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How heavy are your packs and for how many days do you go out?
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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 2487452" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Including a scoped rifle you should be right on the money B/C a scoped rifle should come in around 8 ti 8.5 pounds and that leaves 42 pounds for all else including meat bags, knife, sharpening tool and latex gloves and heavier winter clothing, sleeping bag and mattress. Do NOT take a water filter . It will freeze and be useless if not burst. Use a Steripen brand UV light water purifier instead. Lighter and easier to use.</p><p></p><p>I would add 3 mm thick closed cell neoprene divers' socks (US Divers brand are best) to wear over thin poly liner socks. These replace your heaver socks and best of all <em>keep your boots dry and therefore WARM inside.</em></p><p></p><p>These divers' socks are also known as Vapor Barrier Liners (VBL) and are well known among winter campers and mountaineers. Carry one pair of thin polyester sock liners for each day, changing out the wet liners each night. (Put the stinking, damp liner socks in a ZipLoc freezer bag!) Turn you divers' socks inside-out to dry for half an hour then put them in the bottom of your sleeping bag. Put on clean poly liner socks and heavy "sleep socks' for the night.</p><p></p><p>My credentials are 16 years as a Nordic and Alpine Ski Patroller and teaching US Army ROTC cadets winter survival including overnight tactical field exercises.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 2487452, member: 54178"] Including a scoped rifle you should be right on the money B/C a scoped rifle should come in around 8 ti 8.5 pounds and that leaves 42 pounds for all else including meat bags, knife, sharpening tool and latex gloves and heavier winter clothing, sleeping bag and mattress. Do NOT take a water filter . It will freeze and be useless if not burst. Use a Steripen brand UV light water purifier instead. Lighter and easier to use. I would add 3 mm thick closed cell neoprene divers' socks (US Divers brand are best) to wear over thin poly liner socks. These replace your heaver socks and best of all [I]keep your boots dry and therefore WARM inside.[/I] These divers' socks are also known as Vapor Barrier Liners (VBL) and are well known among winter campers and mountaineers. Carry one pair of thin polyester sock liners for each day, changing out the wet liners each night. (Put the stinking, damp liner socks in a ZipLoc freezer bag!) Turn you divers' socks inside-out to dry for half an hour then put them in the bottom of your sleeping bag. Put on clean poly liner socks and heavy "sleep socks' for the night. My credentials are 16 years as a Nordic and Alpine Ski Patroller and teaching US Army ROTC cadets winter survival including overnight tactical field exercises. [/QUOTE]
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