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<blockquote data-quote="BuckeyeRifleman" data-source="post: 2988529" data-attributes="member: 110280"><p>I'll chime in to the stove thing. </p><p></p><p>I mostly hunt with tipis and usually a stove. </p><p></p><p>If you are spiking into an area a few miles I find them to be incredibly nice and well worth the weight. I had a big backpacker buddy go with me one year and he similarly scoffed at the idea. By day 3 he was wondering how much they cost. They don't replace or make up for a proper sleep system… They aren't going to stay hot longer than 45min to an hr. Breaking up the weight with a partner can make them very reasonable to throw in a pack. </p><p></p><p>Now if you are doing a true solo backpack hunt where you are changing camp every day and hunting off your pack? I'd have a hard time justifying the weight. That's a different and very tough kind of hunting. With a partner it's still doable though. </p><p></p><p>Bottom like they are really good tools to have in the tool box. There is a reason fire is usually #1 priority in a survival scenario, often not even for warmth but for the psychological aspect. Put that fire inside of a shelter and that benefit is even stronger. There is something primal about it, and it certainly recharged your batteries. You sleep better, wake up more refreshed, and get out of the bag ready to hit the mountain. </p><p></p><p>Bottom line backpacking is not hunting. If I was just trying to put miles on a trail there is no way I'd carry a wood stove. I just wouldn't need the psychological aspect… I know what the trail ahead is, where it goes and how long it is. </p><p></p><p>Backcountry hunting, when I don't know what tomorrow will bring, how steep of a mountain I have to climb or what kind of terrain I have to get through, or when the "real work" will really begin, or even if I will, that wood stove goes a loooong way toward keeping me on the mountain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BuckeyeRifleman, post: 2988529, member: 110280"] I’ll chime in to the stove thing. I mostly hunt with tipis and usually a stove. If you are spiking into an area a few miles I find them to be incredibly nice and well worth the weight. I had a big backpacker buddy go with me one year and he similarly scoffed at the idea. By day 3 he was wondering how much they cost. They don’t replace or make up for a proper sleep system… They aren’t going to stay hot longer than 45min to an hr. Breaking up the weight with a partner can make them very reasonable to throw in a pack. Now if you are doing a true solo backpack hunt where you are changing camp every day and hunting off your pack? I’d have a hard time justifying the weight. That’s a different and very tough kind of hunting. With a partner it’s still doable though. Bottom like they are really good tools to have in the tool box. There is a reason fire is usually #1 priority in a survival scenario, often not even for warmth but for the psychological aspect. Put that fire inside of a shelter and that benefit is even stronger. There is something primal about it, and it certainly recharged your batteries. You sleep better, wake up more refreshed, and get out of the bag ready to hit the mountain. Bottom line backpacking is not hunting. If I was just trying to put miles on a trail there is no way I’d carry a wood stove. I just wouldn’t need the psychological aspect… I know what the trail ahead is, where it goes and how long it is. Backcountry hunting, when I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, how steep of a mountain I have to climb or what kind of terrain I have to get through, or when the “real work” will really begin, or even if I will, that wood stove goes a loooong way toward keeping me on the mountain. [/QUOTE]
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