What does your elk hunting pack weigh?

[amazonjim]

Only went once to Montana and had too much weight. Used cotton clothes and burnt them on the mountain I would never use cotton again.

Would be nice to know what you pack in for food also

[razorsharptokill]

It's been said that "cotton kills" in the mountains. Get wet in cotton and it's easy to get hypothermia.

[Overspined]

A couple things I like to do from what I have learned over the years:

Take,  learn, and practice survival skills that are practical. Learn to make many things you might carry in. A bed, a meat pack, a shelter, and feel confident in your skills.

Get on a diet!  If you are lean and on a solid, low food intake diet, you won't need weight in food, but high value and energy foods that you just eat as fuel. Of course water is a necessity as stated before. My hunting partners always are surprised at the energy I have, but it is because I prepare. It also means I carry less.

There's a book by Kochansky (sp?) on tips in the wilderness called Bush Craft that I really like. Some of it is  more for dire situations, but there are a lot of good ideas. His class was great. Basically, learn to use what you carry and you will carry less.

[wigeon]

Thanks over spines will have to check out book