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2 packs on a solo hunt?
That's damn impressive.
Save an elk, shoot a cow.
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BrentD - Yes. Look closely at that first picture and you'll see that frame attached to the outside back of my Osprey.
140lbs off that mountain would not have been a good idea in one load. I tried briefly but had absolutely no balance in the rocks.
It really makes for a smooth pack-out. You take one down a ways until you start to feel it, then take it off and ease your way back up with nothing but a water bottle to get the other. It's my third goat out that way, because I regularly hunt them solo.
Thanks for the comments, fellas. I've been locked out of my login for a couple days and frustrated that I couldn't get back into this thread to reply.
No. Not an easy hunt. I was being alot sarcastic, as I knew this crowd knows a hard hunt when they see one.
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your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
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well done... can hardly even imagine...
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Thanks for posting. Always great to share someones hunt. 2 packs awesome.
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No. Not an easy hunt. I was being alot sarcastic, as I knew this crowd knows a hard hunt when they see one.
Taylor
I backpack hunted a big billy last year solo. by far the hardest hunt of my life. the 2 pack system would have saved me a lot of bruising and bloodloss when I packed down 110lbs of gear and meat. great idea. Thanks for sharing, looks like an amazing adventure!
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outstanding Marc---ever since I sold you a Matthews you have been a MONSTER on critters with stik and string! Very cool man!
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Psalm 18:34 ->>---->
He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
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Awesome picts guy, great job. Whats even more impressive is that there is no Wiggys bashing yet. 
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Awesome hunt!! The two packs makes sense to me, good idea.
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Love it when someone posts photos of a backpack hunting adventure. Well done!
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That is too cool for words, BadA$$ for sure.
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Very, very cool! Thanks for the report and pics.
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Way to go!!! Congrats all around! Not sure I could do 140... I have done about 125 in training.... that turned into half a caribou and gear... but not in rocks... only in miserable 'heads... I'm impressed.
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Thanks for the post - really great. Also the 2 pack thing, really interesting and great idea, may try that one day.
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Bump.
Here's one from a couple years back. Same M.O., but I went without the tent and a couple other things this time.
Still travel with two packs, though. Never looking back from that.
Same Merrell Sawtooths. It was their fourth goat hunt.
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Once again, impressive!
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Bad to the bone x 2....Great photo-essay and thanks.
Stupid question but how do you tell a nanny from a billy?
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Not very easily, unless you happen to catch them urinating; Nannies squat.
There are horn differences, but they are not 100% accurate. Big glands behind the horns always equal a billy, though.
Look for a solo goat and shoot only a solo goat.
A BIG BILLY is obvious, however. Massive. But not if you've never compared him to anything... so... back to square one. LOL
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