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<blockquote data-quote="Hognuts" data-source="post: 981192" data-attributes="member: 48031"><p>To the OP, which outfitter are you going with? Are you doing early season rifle hunt? I may run into you, we are going in on a drop camp with Mills Outdoor Adventures out of Augusta, we are going Sept 13-21st. I have never gone into the Bob, we tried to put a trip together a few years back but it ended up falling apart at the last minute. (my hunting partner wanted to wait on some special draw tags he had put in for to decide whether he wanted to do it or not and by the time we got draw results, the outfitter had filled all the slots) </p><p></p><p>I have done several back country hunts and I concur with alot of what was said in previous posts, I carry a side arm. 454 Casul just in case you have an unwanted Griz encounter. Not sure whether they supply food or not for fully guided guys, but we take Mountain House meals and jet boil. We also bring Tortillas and eat most any meal that mountain house makes like a wrap, makes it seem more like a meal for some reason. We carry filters so we can filter water to avoid carrying a large amount of water. I like to have a spare pair of boots in camp so I can switch off and keep my feet dry. I aslo carry p-chord and some pulleys for getting quartered up elk into a tree or meat pole, but if you are doing fully guided hunt I would imagine that they will take care of game retrieval and hanging meat/putting in bear box or the like. I like to keep lighters in all of my pockets in cargo pants and shirts. I use a pill bottle full of vaseline soaked cotton balls for fire starter just in case you get stuck in a storm and need to get warm it works well to get a fire going and takes up very little room and seems to work better than alot of the commercial fire starters I have tried. A good range finder, and binnoculars and knowing the drops for your rifle at the distances you plan on shooting. I sometimes bring two rifles (this year is no different) I put one on a high spot that you have a good vantage point and can take a longer poke and I carry one light rifle when I am hiking. Not practical for some due to the weight, but I like to punish myself for some reason! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Plenty of layers, maybe a cow-call/bugle if you are indeed doing early season hunt, they should be in the thick of the rut. (although I have heard that with wolf pressure they have been less responsive to bugling than in years past) Good luck up there and maybe I will run into you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hognuts, post: 981192, member: 48031"] To the OP, which outfitter are you going with? Are you doing early season rifle hunt? I may run into you, we are going in on a drop camp with Mills Outdoor Adventures out of Augusta, we are going Sept 13-21st. I have never gone into the Bob, we tried to put a trip together a few years back but it ended up falling apart at the last minute. (my hunting partner wanted to wait on some special draw tags he had put in for to decide whether he wanted to do it or not and by the time we got draw results, the outfitter had filled all the slots) I have done several back country hunts and I concur with alot of what was said in previous posts, I carry a side arm. 454 Casul just in case you have an unwanted Griz encounter. Not sure whether they supply food or not for fully guided guys, but we take Mountain House meals and jet boil. We also bring Tortillas and eat most any meal that mountain house makes like a wrap, makes it seem more like a meal for some reason. We carry filters so we can filter water to avoid carrying a large amount of water. I like to have a spare pair of boots in camp so I can switch off and keep my feet dry. I aslo carry p-chord and some pulleys for getting quartered up elk into a tree or meat pole, but if you are doing fully guided hunt I would imagine that they will take care of game retrieval and hanging meat/putting in bear box or the like. I like to keep lighters in all of my pockets in cargo pants and shirts. I use a pill bottle full of vaseline soaked cotton balls for fire starter just in case you get stuck in a storm and need to get warm it works well to get a fire going and takes up very little room and seems to work better than alot of the commercial fire starters I have tried. A good range finder, and binnoculars and knowing the drops for your rifle at the distances you plan on shooting. I sometimes bring two rifles (this year is no different) I put one on a high spot that you have a good vantage point and can take a longer poke and I carry one light rifle when I am hiking. Not practical for some due to the weight, but I like to punish myself for some reason! :D Plenty of layers, maybe a cow-call/bugle if you are indeed doing early season hunt, they should be in the thick of the rut. (although I have heard that with wolf pressure they have been less responsive to bugling than in years past) Good luck up there and maybe I will run into you! [/QUOTE]
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