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How heavy a gun is too heavy for hauling?
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 380103" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>My elk rig is 12lb. The past 2 years I've humped it by sling on hunts that require about 16 miles/day of hiking. The one day I actually shot game (elk AND muley) the first year I even forgot the sling so was hand-carrying. I would not recommend that to someone in average shape, I won a marathon the week before and was keeping up with a mountain goat of a local that had 30 days in the mountains that fall before I arrived. For most people, I think a tactical rifle on a backpack hunt is too much.</p><p></p><p>I got an Eberlestock this year, no more slinging the rifle. What I can do, and what I can do and enjoy, are different things. By the time I am 40 I will get a light rifle in 300WSM built to replace this Sendero for backpack hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 380103, member: 1656"] My elk rig is 12lb. The past 2 years I've humped it by sling on hunts that require about 16 miles/day of hiking. The one day I actually shot game (elk AND muley) the first year I even forgot the sling so was hand-carrying. I would not recommend that to someone in average shape, I won a marathon the week before and was keeping up with a mountain goat of a local that had 30 days in the mountains that fall before I arrived. For most people, I think a tactical rifle on a backpack hunt is too much. I got an Eberlestock this year, no more slinging the rifle. What I can do, and what I can do and enjoy, are different things. By the time I am 40 I will get a light rifle in 300WSM built to replace this Sendero for backpack hunting. [/QUOTE]
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