Ultra lightweight hunting ?

Rock Scaling is definitely not for most people you definitely need a big set of balls
I will definitely get a bivy sack too but I will still need a lightweight tent as well for longer trips
Pemmican is a really good suggestion I like pemmican better than the freezdried food i'm not really fussy when it comes to what I eat
just ask some of my girlfriends Haahaaa
 
Well for a tent I have been using a Sierra Design 'Solo Assault'...certainly not the most expensive tent and I am sure there are better...but not a bad compromise in weight and durability and size....as previously mentioned the Polartec fabric is great for clothing and 300 wt is the best choice for colder weather. Wool I fine but it is heavier. DO NOT buy silk for anything next to your skin...I made that mistake once and damn near perished when the silk soaked up the perspiration...wouldnt wick it away from my body but wicked all the heat away from me! I had to strip down in sub zero weather to rip that POS of my torso...never again...let the yuppie ski chalet types use that crap!
 
Get a Kimber Adirondack and put a peep on it, will weigh about 4lbs 15oz. I have one, Pounds lighter than other "lightweights". Your single biggest weight savings right there. People rag on them online and they're not my absolute favourite, but they bloody well work and weigh so little it's the only choice. A Model 7 .308 is over a pound and a half heavier! That's enormous in light mountain hunting terms.
 
I picked up a seek outside Beyond timberline 2 (BT2 )tipi tent I baleve its under 2 lbs so not a bad start I just save about 3 or 4lbs on my tent
Hunting Pack and sleeping bag next followed by alpaca packraft
I'm hearing good things about the seek outside packs from the guy I got the tent from

 
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I bought one of those hammocks and one night in one in the mountains I said #%€£ that. Zero heat retention hanging in open air, massive risk with the Grizzlies hanging out there like a hot dog on a spit, and swings like crazy in a mountain wind. Utterly useless gear for BC mountain hunting in my estimation, which is unfortunate as they're so light and packable. In the Amazon they're likely great, I did some trips there and hammocks are popular, keeps you away from the ground dwelling bugs, warmer conditions, and way less wind.
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Up there for worst outdoors night of my life, I bought some bottom entry hammock / shelter at MEC thinking it would be the ticket below the tree line- wet ground? Doesn't matter. No level surfaces? No worries just need trees. Weasels chewing your pack? Not anymore.

All those lovely thoughts went out the window after a night in one and a bear visit. I think it's a useful emergency shelter, but it was colder than Gatehouse's heart when one says "H&H". And it went downhill from there.
 
carverk said:
I picked up a seek outside Beyond timberline 2 (BT2 )tipi tent I baleve its under 2 lbs so not a bad start I just save about 3 or 4lbs on my tent
Hunting Pack and sleeping bag next followed by alpaca packraft
I'm hearing good things about the seek outside packs from the guy I got the tent from

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No offense, but you could buy an 8x10 blue tarp at walmart and prop a 6 ft stick between your legs around the groin area and you'd have the same. :)
 
Ardent said:
Up there for worst outdoors night of my life, I bought some bottom entry hammock / shelter at MEC thinking it would be the ticket below the tree line- wet ground? Doesn't matter. No level surfaces? No worries just need trees. Weasels chewing your pack? Not anymore.

All those lovely thoughts went out the window after a night in one and a bear visit. I think it's a useful emergency shelter, but it was colder than Gatehouse's heart when one says "H&H". And it went downhill from there.
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Did you have a hammock sock?
 
Ardent said:
I bought one of those hammocks and one night in one in the mountains I said #%€£ that. Zero heat retention hanging in open air, massive risk with the Grizzlies hanging out there like a hot dog on a spit, and swings like crazy in a mountain wind. Utterly useless gear for BC mountain hunting in my estimation, which is unfortunate as they're so light and packable. In the Amazon they're likely great, I did some trips there and hammocks are popular, keeps you away from the ground dwelling bugs, warmer conditions, and way less wind.
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Hammocks are best for tropical areas or tropical areas where the land is swampy and/or jungle-like.
 
bearkilr said:
No offense, but you could buy an 8x10 blue tarp at walmart and prop a 6 ft stick between your legs around the groin area and you'd have the same. :)
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I did that fore years picking pine mushrooms it's light but bulky this tent fits in a small stufsack and the zipper door is nice on the westcoast wen a gale blows up is nice
goal is ultralight and compact everything I think I can cut 20 or 30 lbs of my hiking kit at the very least cut my pack in 1/2

My base camp is also a tipi tent but it's 30lbs and big but I love that tent it still needs a stove but I find it lighter and hander then the wall tents
It shood work out the same with the bT2 compared to a standard lightwaght dome tent
 
Zip up tents are a pain in the ass for light weight camping IMO.
Tarp suspended and cornered off with rubber bunge cord with plastic coated hooks on each end for uber fast set-up and teardown. If something wakes you up out of a sleep you can look 360 pretty much immediately with your best flashlight, to identify what's what.
Bottom ground sheet water proof one side, heat reflector side facing body. Now you are waterproof and heat reflected back at your frame.
Air mattress (lightest possible) that you tested at home.
1/4 inch thick foam pad between.
Sleeping bag or bags.
Poncho on top to give one a little extra body heat and fight a drafty breeze.
Your jacket and long sleeved shirt folded up and under your head as a pillow and you know exactly where it's a at in the morning.
Boots and socks also close at hand.
(If you are camping on a hillside or mountainous terrain, make sure your sleeping bag has loops to tie your self off near your shoulders-upper zipper line, so one does not rudely slide out of your bag at zero dark thirty)
 
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I did that fore years picking pine mushrooms it's light but bulky this tent fits in a small stufsack and the zipper door is nice on the westcoast wen a gale blows up is nice
goal is ultralight and compact everything I think I can cut 20 or 30 lbs of my hiking kit at the very least cut my pack in 1/2

My base camp is also a tipi tent but it's 30lbs and big but I love that tent it still needs a stove but I find it lighter and hander then the wall tents
It shood work out the same with the bT2 compared to a standard lightwaght dome tent
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I get what you're trying to achieve,but sometimes an extra 2 lbs will make or break a trip, especially if your night is miserable. There are a bunch of bivy tents/shelters out there that are proven to endure the elements. I can handle cold or wind,but I hate sleeping wet.
 
bearkilr said:
I get what you're trying to achieve,but sometimes an extra 2 lbs will make or break a trip, especially if your night is miserable. There are a bunch of bivy tents/shelters out there that are proven to endure the elements. I can handle cold or wind,but I hate sleeping wet.
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Tipi tents ( pyramid tents )are well proven and handle heavy winds and rain better then most other designs
Plus wen I go up north I need sum protection from the deer flies I sleeped under the trees up north and it would have bin okay but those Little buggers take chunks out of your hide
I have woken up with blood running down my face and in my eyes from deer flys
 
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Tipi tents ( pyramid tents )are well proven and handle heavy winds and rain better then most other designs
Plus wen I go up north I need sum protection from the deer flies I sleeped under the trees up north and it would have bin okay but those Little buggers take chunks out of your hide
I have woken up with blood running down my face and in my eyes from deer flys
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Bug jacket with face shield, bug pants, bug screen over sleeping bed.
 
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No a level up, used a Hennessy Hammock with an air cell mat. Has a full rain fly etc.
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Not sure of the brand of hammock but my brother has an sock, maybe underway quilt is the correct term. Seems to work for him from what I've seen in heavily wooded areas, no wind
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I personally can't stand sleeping in a hammock, let alone in the winter seeing how bundle up you need to be to stay warm. I can't stand the motion or the confinement of them. Being holed up in a tent in crap weather is one thing, but up in a hammock, for days potentially, Not for me.
 
I think the BT2 is a good compromise For a minimalist tent with protection from elements and room to move move around and cook wen Wethered in for days on end
I cand send the tent back and have seek outdoors install a stove Jack and turn it into a hot tent but that kind of defeats the purpose of ultralight when you start packing a wood stove but it would be handy in the late fall and winter I have to think about weather the added waight would be Worth it or not there titanium stove is light but not as light as I would like
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