One of the things I'm pondering is packing for lightweight *hunting*.

Most of my hunting here is done from a heavyweight spike camp with day trips. I'm looking to reduce that down to a more manageable size with the aim of potentially being able to comfortably backpack for big game hunting.

My challenges are the following:

1) I'm doing big game hunting in Oct/Nov in canada - it's often chilly at night, so this is almost a winter trip.

2) I'm hunting moose and large deer. This means that I have to take some considerable gear for dealing with an animal if I get one. This means some rope and pulley gear you might normally see associated with climbers..

3) Rifle and ammunition is just heavy, there's no two ways about it.

4) My old pack frames for meat transport I've mainly used for short hauls with meat - not for packing and packing and packing. I need to think about a pack frame that is strong enough for a quarter of moose but light enough that I could strap on a lightweight bag of my more usual gear, along with some field gear, and pack it all day.


So - anyone else doing much the same? Got any suggestions?