Looking at an arctic hunt for barren ground griz and musk ox. What sleeping bag would be advised?

Depends on where you sleeping.
If in a tent just as important as the bag I would have an exterior bag liner. Cabelas makes a few bags light weight mummy that are rated 0
That's the ones I like.

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Originally posted by dogcat:
Looking at an arctic hunt for barren ground griz and musk ox. What sleeping bag would be advised?

Ross:

Call the guys at Barney's Sports Chalet in Anchorage. These guys are the best. They will hook you up.

Do yourself a favor and get a wiggies bag. Talk to mark at wiggies alaska next to pink elephant car wash on old seward near dimond.

absolutely the best bags out there.

Well if your hunting grizz it's not gonna be to cold out. So a -20 bag will probably be more than enough. North face makes a nice one, Wiggins makes good bags too.

Thanks for the help guys!

Three trips above the arctic circle years ago, I used a extra large Marmot goose down mummy bag. It had a Goretex shell. Always kept me warm and dry. Very packable in your bush plane and light weight.
I detest mummy bags none the less.

EZ

Wiggy's, get their 2 bag system

I use the two bag wigygys and even at -40 in a tent it still keeps me warm and if you are in a warm tent or a cabin just use one of the bags
it's hard to beat a wiggys bag
joe

Hate to tag on to another thread, but how many sleeping bag threads do there need to be. Any suggestions for a 0 degree sleeping bag that has a little room in the shoulders? I can't sleep if every time I move the bag is stuck to me like a glove and most mummy style bags just don't have room.

I live in Northern BC and we do a lot of hunts in the winter and the best bag i've come across is from Taiga. They are a canadian company out of Vancouver. They are very warm and are water resistant down bags.
Here is the website:
https://www.taigaworks.ca/Sleeping-Bags-c7
And with the exchange rate you can save some money!

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Originally posted by jcarr:
Hate to tag on to another thread, but how many sleeping bag threads do there need to be. Any suggestions for a 0 degree sleeping bag that has a little room in the shoulders? I can't sleep if every time I move the bag is stuck to me like a glove and most mummy style bags just don't have room.

Look into a quilt from
Enlightened equipment. Much more room. I have a zero degree quilt from them and love it. Roll all you want and it stays put.

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Originally posted by Fourtyonesix:

Look into a quilt from
Enlightened equipment. Much more room. I have a zero degree quilt from them and love it. Roll all you want and it stays put.

Looks interesting, you never get any cold from the backside? Will be hunting moose in mid sept in the Wrangell St. Elias area. Thanks

It's designed to let your sleeping pad be your backside insulation. Compressed or flattened sleeping bag is basicly zero insulation as it is. The quilt straps around a sleeping pad. So it makes it overall wider and then it don't roll with you, it stays put. I was a skeptic but kept reading amazing reports on them. So I tried one. Wow. 22oz and zero degree, warmer than my zero degree bags, roomier, lighter....what's not to love.

Another vote for Wiggy's. Husband took his to Nothern Pakistan and up Kilimanjaro, he says it is the best sleeping bag he has ever owned.
He only considered buying the bag because it was so highly recommended here on AR.

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Originally posted by Fourtyonesix:
It's designed to let your sleeping pad be your backside insulation. Compressed or flattened sleeping bag is basicly zero insulation as it is. The quilt straps around a sleeping pad. So it makes it overall wider and then it don't roll with you, it stays put. I was a skeptic but kept reading amazing reports on them. So I tried one. Wow. 22oz and zero degree, warmer than my zero degree bags, roomier, lighter....what's not to love.

That's interesting. The quilt idea has come and gone several times through the years. The down side has always been air could still get in from the sides. The one you describe sounds like it straps around your sleeping pad to hold it in place?

I've always hated mummy bags because of their confinement. I like to have some room to move when I sleep. But the penalty has always been a larger heavier bag and the colder the rating the weight goes up exponentially. Perhaps now somebody has figured out the solution.

-0- rated??

I like the NorthFace synthetic bag that is -40f rated. Kind of big and bulky, but easier to open the side zipper if you are too warm, or use it as a quilt with a footbox for your feet... These are about $350 for the Tall length. They come with a quality compression sack and have a pocket that holds your pad so you don't slide off during the night. Dark Star... really excellent value wherever conditions might get damp or wet.

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Originally posted by larryshores:

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Originally posted by dogcat:
Looking at an arctic hunt for barren ground griz and musk ox. What sleeping bag would be advised?

Ross:

Call the guys at Barney's Sports Chalet in Anchorage. These guys are the best. They will hook you up.

100% agreed with Larry. Just know the temperature range you will be looking at and what/where you will be sleeping (tent, cabin, ect). They won't steer you wrong.

Brett

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Originally posted by Thebear_78:
Do yourself a favor and get a wiggies bag. Talk to mark at wiggies alaska next to pink elephant car wash on old seward near dimond.

absolutely the best bags out there.

Not necessarily the lightest, so it really depends on what you need. But yes they make some really warm bags. I'll be using their clothing for my muskox hunt next February.

Brett

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Originally posted by Fourtyonesix:
It's designed to let your sleeping pad be your backside insulation. Compressed or flattened sleeping bag is basicly zero insulation as it is. The quilt straps around a sleeping pad. So it makes it overall wider and then it don't roll with you, it stays put. I was a skeptic but kept reading amazing reports on them. So I tried one. Wow. 22oz and zero degree, warmer than my zero degree bags, roomier, lighter....what's not to love.

Appreciate it, I'll be in touch with them next week. I just can't see me sleeping in a normal mummy bag for 12 days.

If you do not have one. here is your tent. https://arcticoventent.com/
Do not get a feather bag! they are fine the first night and as they get wetter from breath and sweat, they get colder and colder. Synthetic loft is easier to dry out and stays warm. Air the bag all day while you are tromping around in the pucker brush. Sneak within 100 yds. of the bear and make a good shot.
Good luck

I have two bags, one is a 60 year old Eddie Bauer oversize bag, and it doesn't get cold enough to not keep you warm..The other is a 40 year old Woods bag, and its just barely lighter than the Eddie Bauer..What is amazing is that I paid about $350 ea. for them way back then. I was actually offered $800 for either one of them by one of my hunters, but not for sale. Like most things made back then, they took no shortcuts and did it right. The down in those old bags was gathered by hand from goose nests in the polar region, and sold to Bauer and Woods. Never spent a cold night in either, and they contain no feathers, just down..

Both are a little warm for all but the coldest of weather so I have a couple of wool liners pinned inside them as much of my hunting is spent in a cabin or wall tent, and I cover with one or two blankets..Like any sleeping bag its best to air it out ever day or two..I still like down hunting coats unless its raining or terribly wet, but that's why they make rain gear, If I am hunting with lots of snow and damp I still favor wool as most old timers do.