duckbofetch, Is this your first dance? If so, your guide should have a pretty detailed list. I don't always bring what they suggest, but you may be hearing about it the whole trip if you don't!!!! For instance, the first time shale rips up your Patagonia Puffball layer of insulation, and the guide asks you where is the heavy wool chit they suggested.......well, you see where I'm going. That aside, this is so much fun, the preparation for the "Big Trip". It's as foreign to me as a moonshot, as I've always lived in the SE US. I've never hunted the Chugatch, but I've been to AK several times, hunting the Brooks, the AK Range, and the Misty Fjord NF. Any weather is possible. You'll find that members on this forum can endlessly debate boots, packs, tents, flashlights, waders, guide tips, taxidermy, socks, and on and on. For the most part, guys on this forum know their stuff, and have helped me to no end. I'll try to look up some published lists that have been helpful to me, and link you to them. Don
doc's right, the list is just the start then comes which..... boots, socks, rain gear, insulating jackets,pants, packs, glass, stoves, sleeping bags, tents, water purification, food, gloves, hats, etc, etc .....
I have made five such (walk in) trips with a 38.5" and a 37" to show for the effort. Sit down with your partner and have a serious discussion about every piece of gear. We take one rifle between us and hunt together saving 6.5 lbs right there. The tent is not needed, we took one the first time out and could not justify one after that (we camp on top in a rock outcropping with a lightweight tarp-fly). We make water as we go and have a collapable fabric canteen for camp use. We plan for four days carring in about 28 lbs. I did take a "new" guy in once but we got high winds snow and a crust of ice covering everything and my partner pulled the plug before the fog lifted and the hunt could begin... I feel we walked away from his sheep. We have taken our modified sheep camp out for Caribou and last time out (adding a tent) for Moose, we like to make those Cub Drivers happy with our little pile of camp gear! Best of luck to you.
I definitely understand the motivation to go light, and I've been up the mountain a time or two, and for me a tent, soft pad, dependable sleeping bag, and my own rifle make the trip worth it. If this Kifaru sleeping bag works out, I've just reduced my base carrying weight by one pound. I'm thinking about going with lighter glass also. I'd just be a little afraid to head out with only a tarp, but have respect for those that can. Don
Attached is my sanitized sheep/goat hunting list embedded in the .zip folder. While I would never carry everything on the list, I could imagine a situation when I would want each item, so the list acts as a "reminder" tool for me when packing.
Note: I left the tent on the spreadsheet as an example of how the file works if anyone is interested in using this as a template.
Congrats on the Chugach tag...which one did you draw?
okay maybe 3rd time is charms, freaking MOfo OS anyway
finally made it to my puter with gear list
I've never had much luck using search function on 24 hr, hope this helps someone trying to reinvent the wheel.
it's not been looked closely at for awhile, I refine it and don't necessarily take everything on it for a trip, but it's dependent upon weather and location.
anyhoo, here it is:
GEAR LIST : SHEEP HUNTING
1 SLEEPING north face cat's meow (delta) 2 lbs. 10 oz. (42 oz.) ridge rest 3/4 8.94 oz REI half dome 4.49 lbs (71.84 oz.) / alt. clip flash 4.21 lbs. (67.36 oz.) emergency bag 2.42 oz. ( alt. or add/on emer blanket 1.83 oz. ) TOTAL WT. 8.32 lbs. w/ clip & new bag 7.54 lbs. 2 COOKING snow peak stove 2.57 oz. aluminum coffee pot or titatnium pot 6.37 oz./ 6.36 oz. lexan spoon .31 oz. alum. measure cup ( mcdonalds cup alternate 1.72 oz.) 1.11 oz. 2 fuel canisters ( 1 big 13.26 oz 1 small 7.11 oz.) snow peak giga 20.37 0z./ 2sm. 14.22 oz. Pepsi or Lipton tea bottle for Metr-x mixing wide mouth 1.69 oz. platypus 4L water tank 2.49 oz. 1 mini bic ( .40 oz.) 4 salt and 4 pepper in ziploc bag (.23 oz.) .63 0z. TOTAL WT. 2.22 LBS / 1.83 lbs. #3 PACK barneys pack w/moose bag , 3 lashing straps 7.25 lbs (116 oz.) platypus hydration 3.65 oz. pack repair, para cord 50 ft. rope ? 4.22 oz. survival ; power bar, flagging, fire starter, matches,tub candle 4.01 oz. first aid ; moleskin, bandages, iodine,tweezers,eye wash, bandaids,relafen,painkillers,antibiotic,tums,tape 5.61 oz. sunglasses and case ??????? hiking pole 10.05 oz. game bags (2) plastic bags (2) 1.63 lbs. (26.08 oz.) saw ligtweight either folder or oz custom oz saw 4.6 oz. TOTAL WT. 4 OPTICS spotting scope leupold and tripod 3 LBS. 13 oz. (61 oz.) binocs zeiss compacts 7.09 ozs. chamois in ziploc eyepatch .57 OZ. bushnell range finder 6O0 ALTERNATE (bush 300 7.31 oz) 10.51 OZ. TOTAL WT. 5.13 lbs. alt. 4.74 lbs. 5 WEAPON 7mm mag w/scope and cover bikini, 140 gr. rem corlokt 3 in chamber 7lb. 4 oz. 3 in stock carrier,5 in pack, 6 @ spike camp(3 175 gr) 10.05 oz TOTAL WT. 7.87 LBS. (126.05 OZ.) 6 KNIVES quikcut .54 oz. cutco folder 1.19 oz. seber tool (pliers, 2 phillips,2 flat screwdrivers) 1.25 oz. fiskars mini crock .54 oz. TOTAL WT. 3.52 oz. oz. or .22 lbs. 7 MISCELLANEOUS map & compass (compass 1.3 oz.) (map approx. 5.36oz.) 6.66 oz. toothbrush & paste .96 oz. flashlight photon micro .25 oz. paperback book ; weather days and emergency t.p. t.p. in ziploc .5 oz. t.p. to carry on me .36 0z. 3 wet wipes in ziploc .65 oz. 8 selecta size paper towels .40 oz. safety pins (2 ??? add more maybe 5) 3 or 4 grams * baby powder in plastic tub .39 oz. 6 vit. C's 1500 mg time release in baggie .47 oz. ear plugs 1.5 grams* plastic ruler 2.5 grams* all grams (.28 oz.) handwarmers (1 or 2) ?????? 1.32 oz. liscense and tags .42 camera 9.20 oz. Total wt. 1.36 lbs. 8 CLOTHING (head & neck) baclava, black turtle fur neck and nylon top 2.52 ozs. supplex bomber 3.49 ozs. lightest baseball cap possible ( supplex columbia) 2.15 oz. bandana : cotton or coolmax (probably cotton) headnet (inner body) 1 black ak wear bottom 6.65 ozs. 2 black ak wear tops 6.44 each 12.88 ozs. 1 coolmax type t-shirt 4.94 ozs. 1 black synthetic brief 2.19 ozs. 1 supplex shirt 10.65 ozs. 1 supplex pants 12.73 ozs. TOTAL WT. 3.12 lbs. (outer body) montbell thermawrap parka XL w/hood 15.13 oz. montbell vest 6.66 oz. frogg toggs black bottoms 7.55 oz. frogg toggs tan jacket 10 0z. TOTAL WT. 2.45 lbs. (feet) one sport boots 2 pair blue poly liners .86 oz. ea 1.72 ozs. 3 pair thorlo's 3.84 ozs. ea 7.68 ozs. 1 pair sealskinz 3.56 ozs. TOTAL WT. (hands) 1 pair fleece gloves 2.32 ozs. ( grey polys 2.96 oz. alt.) 1 pair fleece wristies .76 oz.
#9 LEAVE @ BASE CAMP OR AIRSTRIP little bro and shells??????? tools ; at least 2 leatherman and crescent wrench bigger tent or tarps reading material teryaki and salt and pepper and fresh food apples,potatoes carrots, munchies, beer? eggs? bread, pasta & sauce dessert stuff Salt for capes about 15 lbs. for 2 extra warm synthetic clothes in dry bag communications : sattelite phone or el
"This ain't dress rehearsal....it's the life you get to live, make it a good one."
Contained within the attached zipped folder are the sheep lists referred to by AlaskaCub from the Outdoors Directory Forum. Also included is a simple list from a friend of mine who has been successfully hunting sheep in the Chugach longer than I have been alive.
As for those who cannot display the list, I have nothing useful to offer. So long as you have any "recent" version of windows or Mac OS you should be able to unzip and view these .doc and .xls files.
Could you copy your friends SS to this post? Sounds very interesting.
Can't view it without registering on that site.
Thanks. If not, I understand.
Here's that post and my spreadsheet:
I created a spreadsheet. Got ahold of a digital scale and weighed all my gear, every single item including bullets, socks and skivvies! Then set up a calculation so that if I enter "yes" it adds the item to the total weight. My spreadsheet has more items than I will take on any one hunt. I can pick and choose what items to take and see exactly how much my pack will weigh. This is gear only. Food would be in addition and of course depend on how many days worth. Figure 1.5lbs per day as an average. Between my water bottles and bladder I can carry a gallon of water if I feel I have too. 8lbs right there.
You would be surprised at the actual weight of your gear compared to the manufacturers listed weight or your own "guesstimate". And all those items that "don't weigh much" add up to a pound or two in a hurry. And remember. A pound or so is a another days worth of food which means another day you can stay in the mountains and look for that ram! Or survive the unexpected.
I attached it my spreadsheet. You can see my gear and replace it with your own and the weights. This has helped my put it in to perspective.
