Backpack Hunting

rgramjet · Oct 21, 2021

Anyone here do it?

I've only backpacked a few times but I find myself gearing up to hunt the GW National Forest. Not sure when but its calling me.

Antarctica · Oct 21, 2021

Rokslide is your place...

SummitCnty · Oct 21, 2021

Agree Rokslide is a great resource.

I have kicked around backpack hunting. I would prefer it over the typical hunting we do here. Seems like the NF in VA and WV would be the closest thing we have to backpack hunting.

I got as far as buying a really nice Exo pack that I rarely use and a couple nice backpack stoves.

rgramjet · Oct 21, 2021

SummitCnty said:
Agree Rokslide is a great resource.

I have kicked around backpack hunting. I would prefer it over the typical hunting we do here. Seems like the NF in VA and WV would be the closest thing we have to backpack hunting.

I got as far as buying a really nice Exo pack that I rarely use and a couple nice backpack stoves.

I just ordered a nice kuiu pack. Decent sleeping bag and pad. Haven't gotten to the stove yet.

Thousands of acres of GW National forest near where I hunt in SW VA.

Its enticing. Aside from the packs of coyotes and black bears that we see and hear regularly.

rgramjet · Oct 21, 2021

Rokslide looks to be a great forum. Another one to dive in to!

SummitCnty · Oct 21, 2021

You can try Hunt Talk also. Another good forum.

SummitCnty · Oct 21, 2021

I hike the Appalachian Trail a good bit and use my Exo as a day pack.

Slackdaddy · Oct 22, 2021

As in "Multi day hunt" while roughing it ??
What public lands is that allowed? This is something I could get into.

rgramjet said:
Anyone here do it?

I've only backpacked a few times but I find myself gearing up to hunt the GW National Forest. Not sure when but its calling me.

Hibs · Oct 22, 2021

Slackdaddy said:
As in "Multi day hunt" while roughing it ??
What public lands is that allowed? This is something I could get into.

Right, interested in this concept as well.

MeatGrinder · Oct 22, 2021

rgramjet said:
I just ordered a nice kuiu pack. Decent sleeping bag and pad. Haven't gotten to the stove yet.

Thousands of acres of GW National forest near where I hunt in SW VA.

Its enticing. Aside from the packs of coyotes and black bears that we see and hear regularly.

I have a few stoves that you can explore.

I'm out West hunting but will be back in a week.

rgramjet · Oct 24, 2021

Slackdaddy said:
As in "Multi day hunt" while roughing it ??
What public lands is that allowed? This is something I could get into.

Yes, exactly what I'm thinking. GW National Forest in VA is beautiful country.

I worked with a plumber years ago that would go for 2 weeks every year. Was a decades long, family tradition.

rgramjet · Oct 24, 2021

MeatGrinder said:
I have a few stoves that you can explore.

I'm out West hunting but will be back in a week.

Very cool, I'll take you up on that.

See/shoot anything?

MeatGrinder · Oct 28, 2021

rgramjet said:
Very cool, I'll take you up on that.

See/shoot anything?

Nope, got skunked this year. My wife can't remember me ever not getting a mule deer. I think it may have happened once many years ago. I fought it hard, but it wasn't to be. I did find a lion track and that might explain their scarcity.

I have 2 Whisperlites , a Pocket Rocket, and 2 Jettboil clones. It's nice to be able to explore things before buying.
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Doctor_M · Oct 29, 2021

I tend to not go backpack hunting... prefer deer or upland game... much more sporting and they taste better

geda · Oct 29, 2021

I love going camping in GW, but I know nothing about what it would take to go hunting there.

Are you guys talking about stalking with a loaded pack? Stationary on the ground/climber? Setting up a base camp? Packing just the meat out?

rgramjet · Oct 29, 2021

geda said:
I love going camping in GW, but I know nothing about what it would take to go hunting there.

Are you guys talking about stalking with a loaded pack? Stationary on the ground/climber? Setting up a base camp? Packing just the meat out?

I'm thinking base camp and ground hunting from there. Can't imagine carrying even a light climber a mile or two in, plus pack, plus rifle.

A mile or two drag wouldn't be too bad depending on the terrain......and the size of the deer.

Slackdaddy · Nov 5, 2021

Back in the 70s my father would drop me and my brother off in GW forest (we were 14-15 yrs old) for days at a time,, and pick us up at a pre arraigned time/place.
Those were fun times,, I now do multi day kayak camping/fishing trips in VA and WV,, We make a lot of our own gear.

rgramjet said:
Yes, exactly what I'm thinking. GW National Forest in VA is beautiful country.

I worked with a plumber years ago that would go for 2 weeks every year. Was a decades long, family tradition.

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