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Rifle carry weight for walking a few miles?
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<blockquote data-quote="TexasSportsman" data-source="post: 1953607" data-attributes="member: 115081"><p>My go to rifle is a X-Bolt FLD .30-06 with a Z5 3.5-18X44. It weighs about 9 pounds on the bathroom scale. I'd start training by just getting my endurance up though walking/running a couple of miles to start. Once the endurance is built up I'd add a backpack with some weight like books and add more books until you can make your miles without too much difficulty. When you're ready for the trip the rifle won't weigh as much as you think.</p><p></p><p>If your hunting from a blind and your guide takes you there in a truck or ATV it won't matter how heavy your rifle is.</p><p></p><p>If you're going to trek into the back country like the guy on the Solo Hunter YT channel you'll need to be in much better physical condition than most of us are.</p><p></p><p>Rifle w/scope, binoculars, mono pod, backpack with water, food items, first aid kit and other items if you might have to make an unplanned overnight stay...can add to the weight very quickly.</p><p></p><p>The rifle and water will be the majority of the weight you carry unless you use those filtering systems to drink from creeks or streams. A buddy used one of those filtering systems on water from a livestock tank that had algae floating. It was very warm water but the filter cleaned it right up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasSportsman, post: 1953607, member: 115081"] My go to rifle is a X-Bolt FLD .30-06 with a Z5 3.5-18X44. It weighs about 9 pounds on the bathroom scale. I'd start training by just getting my endurance up though walking/running a couple of miles to start. Once the endurance is built up I'd add a backpack with some weight like books and add more books until you can make your miles without too much difficulty. When you're ready for the trip the rifle won't weigh as much as you think. If your hunting from a blind and your guide takes you there in a truck or ATV it won't matter how heavy your rifle is. If you're going to trek into the back country like the guy on the Solo Hunter YT channel you'll need to be in much better physical condition than most of us are. Rifle w/scope, binoculars, mono pod, backpack with water, food items, first aid kit and other items if you might have to make an unplanned overnight stay...can add to the weight very quickly. The rifle and water will be the majority of the weight you carry unless you use those filtering systems to drink from creeks or streams. A buddy used one of those filtering systems on water from a livestock tank that had algae floating. It was very warm water but the filter cleaned it right up. [/QUOTE]
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