Tradewind
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What pack do you use?The length of time spent if its 3 days or 14 is just extra food. I've done a dozen 10-12 day backpack sheep hunts and countless other shorter trips. Two guys splitting camp and gear, even with 2 rifles shouldn't be more than about 50-55lbs each. I can do a solo 10day pack for 50-55lbs. I don't count my binos or clothes I'm wearing, but everything else including spotter and rifle. I guess if I counted the cloths I'm wearing, boots, and binos I'd be in the 60lb range, maybe.
The wife and I did a 10 day trip, took one rifle and a pistola. Total weight of my pack was 50lbs, hers was 37lbs... and we took more than enough food.
Start cutting stuff you don't really need. A few extra cloths for the later season is about the only difference from an August to a October trip. Plan on the weather being shit, it will rain and snow in early October in the Chugach, may rain every day. Early Oct is season changing time and can be a miserable experience in the mountains. If you are lucky and kill one you will have 80-90lbs of sheep to pack out. With 2 guys thats an easy pack as long as you didn't take a bunch of extras.
Looking at your list it looks like you are including clothes you wear and binos. Thats like 5-6lbs, or are those extra clothes?
Things I would ditch -
nalgene bottle, unless you really need it for some reason
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Check your fuel, a 110gr bottle should lasts me 6-8 days depending on temps, heating dinner and breakfast. For two people I take a 250 and a 110 and have plenty for 12 days.
What are flyers liner pants? Puffy pants?
I don't see any rain pants. The grass in the chugach if wet will soak you to the bone.
Water shoes aren't needed, IMO. Just wear rain pants, tighten up boots, and wear gaiters, and go fast... The streams aren't that big.
I would take a small backup battery pack to charge the inreach incase you leave it on by accident. Walmart has little 4000mah for like $10.
The costco merino wool socks suck. If they are new they will last the trip, but you'll probably wear holes in them.
split the camp gear between you and your buddy. THings like the tent, spotter, tripod, etc. Don't double up. I would 100% take a spotter, you can find beeded sheep about 10x easier, and you can't tell a young ram from a ewe at long range with binos.
Good luck on your hunt!!!
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