Nice thing about hunting in the backcountry on foot carrying a pack is that it'll eventually turn you into a minimalist.

yes, indeed it will and it's amazing how fast you learn this---chris

I learned this on my first trip while carrying my pack across the lawn to my truck.

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Originally posted by Skinner.:
Nice thing about hunting in the backcountry on foot carrying a pack is that it'll eventually turn you into a minimalist.

And an excersizer...

Where I hunted last summer, the base camp was situated at the end of a lake. The outfitter had both a float plane and a wheeled plane. The landing strip for the wheeled plane was on a flat above camp. Well, it is perhaps a 3/4 mile walk up to the plane, with some fairly steep climbs.

The outfitter commented how many of the clients would re-pack their backpacks when reaching the top and become minimalist. He had a little shed next to the plane to leave unneeded items.

Down has always seemed a harder (certainly on the old knees) deal than up...maybe I stop more on the way up--pant, pant--and am in too big a hurry on the way out...Arthur

I have taken a lot of first timers on back backing trips. I always tell them lets go through your pack before you go.

When I start to toss things out some get upset. I don't fight them to much I just tell them don't bring anything along that you don't want to leave in the woods.

Most people pack way to much food.

The funnest thing I saw 15 miles off the trail head was cloquet set. These guys must of thought they were going to a park. Not my group I take the paper labels off my stuff.

What do you all recammend as a good schale for weighing not just your pack full or empty, but indavidual items that weigh less than a pound as well?

Untill it died last year I was using a digital schale for weighing fish made by Berkly. It was good up to 50lbs and was quite accurate by my own tests + or - 2ozs. I was going to buy another Berkly as my last one made it over 10yrs, and this post got me thinking if maybe there is a better scale out there. The Berkly can also see double duty for fishing as well.

I first got turned onto the Berkly as the DNR check stations where I hunt used them to weigh spring turkeys that were checked in, and told me thay were vary accurate.

So what do you think, stick with the Berkly?

Buy a scale that will weigh down to 0.1 OZ.
Ebay has lots offered for sale...
Container weights and product amounts will cut unneeded weight..