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.
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
Posts: 201 | Location: Arkansas | Registered: 21 December 2003
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.
Posts: 20310 | Location: wis | Registered: 21 April 2001
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.
