Gear for 2 nights...

My gear for 2 nights in the Ruahines. Only thing missing is my binos and me.

Pack is 55 litres.
Clothes are the ones I stand up in (light huntech old trou, poly vest, fleece top, socks, boots, cap), plus down vest, raincoat, light balaclava.
Pillow case for meat bag.
Food is 3 instant porridge, one instant soup, one instant noodles, two OSM, one tube coffee, 4 rehydration tubes.
Gadgets are PLB, GPS, range finder, vid camera, still camera. Rifle suppressor. 2 torches, one small hand held and one small head lamp.
Orange belt thing (stays in pack), contains batteries, few sticking plasters, survival sheet, lighter, compass, little knife sharpener and few other trinkets.
Small gas stove, titanium little billy & top, titanium spoon, plastic cup. Small gas canister (half size, fits in billy)
400 grm sleeping bag. Shitty Katmandu sleeping mat.
Shelter is 6x5 Siltarp fly.
Rifle is 5.5lb Savage .223. 12 rounds of ammo.

Heading off tonight, will walk in in the dark.

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Dog food ?
Pull-tru or some other rifle cleaning stuff ?

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Originally Posted by ebf

Dog food ?
Pull-tru or some other rifle cleaning stuff ?

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Yes to some dog food ( a few handfuls of quality dry stuff). I have an old film container with an oily rag in it for the rifle. If I had a stainless I wouldn’t even bother with that.
I try to keep everything to the minimum. Dog gets a good dog roll feed as I leave the truck, and as soon as we get back to the truck.

Nice, the only change I would make is I would take an extra pair of socks and I dont usually take a sleeping mat

Plus I dont own a plb.... yet

Um...can I come? :)

Looks awesome mate, have a great time.

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Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Nice, the only change I would make is I would take an extra pair of socks and I dont usually take a sleeping mat

Plus I dont own a plb.... yet

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Pretty sure you can rent them, or borrow from a mate? PLB is SOP for my solo stuff as ordered by the other half.. @ebf you should have never told him about such rules! :p

If I hunted a lot on my own I would get one.

Will probably still get one eventually

Love these posts! Good luck

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Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Nice, the only change I would make is I would take an extra pair of socks and I dont usually take a sleeping mat

Plus I dont own a plb.... yet

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I mostly hunt on my own, and am 65 so the PLB is an essential. I need the mat ‘cos its just a light fly without a ground sheet.

Cheers

Great post

I used to think only pussies needed a mat and gave my mate hell for taking one hunting until I jumped on it to see how comfy it was. Sure beats using leafs like I used to

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I used to think only pussies needed a mat and gave my mate hell for taking one hunting until I jumped on it to see how comfy it was. Sure beats using leafs like I used to

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To quote Rushy "anyone can be uncomfortable in the bush"

I wish I could survive for 2 days on only that amount of food!

And only 1 coffee? I think I'd die!

Good luck

Love these "what to take" threads, thx for posting.

Stu#71 - I think you will find the coffee is in a tube (white tube with blue lid below the yellow cup in the photo). 'Nestle' make them. I use the sweetened condensed milk one for my cups of tea. Weighs 200 grms full. Purchase from any supermarket. I recall the coffee one is mixed with condensed milk...simply squeeze required amount into cup, add hot water and stir!

The WX wasn’t very nice. Walked 7 hours this day.

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Looks a lot like my new years day.

Hot water is for pussies. Eat it out of the tube.

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Hot water is for pussies. Eat it out of the tube.

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I must be a cat then MA. Ha ha ha ha

total pack weight BC?

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Originally Posted by scoped

total pack weight BC?

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Will weigh it next time.

What I did find out though is that the new Cascades are not a patch on the old ones. Leaked badly (my bad I didn’t use a pack liner) and the elastic straps on the outside came to bits. The harness length adjustment buckle is a nightmare to adjust with wet/cold hands.

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Will weigh it next time.

What I did find out though is that the new Cascades are not a patch on the old ones. Leaked badly (my bad I didn’t use a pack liner) and the elastic straps on the outside came to bits. The harness length adjustment buckle is a nightmare to adjust with wet/cold hands.

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I hope you were practicing some compass nav up there!!!

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I hope you were practicing some compass nav up there!!!

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Nah. Every now and again I could catch the aroma from the Palmy MacDonalds on the breeze, so I just followed that.

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Will weigh it next time.

What I did find out though is that the new Cascades are not a patch on the old ones. Leaked badly (my bad I didn’t use a pack liner) and the elastic straps on the outside came to bits. The harness length adjustment buckle is a nightmare to adjust with wet/cold hands.

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oops, meant how much did your pack weigh loaded up ready to go :)

Are you mainly sitting small areas and glassing or covering country?

Done these so its a simple matter of slice open the bag empty contents into pot with water and throw a couple sachets of gravy into it and bobs your uncle

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Heres mine for 2 nights also
Clothes are the ones I will wear (Stoney creek shorts, t-shirt an had, polypro top an bottom) boots etc etc
Pillow case for meat bag an glad Ziploc bags also.
Food is 4 instant porridge, 4 instant soup, 4 bumper bars ( over OSM bars at the moment) back country meals................and pudding :thumbsup: bread bugs because soup an fresh break is the shizzel...........
Gadgets are PLB, GPS, range finder, vid camera, suppressor, phone in orange dry box and bipod. Head light an hand held light
Small camo bag contains batteries, few sticking plasters, strapping tape, survival sheet, lighter, compass, little knife sharpener
Small gas stove, titanium little billy & top, titanium alloy knife fork an spoon, pop up cup, bowl an plate. Small gas canister (half size, fits in billy)
Sleeping bag an thermoreast
TENT, not shown mate has that in his pack.
Rifle an 10 rounds on deer slaying bombs

Some stuff is hard to see in the photo didn't realise till now sorry


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and all packed up ready to walk in apart from what I have to wear
Will assemble gun in 30seconds once get in near start of decent hunting area

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Done these so its a simple matter of slice open the bag empty contents into pot with water and throw a couple sachets of gravy into it and bobs your uncle

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Great idea toby! im going out to get a vacuum packer


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Nice light pack Tahr, sensible gear list covering food, warmth & safety........i find older buggers like ourselves (even though im still a pup at 56!) have what they need 'down pat' as experience from previous decades kicks in......

mines very similar, i take already cooked thick/chunky soups in a plastic bag (vacuum sealed) as you can eat them cold if your cooker packs a sad! takes very little gas to warm up,

HAVE to have a hot drink in the morning to get me started!!!!!!

good thread for newbies starting out.....we all take the 'kitchen sink' when we start out, it gets lighter & lighter as the trips get longer....for me the 'article' has to perform at least 2 jobs, or its gets left behind.....

ive converted over to titanium too....and merino base layers, warm when wet.....its the mutts nuts

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Great idea toby! im going out to get a vacuum packer


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Yeah the idea was there, go hunting for 4 days and forget about bringing them is another story