how do you back-pack out elk meat?
IVE HEARD OVER AND OVER..
"Toughest part about shooting an elk is getting back to where they are. "
WRONG! THE TRIP OUT OF SOME REMOTE CANYON CARRYING 60LBS-80LBS of ELK MEAT IS MUCH WORSE!
Ive always enjoyed hiking back into and camping with the bare minimums in elk country, being almost alone a couple miles in in some canyon especially if it snows, and especially in some remote canyon when you don,t have any competition
what I don,t care for is the 3-5 mile hikes out packing 70-80 lbs of elk meat (usually up hill) when you finely get an elk down, or the lack of OXYGEN at higher ALTITUDES as those are rough on an old guy living at near sea level.you learn to take your time, bring a few pain killer pills and cover ground slowly, you also learn not to shot the first elk you see
now Ive seen many a guy hire a local guy with horses or mules to retrieve his ELK once its down in some remote canyon, but Ive never had the extra cash, available in most cases so Ive been forced into both thinking long and hard about where I am when I contemplate shooting some ELK and HOW Im going to get him out of some remote canyon that they almost always seem to prefer.
you quickly learn you need a decent back-pack that lets the vast majority of the load weight rest on your hip belt, not your shoulders, you quickly learn to let the meat cool, before loading much of it into the pack, and that a dozen or so 2 gallon zip loc plastic bags are a great thing to have when packing out de-boned meat.
you also learn that packing out the ham with the sex evidence attached(as required in some areas) is a TOTAL P.I.T.A.
so what are your tips,and what do you use for a pack?
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE AREA I frequently HUNT
IVE HEARD OVER AND OVER..
"Toughest part about shooting an elk is getting back to where they are. "
WRONG! THE TRIP OUT OF SOME REMOTE CANYON CARRYING 60LBS-80LBS of ELK MEAT IS MUCH WORSE!
Ive always enjoyed hiking back into and camping with the bare minimums in elk country, being almost alone a couple miles in in some canyon especially if it snows, and especially in some remote canyon when you don,t have any competition
what I don,t care for is the 3-5 mile hikes out packing 70-80 lbs of elk meat (usually up hill) when you finely get an elk down, or the lack of OXYGEN at higher ALTITUDES as those are rough on an old guy living at near sea level.you learn to take your time, bring a few pain killer pills and cover ground slowly, you also learn not to shot the first elk you see
now Ive seen many a guy hire a local guy with horses or mules to retrieve his ELK once its down in some remote canyon, but Ive never had the extra cash, available in most cases so Ive been forced into both thinking long and hard about where I am when I contemplate shooting some ELK and HOW Im going to get him out of some remote canyon that they almost always seem to prefer.
you quickly learn you need a decent back-pack that lets the vast majority of the load weight rest on your hip belt, not your shoulders, you quickly learn to let the meat cool, before loading much of it into the pack, and that a dozen or so 2 gallon zip loc plastic bags are a great thing to have when packing out de-boned meat.
you also learn that packing out the ham with the sex evidence attached(as required in some areas) is a TOTAL P.I.T.A.
so what are your tips,and what do you use for a pack?
THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE AREA I frequently HUNT
