For those 40 to 100 acre parcel hunts I carried a fanny pack. It held all I needed, spare knife, gloves for gutting, plastic bags. Carried an engery bar or 2. Carried at least one canteen of water. Looking at my "handle " you can understand why I am a minimalist. The gun weighted 26#'s or so, each box of 100 rounds was about 7#'s. I carried 2 plus 1 on the gun. I see these folks at 3D shoots with backpacks like I used to hike the mountains with and thought they were going on a long hunt and wanted to get into condition. Not the case in 99% of them, I asked. Just shake my head and carry on.

Quote from: Ray Lyon on February 16, 2026, 05:17:05 PMYou're killing me buddy.  I probably 'NEED' one of these. 

Yes you do! 

Well, I've read a lot, tried a lot, and I know there's a pile of information out there on this topic, but I'm just curious what you all did you quiet your Hoyt Satori? Specifics would be great like distance from limb to string silencers, what exact materials you used in the limb pockets, etc!

Mine isn't bad right now, but always looking for tips that can further help!

Beautiful work.

I don't like the idea of carrying  a lot of unnecessary stuff when hunting. The partials I hunt are from 40-15,000 acres. I do wear a 3,400 cu backpack to carry my ghillie, chair and a few essentials. I only ground hunt nowadays .

I'm interested in hearing what minimalist gear you take .

Very nice

That sounds like a fun trip, regardless of tags being filled or not! My buddy will be hunting with a rifle, so I might end up resorting to that at some point as well. We'll see what the terrain and number of opportunities dictates. The bear encounter sounds pretty exciting! Maybe it's an odd desire, but I'd really like to have a good grizzly story someday. As long as its one I get to walk away from though!

Wow!  Beautiful woods and craftsmanship AND it shoots so well for you.  You can't beat that.

Thanks for you guys sharing with us (AND sharing the same block of riser wood too, that is so cool)

Chad

I thought the same thing when I was a young man at 60. Now at 66, I have about 20!  I've bought and sold many of my bows over the years off various websites and have never had a problem - but I am careful to be sure the person has a real address and confirm their identity (as much as I can anyway).   

My son and I did it 2 years ago out of Kotzebue.  We did our own equipment and food. The country is tough that far north for a bowhunter.  I was tucked in a draw with the only cover around for miles and had a bull coming my way at about 75 yards when a couple of hunters from Idaho blew it for me (they apologized). That was my only opportunity.  My son shot a nice bull with a rifle but that was the only other bull we got remotely close to.  There were fair numbers there and with more time, I think we both would have filled our tags - I might have had to resort to a rifle. Our limitation was the weather which was terrible - had winds like I've never experienced for a day and a half - tore our tents to shreds. We cobbled together what was left for a lean-to for the rest of our trip!  Had a grizzly charge that ended after 4 shots in the air with a .10mm and saw numerous other grizzlies.  All in all, a great trip . . . but I'd hunt farther south where there is more cover if I ever did it again.