take a wind checker if I'm bow hunting. I just

671
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 1: recently started adding that back in. For a long time,

672
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: I just use dirt and sticks and leaves and feathers

673
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: that I found. But I've just decided that sometimes having

674
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: just one of those puff bottle wind checkers is nice

675
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: to have depending on where you're at tripod. So I

676
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: do always have my tripod, which will be used for

677
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: my spotting scope, my camera, and my binoculars. That's my

678
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: kit in a nutshell, and that works for day hunts.

679
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 1: But you know, my backcountry pack is very similar. It's

680
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 1: just adding more food, cooking, a shelter, in a sleep system.

681
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 1: And so let's talk about a little bit of the

682
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 1: things you're gonna need for the back country, and then

683
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 1: you should be able to kind of understand, Okay, this

684
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: is what I need. Really anything outside of that could

685
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: be redundant or unneeded. But one thing that I'm going

686
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: to suggest is as you start hunting, as you start

687
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 1: doing more of this, or maybe you've done this your

688
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 1: whole life, but you look at your pack and what

689
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 1: are you taking. There's something that you haven't used for years.

690
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: Honest to god, I've had things in my back I

691
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: can't remember what they are right now, but I know

692
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: like when I started out, there was just things that

693
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: I'd have in my pack for years and I realized

694
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: I never touched them. Okay, let's talk about the back

695
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: country kit. Now, a lot of people I get question

696
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 1: asked like, how much does your gonna, say, five day hunt?

697
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: How much does your packway? You know, at the low end,

698
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: probably thirty pounds, At the high end about forty two pounds.

699
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 1: Were probably probably averaging about thirty five pounds. I have

700
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: a lot of really specialized lightweight gear. Lightweight gear. As

701
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: you get lighter, the cost gets greater. So it's one

702
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: of those things you're like, when I started out, I

703
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 1: was just the heck of a lot tougher and most

704
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: of my gear was super bulky, super heavy, and I

705
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: just didn't really care. Um, I didn't need to shave

706
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: off the ounces. But as time has gone on, I've

707
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: invested in better gear, more lightweight, durable, and you know,

708
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: things things change. My kids constantly changing with what kind

709
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: of gears in it, but the basics are always there.

710
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,399
Speaker 1: The weight really depends on whether you're solo or not.

711
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 1: So if you're doing a five day trip, I think

712
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: most people probably go with a friend or something. I

713
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 1: do a lot of hunting by myself, so I kind

714
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,399
Speaker 1: of tailored my kit toward being lightweight, but also trying

715
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: to not be so bulky and knowing that I'm going

716
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 1: to be by myself. There's certain items if you are

717
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: traveling with someone else that is going to be awesome

718
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: to split because you can split the tent weight, and

719
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 1: you can split the cooking type stuff, so you can

720
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 1: split your fuel and your stove. You can pull out

721
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 1: some some guy can carry the polls, another guy can

722
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 1: carry the tent. When I'm hunting with my brother, that's

723
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 1: what we do. We take one stove. We one guy

724
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: will carry the stove and the fuel. The other guy

725
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: might carry the tent. We just kind of split the

726
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 1: weight up that way, and that'll shave off a few

727
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: pounds off of some major items. Let's start with our shelter.

728
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 1: That's gonna be the one that that's your tent or

729
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: whatever you're sleeping in. There's three options that I use,

730
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: so I use You've got I mean, there's a lot options,

731
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: but these are the basics. So what I would consider

732
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: a bivy camp that's just literally like a bag that

733
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: goes over your sleeping bag. I have baby hunted a lot,

734
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: and it's probably one that I use mostly up through September,

735
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,360
Speaker 1: especially because when I'm by myself, there's a lot of lightweight.

736
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 1: Now The second option would be like a lightweight, one

737
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 1: man type tent, and then you've got your two man

738
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 1: later like three or four season tent. So the three

739
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: or four season tent is gonna be the heaviest, but

740
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: it can fit more people, has more room. If you're

741
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: going with a couple of people, that's probably your best option.

742
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 1: You can share to the space and split the weight.

743
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: The baby is just like a bagliner often gore text

744
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,359
Speaker 1: or whatever, and you can combine that as well with

745
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 1: either a ground tarp or just like a lightweight tarp.

746
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 1: You can either hang over, put on the ground, do

747
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 1: whatever with um if it's raining, and kind of keep

748
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 1: the rain off your face and everything else. I've used

749
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: the baby sack a lot in the past, but there's

750
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: also what I call biby hunting. So that's where instead

751
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 1: of setting up a base camp, you just kind of

752
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: every day you have everything on your back and you

753
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,919
Speaker 1: keep moving. So you might be on like a five

754
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: day hunt. Wherever you happen to stop that night is

755
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,760
Speaker 1: where you camp. The bavy sacks great for that. Recently,

756
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:39,479
Speaker 1: I just got I've been using some of the stone

757
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 1: glacier tents. So the um was it the sky Air

758
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: is just a small, lightweight tent that uses checking polls

759
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 1: and then you stake it out and it's just nice

760
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: to actually have that little bit of extra room and

761
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 1: someplace to maybe stash gear if you want. You can

762
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: also you cut sticks or tie it off. I've done

763
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: multiple different setups with it. You know, in the past,

764
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: I've done a lot of baby hunting, but now I'm

765
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:04,839
Speaker 1: kind of transitioning to kind of setting up a base

766
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: camp and then spiking out from there. I do that

767
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 1: a lot as well, so it just depends on the

768
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: style of hunting you're gonna do. And then for like

769
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: a later season, I've just used the same Stone Glacier,

770
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 1: but the Skyscraper two person tent. It's probably the best

771
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: tent I've ever used. And I'm not just saying that

772
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,359
Speaker 1: because I work with them. That's it's honestly the best

773
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: tent I've ever used. It's super durable, it's got the room,

774
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: but it's super light for what you get out of it.

775
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,120
Speaker 1: And that's been the hardest thing to find, is like

776
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 1: a really good tent that has the durability the lightweight factor.

777
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,919
Speaker 1: You always sacrifice something that seems to be the best

778
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,879
Speaker 1: balance of everything. Now inside that tent, you're gonna need

779
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: a sleeping pad, you know. It's one of those things.

780
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,520
Speaker 1: The pad is not only good for comfort, but also

781
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 1: really great for just insulation. If you're gonna get cold,

782
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,280
Speaker 1: it's gonna be from the ground up, so having that

783
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 1: that air acts as an insulator between you and the ground.

784
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 1: So some form of sleeping pad is super key to

785
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:03,240
Speaker 1: being comfortable and keeping you warm. There's so many different

786
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 1: kinds out there. I've used all of them, you know.

787
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: Now I've actually got a therm arrest, the thermal Light Pro,

788
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: super expensive and really lightweight. I've just bought it last year.

789
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: I like it, but I also think that there's other

790
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: options out there that are cheaper and probably just as good.

791
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: And like, there's a bunch of different kinds. There's I

792
00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 1: used to really run the kind that had some form

793
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: of padding in it that you didn't really have to

794
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: blow up, so you're just you always know it's good.

795
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: And then I kind of opted switched fully over to

796
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,360
Speaker 1: the more like air mattress inflatable style. There's one that

797
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: I used for a long time, still really like. It's Alps.

798
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 1: It was fairly cheap. I gotta Sierra trading post just

799
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: fills up with air, easy to blow up. Yeah, if

800
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: you pop it, it's gonna suck. But you know, I

801
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: think back and I'm honestly never popped a sleeping pad.

802
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,319
Speaker 1: And you can keep a little patch kit with you too,

803
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,879
Speaker 1: so that's not a problem. I will say this though,

804
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: I did land a sleeping pad to a friend two

805
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: years ago, and then I grabbed my sleeping pad. Went

806
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,319
Speaker 1: out in the back country on a Nevada hunt last

807
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: year and I didn't have my other, my regular sleeping pag.

808
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: I don't know why I grabbed this one, and I

809
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 1: go to blow up my air mattress and there's just

810
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 1: the thousand holes in it. The thing was shredded and

811
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 1: did not pump up. But I'm like, how does somebody

812
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 1: shred a sleeping pad like that? And I think is

813
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: because he had it strapped to the bottom, probably kept

814
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: sitting down doing all that. I always keep my sleeping

815
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: pad rolled up inside my pack bag when I'm hiking,

816
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: and honestly, I've never had any major issues with them.

817
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: So the air style or just more lightweight, and that's

818
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: great option to go with sleeping bags. That's another thing

819
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 1: that a ton of people ask about. For me, I

820
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,959
Speaker 1: used to be a synthetic guy, thinking down gets wet,

821
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: then it loses loft and it's not as good. That

822
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,839
Speaker 1: is true, synthetic will keep you warm if it does

823
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: get wet. However, synthetic is heavier. There are some lightweight

824
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,399
Speaker 1: synthetic bags. But I honestly think down has come so far.

825
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: And I realized over the years I was another one

826
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: of those things. I looked at the way I used it.

827
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 1: I looked at what's happened knock on wood. I've never

828
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: really got my sleeping bag wet, so I just switched

829
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 1: it down because it's stuffs up, smaller, it's lighter weight,

830
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 1: and it's super warm and comfortable, and there's coatings on

831
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: the down. Now, I will say, if they were to

832
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,360
Speaker 1: get really wet, I don't think you should fully commit

833
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:20,359
Speaker 1: to that waterproof. I mean it's like the downs waterproof, yes,

834
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: but I don't know if it works like synthetic in

835
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 1: my opinion, So I take a fifteen degree bag on

836
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 1: almost all my hunts. A zero degree bag is just

837
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: for like late season hunts, And honestly it depends how

838
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,439
Speaker 1: you sleep too. So some people are colder, some people

839
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 1: are warmer. But if you want some more late season

840
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 1: camping tips, go back to I think it was episode

841
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: nin nineteen, ton of ton of gear suggestions in there

842
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: for for late season. But my standard bag is a

843
00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 1: fifteen degree bag. I think it works really good for

844
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 1: kind of a combination of everything and I go down.

845
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 1: I also have, like I have the stuff sacked. But then,

846
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 1: like I said in the day pack, that same waterproof

847
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: bag that I sometimes keep extra closing or whatever. When

848
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 1: I'm hiking around, I keep my sleeping bag in that

849
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 1: just in case I did cross the river and dump

850
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,800
Speaker 1: and at least like it'll keep the bag dry and

851
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 1: you don't have to worry about it. Now. Camp kitchen stuff,

852
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: We've got our stove, our fuel couple that I really

853
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: like for some reason. I don't know. It's I've been

854
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: looking at my list here. It's like MSR. They're mostly

855
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,879
Speaker 1: MSR products, but there's a lot of other brands out there.

856
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: I'm just the MSR guy. So if I'm by myself,

857
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 1: the pocket Rocket's just like a little stove that goes

858
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,399
Speaker 1: onto a bottle. Otherwise, I generally take my reactor, which

859
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: is just super fast. It's kind of like a jet

860
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: boiled jet boils are great too. This one I just

861
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,399
Speaker 1: like it's a little bit faster and seems a little

862
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 1: more durable. I've had some jet boils failing cold weather,

863
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: so I just started using the reactor. Contraveling by air,

864
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: what have you. You might want to look at something

865
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: like the Optimists. They've got like mixed fuel ones or

866
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: the Whisper Light MSR Whisper Light. You can mix fuel canisters.

867
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: You pump them yourself, so you're traveling, you can just

868
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 1: fill it up with diesel or whatever you can find,

869
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: depending on where you're going, pump it up and go.

870
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:09,200
Speaker 1: I kind of like just having the regular canisters if

871
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: I can, so even if I travel, I just make

872
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: sure there's somewhere I can buy one of those canisters

873
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 1: and not have to work with the mixed fuel. It

874
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,759
Speaker 1: can be kind of a little bit leaky and messy sometimes,

875
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 1: but that's the route I go. One thing you want

876
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:23,479
Speaker 1: to think about two is you can and I don't

877
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: know how many people know this. I think most of

878
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 1: the little fuel canisters have it, like a jet boil

879
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: canister or regular fuel canisters. You can set those in

880
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,839
Speaker 1: water and see how full they are, because you might

881
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: use one on a trip, and then I've had that

882
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,880
Speaker 1: problem where I've got ten canisters that are like varying

883
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 1: from maybe a quarter empty to three quarters empty. You

884
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 1: just don't know. So you can drop it in water

885
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 1: and see where it floats. If it floats halfway, then

886
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:51,439
Speaker 1: it's like halfway full. There's normally most of the cans

887
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: have some kind of indicator on it, and those indicators

888
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,399
Speaker 1: are to show you how full it is once it's

889
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:57,880
Speaker 1: sitting in water. So that's a good thing to remember

890
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: before you go out, check and see how much fuel

891
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 1: you got. Now for back country, another item that I

892
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,240
Speaker 1: take is a dromedary. It's just like a collapsible water

893
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: bag or whatever, something lightweight where you can put a

894
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,759
Speaker 1: lot of water in for camp water, so in case

895
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 1: the water sources of ways away, you can have it

896
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,800
Speaker 1: there for cooking and filling up your bottles and whatever

897
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,840
Speaker 1: water purification. I've been using a starry pen lately. Actually,

898
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,840
Speaker 1: the guys, the meat eater guys turned me onto it

899
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: when we're in a fog neck because I'm just kind

900
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 1: of a little loosey goosey when it comes to water,

901
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 1: and they just seeing how easy it was, they kind

902
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,839
Speaker 1: of kept them in their pockets the whole time. Um,

903
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 1: it's nice even on day hunts to have that because

904
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,479
Speaker 1: you don't have to carry as much water. I hate

905
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,840
Speaker 1: carrying water. It's just a lot of weight. But I

906
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,439
Speaker 1: like drinking water. So if I have something where every

907
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:43,200
Speaker 1: time I cross the creek, I can just fill up,

908
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: drink and if I know I'm going up this creek bottom,

909
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 1: I'll almost just walk around with an empty water bottle,

910
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 1: fill up, drink, pour out whatever, keep going. And then

911
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:53,240
Speaker 1: when I'm going to get away from the water source,

912
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 1: I fill up sanitized and then head out for the day.

913
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 1: Then you can constantly drink water and constantly have some

914
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 1: more santit a water. This podcast kind of bringing together

915
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: a lot of ones I recently did about water purification.

916
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 1: It was episode thirty for water purification. So overnight, you've

917
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: got my toilet trees, which would be a toothbrush, travel toothpaste,

918
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: and I take some antibacterial wipes. Since the pandemic, those

919
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 1: are pretty hard to find, but I think they're coming

920
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: back online now. I had a bunch because I just

921
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 1: use them for like what I call wipe e bath

922
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,399
Speaker 1: day three or whatever. You just wipe them down kill

923
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 1: some bacteria, try to smell a little better, clean up

924
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 1: a little bit. And then as far as clothing or

925
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,439
Speaker 1: extra clothes, I don't really bring a lot. I bring

926
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 1: a couple of extra socks. It's mostly what I'm wearing.

927
00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 1: What I have is my bass layer, so some kind

928
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,879
Speaker 1: of thermal. I have an outer layer, which would be

929
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:46,240
Speaker 1: like my soft shell or my pants whatever saftra jacket,

930
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 1: and then I have an insulation layer. Normally, I just

931
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:49,800
Speaker 1: bring an upper insulation layer, which would be like a

932
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 1: down puffer, and then beanie and gloves and that kind

933
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: of stuff. But as far as extra stuff, I don't

934
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,839
Speaker 1: bring any extra shirts or anything like that. I just

935
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 1: bring if I'm like a five day hunt, maybe two

936
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,280
Speaker 1: extra pairs of socks. It's nice to change. I generally

937
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 1: where my if I'm going to wear the socks multiple times,

938
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 1: I've kind of just sleep in them something most of

939
00:45:08,120 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: the time. Let him dry out. You should let your

940
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: feet breathe a little bit sometimes too, But and then

941
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 1: maybe an extra change of underwear or whatever, and then

942
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 1: I've got my rain gear overnight, like multi day trip,

943
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: I'll definitely keep my ring gear with me, and then

944
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:23,919
Speaker 1: outside of that, your electronics would be the same. But

945
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: you know, now I've started carrying one of those phone

946
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 1: battery backup chargers just because I use my phone for

947
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:31,680
Speaker 1: navigation and so many other things. And then a large

948
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 1: dry bag to keep everything in. I kind of mentioned

949
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 1: it before. Um, using your game bags is a great

950
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: like if you're in barer country, you can use your

951
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:43,279
Speaker 1: game bag to hoist food up or store food. Also

952
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,479
Speaker 1: use the game bag to just separate out some gear

953
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,920
Speaker 1: and food and other stuff. And then one last tip

954
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,799
Speaker 1: is you want to sleep comfortable pillow. What I do

955
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,720
Speaker 1: is I take my down puffer and I just stuff

956
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 1: it in my stuff sacked for the sleeping bag. Then

957
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 1: I put that in the hood of the sleeping bag,

958
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,360
Speaker 1: and I generally just wear a beanie when I'm leaping

959
00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:05,720
Speaker 1: and that's super comfortable. Great use of something multiple different ways.

960
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:10,120
Speaker 1: And that really is just the basics of my day

961
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:12,920
Speaker 1: hunt kit and the gear that I take into the

962
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:14,919
Speaker 1: back country. I mean, there might be a few things

963
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 1: that I'm forgetting that you know, when I'm actually packing

964
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 1: up for it, I see it and bring, But for

965
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 1: the most part, that's what you need, and you know,

966
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 1: the thing that's going to vary on your your day

967
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,479
Speaker 1: hunt in your backpacking is going to be the food

968
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 1: that you're taking. There's a past episode that I did

969
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 1: already on food, and there's just I mean, like I'm

970
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: looking at this just talking about two different types of gear,

971
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 1: and I'm at way longer than I normally go. So

972
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: I hope that that helped. There's a lot of different

973
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:42,840
Speaker 1: gear options out there, but that's just the basics of

974
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: what I do. Gives you kind of a rough outline

975
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 1: of what you're gonna need for a multi day trip

976
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,919
Speaker 1: or a day hunt, and then, like I said, make

977
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 1: the kit to something where you're comfortable. You've got what

978
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 1: you think you need, and if you've got something that

979
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: you never use, you know, start thinning it out and

980
00:46:58,040 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 1: just getting down to the basics of the things that

981
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 1: you need to be comfortable. Everybody's kids going to be

982
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,839
Speaker 1: slightly different. Some guys take more than other guys, some

983
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 1: guys take less than me. I found the happy medium

984
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 1: for myself, and I think that just kind of tweaking

985
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,560
Speaker 1: and adjusting your gear and the things that you take,

986
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:17,320
Speaker 1: you can do the same. If you haven't realized that

987
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:20,280
Speaker 1: by now, I could probably talk gear for days. Honestly,

988
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 1: It's just an integral part of what we do, and

989
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 1: I do enjoy talking about Gear. I also enjoy, you know,

990
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 1: answering specific questions about Gear because I've had a lot

991
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: of experience with different stuff, so I don't mind it.

992
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 1: I get I get a lot of questions about it,

993
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,360
Speaker 1: and I enjoy sharing some of my thoughts on some

994
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,879
Speaker 1: of that. Talking about sharing thoughts, next week, we're gonna

995
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,400
Speaker 1: be doing a Q and A, So share your thoughts,

996
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 1: send me your questions. You can do that either through

997
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 1: Instagram at Remy Warren or through Remy at the meat

998
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 1: Eater dot com, and I'll try to get to as

999
00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:53,360
Speaker 1: many as possible. I love the Q and A portions

1000
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,799
Speaker 1: that we do. It's your chance to reach out and

1001
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:58,839
Speaker 1: kind of make this podcast two ways, and a lot

1002
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: of the topics that I talked about or because of

1003
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 1: the things that you guys write in about. So if

1004
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: there's a topic that isn't being covered, be the guy

1005
00:48:05,719 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 1: that jumps on and says, hey, let's talk about this.

1006
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,799
Speaker 1: Maybe I'll answer it in that podcast, or maybe I'll

1007
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: just answer it in the future one. And then before

1008
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,239
Speaker 1: we close, if you liked this and what more I

1009
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:18,840
Speaker 1: mentioned him throughout the podcast, but episode thirty two is

1010
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 1: about backcountry food, Episode thirty was about water. Episode nineteen

1011
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:26,440
Speaker 1: late season camping. Combining all this knowledge together, you can

1012
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 1: go back and relsten to some of those I think

1013
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:30,759
Speaker 1: it's going to paint a really good picture of kind

1014
00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:32,480
Speaker 1: of what your kids gonna look like as you go

1015
00:48:32,520 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 1: out for different hunts, and you'll be more prepared. So

1016
00:48:36,360 --> 00:48:39,840
Speaker 1: until next time, carry just the right amount of stuff

1017
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:41,640
Speaker 1: and don't weigh yourself down.