Hubby11
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I just finished listening to the latest Meateater podcast where they had a trauma surgeon as their guest. Right after being done with the podcast, I ordered a splint and a tourniquet off of Amazon. And I quit smoking.
No Way i'm heading to a tree without some toilet paper at a minimum... I'm too old and, well, let's leave the rest of that alone...
And I feel like my G2 is a little too small for midwestern whitetail.
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Well... I look at it this way. Everything I carry first aid wise and a fire starting kit and space blanket fit in a Tupperware the size of a sandwich.Honest question. In your mind, how valuable is a first aid kit for somebody who hunts one to two miles back from the truck, and lives 30 minutes from a large city with several hospitals?
My thought is any injury I sustain is likely to fall under one of two categories:
Trivial enough to "shake it off" and either patch it at home or drive to hospital. Last year I had a mishap that resulted in 4 stitches to my ankle. Sure, a butterfly bandage would have helped, but so did applying pressure with a t shirt and then hobbling out. I've also cut myself gutting before and am still here.
Severe enough that a first aid kit don't do ya no good. Fall 30ft or shoot yourself, and a butterfly bandaid and some antiseptic don't help ya none.
I'm not trying to be tongue-in-cheek, and I'm not opposed to carrying something. But I'm not walking around with a splint and quick-clot acting like I'm gonna patch myself up after fighting a zombie bear.
Yep. I packed my doe out this weekend in a Badlands silent Reaper. Wore saddle out, strapped clothes to bottom of pack. Skinned and partially deboned quarters. Easy peasy.If you are going to be packing out meat don't you need a pack with empty space going in?
Those southern deer are miniatures. And you can field-debone legally. I've got a little collabsable stuffsack with pack straps about the size of the pack @Nutterbuster mentioned. Not ideal for packing out but packs down to about half a fist in size and weighs nothing, if you really wanna go all-in on ultralight and packout. I'd consider it for early-season stripped down hunting other than the bone transport issue. And once it's cool enough that you're packing clothes, just strap on your clothes on the pack out (and once you have a pack really all that matters is streamlined profile while bustin brush, comfort, and gear-management up, down, into the tree). An extra few ounces here and there doesn't matter at all - until it forces you to upsize gear, exceeds the comfortable load of what you're carrying with, or means you've got crap you don't need obstructing access to stuff you do need.If you are going to be packing out meat don't you need a pack with empty space going in?
I lost 60 lbs on keto and am currently down 40 lbs from my max. I was a bit too skinny at 156 lbs but am a bit overweight now at 174 lbs.I am just the opposite - I take in gear that helps me hunt. Binoculars, game camera, kill kit, grunt call, etc. can be found in my pack often. With a 2 hour drive being the norm, and hot temps, heavy coyote populations - you don't have time to be running back home to get something you could have carried in the woods.
Truth is, I was on the weight cutting journey for a few years and then I made a remarkable discovery that cut far more weight then anything I ever did DIY - I started working out, I started KETO and I dropped almost 40#s (still have 10-15 pounds to cut if I want to get serious) - I routinely carry a 20-30 pound pack when you add in weight of pack, waders, sticks, platform, camera and extra clothes, water and lunch, and everything else..... I just look at it as my winter training program. It gets kind of silly looking for 5 pounds of weight savings in our packs when most of use have an easy 10+ we can cut off our bodies - an be healthier in the process.