Gear List - 06/03/15
Here is my sheep hunting gear list. I'd love to hear some comments/suggestions. Am I missing anything?
Tent: MEC Tarn 2 - 4 lbs 11.7 oz
SB: MEC Aquila down -7 and MEC GO down pillow in stuff sack - 3 lbs 5 oz
Pad: Thermarest Prolite - 17 oz
Cooking: Jet boil zip, 2 fuel cans, mug and titanium spork - 1 lb 13.5 oz
MSR water filter -1 lb 2.5 oz
Rifle: Rem 700 7mm-08 w/ Leupold scope - 7 lbs 1 oz
6 rounds of ammo - 4.8 oz
Pack: don't have a big one yet. Thinking a Osprey Xenith 105L at 5 lbs 11 oz. Hunting specific packs all seem heavier and way more expensive.
Spotter: Redfield 20-60×60 - 2 lbs 4 oz
Tripod: Manfrotto - 5 lbs (definitely need a lighter tripod, thinking Vortex summit, yay or nay?)
RF: Leupold RX-1000i - 9.4 oz
Binos: Redhead Epic - 1lb 4 oz
Knife: Buck Vantage Pro
Para cord: 2.2 oz
FA Kit and spare headlamp/GPS batteries - 8.3 oz
2 Vaseline smeared cotton balls and 10 matches in waterproof tube w/ tape: 0.7 oz
2 lighters and compass: 3.7 oz
Petzl headlamp: 2.8 oz
GPS: 5.7 oz
Game bags: 7.9 oz
Map 1.9oz
Bug spray
Sleeping pad repair kit
Glasses, sunglasses
TP and baby wipes
Deoderant
Adil, tums
Crocs
Camera
E-reader: 4 oz (only for longer trips, rain days are much more bearable. )
Tags
Bear spray: 12.5 oz
Salt to be cached on scouting trip
2L H20
Food (Mountain house, oatmeal, cliff bars, GORP, beef jerry, fruit bars, Nescafe 3 in 1, herbal tea)
Clothes ( Merino base layer, 2 pair liner socks, 2 pair wool socks, insulated or non insulated mountain hardware pants depending on season, underwear, fleece or down mid layer, goretex shell, HH touqe and gloves.)
Zamberlan Boots
Most say to skip the pillow and use the sleeping bag stuff sack with clothes as a pillow. 5 oz for a comfy down pillow that compresses to nothing is worth it to me and it will not be left behind
Could probably ditch the water filter.
Any other areas that I could lose weight for little cost? Tripod for sure and it's next priority.
Looking at getting new optics next year as well. (Nikon monarch 7 Binos and Nikon fieldscope. )
Tent: MEC Tarn 2 - 4 lbs 11.7 oz
SB: MEC Aquila down -7 and MEC GO down pillow in stuff sack - 3 lbs 5 oz
Pad: Thermarest Prolite - 17 oz
Cooking: Jet boil zip, 2 fuel cans, mug and titanium spork - 1 lb 13.5 oz
MSR water filter -1 lb 2.5 oz
Rifle: Rem 700 7mm-08 w/ Leupold scope - 7 lbs 1 oz
6 rounds of ammo - 4.8 oz
Pack: don't have a big one yet. Thinking a Osprey Xenith 105L at 5 lbs 11 oz. Hunting specific packs all seem heavier and way more expensive.
Spotter: Redfield 20-60×60 - 2 lbs 4 oz
Tripod: Manfrotto - 5 lbs (definitely need a lighter tripod, thinking Vortex summit, yay or nay?)
RF: Leupold RX-1000i - 9.4 oz
Binos: Redhead Epic - 1lb 4 oz
Knife: Buck Vantage Pro
Para cord: 2.2 oz
FA Kit and spare headlamp/GPS batteries - 8.3 oz
2 Vaseline smeared cotton balls and 10 matches in waterproof tube w/ tape: 0.7 oz
2 lighters and compass: 3.7 oz
Petzl headlamp: 2.8 oz
GPS: 5.7 oz
Game bags: 7.9 oz
Map 1.9oz
Bug spray
Sleeping pad repair kit
Glasses, sunglasses
TP and baby wipes
Deoderant
Adil, tums
Crocs
Camera
E-reader: 4 oz (only for longer trips, rain days are much more bearable. )
Tags
Bear spray: 12.5 oz
Salt to be cached on scouting trip
2L H20
Food (Mountain house, oatmeal, cliff bars, GORP, beef jerry, fruit bars, Nescafe 3 in 1, herbal tea)
Clothes ( Merino base layer, 2 pair liner socks, 2 pair wool socks, insulated or non insulated mountain hardware pants depending on season, underwear, fleece or down mid layer, goretex shell, HH touqe and gloves.)
Zamberlan Boots
Most say to skip the pillow and use the sleeping bag stuff sack with clothes as a pillow. 5 oz for a comfy down pillow that compresses to nothing is worth it to me and it will not be left behind
Could probably ditch the water filter.
Any other areas that I could lose weight for little cost? Tripod for sure and it's next priority.
Looking at getting new optics next year as well. (Nikon monarch 7 Binos and Nikon fieldscope. )