MULEPACKHUNTER

Is that the empty weight? Yes sir, I wish it was fully loaded weight. I just know I look at these hunting specific packs and they are all heavier than mine and cost alot more. My buddy has the badlands 4500 or whatever and its 6 plus pounds empty. I will stick with mine and buy another when it takes a dump and still will not have spent as much as he did.

my kelty weighs 3 lbs and has held up great no issues and is 170 bucks, no need to spend like a king on a pack. the hunting pack market is crazy and some are very nice but too much money. most high end packs are heavier than my pack but double the price if not more. congrats on a very nice pack, if i had expendable cashflow i would do this pack its a good design

I was having the same problem last year not finding any pigs and it took me like 10 full days in different areas until I caught them, Now I trip over them all the time. Just keep looking, where you were your were in the right place but up there you need to get off the road a ways and find some drainages.

that is one beatiful weapon, hope you find it a good home.

You want the thermometer to be in the center most portion of the meat no mater the type. Basically where the meat would be coolest durring cooking so you are sure to get all meat to the correct temp, keep in mind most meat will go up in temp off the heat up to 8 degrees or more while resting. I have a nice digital that stays in at all time even on the grill. My oven has a temp probe built in which is nice.

i like this idea, i too am planning doing my best to go after some predetors this year. i spend most of my hunting and scouting time in wilderness or remote areas and rarely see any people, i also dont see as much game as one would think. i believe this is do to the fact that not only is it tough to hunt deer or elk it is equally tough if not more to hunt predetors i these areas so the game numbers in wild barely touched areas are sometimes lower than heavy traffic areas. guys pic off yotes and lions in likely areas and no one hunts wilderness for them. i guess i need to learn to pack dogs with mules so i can go cat hunting. one thing that would help is offer up when your going out for dogs or cats and offer to hook up with other guys who need to learn and build up the community of hunters with the skills to call. i think game and fish should get involved and hire outfitters to hunt as well in specific areas, game wardens used to do nothing but hunt predetors. the herd of buffalo survived up north due to a game warden up there killing some 600 lion over his career

Why do I plan for months for hunting and get up at 3 am to be there on time and I cant seem to get the tile done in the hallway????

this is a great thread, trophy just gained a notch on the old respect meter and workman gets 2 notches for his drnk making. keep it going

maybe try puting sleep pad down at bottom back of pack makes it nice with more surface to set it down and not have to lean it on something. remember never leave your bow anywhere and walk even 10 feet to glass or pee, keep it close always. also gps mark your pack if going for a stock, very easy to lose the spot and be surching for your pack. lol very cool to see someone take advise then use it, cant wait to see story and pics. i will be up next weekend packing mules for one last deer hunt

outfitter with mules all the way, best chance i would say. why wait for that many points and not put everything possible in your favor.

great thats where i go jogging, you should have plowed him. lol i do workouts for me and my mules in the white tanks and have seen lions in there, they have a big range i bet they are headed for that festival place and picking off some yappers. lol hope i can get out there with you soon. keep at it cant wait to see some lion down pics.

who says i didnt????

i used to do that until i ate some bad mushrooms one time and was hunting purple elephants with antlers

mOUNTAIN HOUSE ON SALE AT COSTCO ON BELL ROAD AND 79TH AVE PEORIA, 45 BUCKS FOR 10 MEALS ASSORTED, I STOCKED UP LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS 39.99 FOR 10 AND HAVE LIKE 6 CASES NOW. BEEF STEW, STOGANOFF, CHICKEN TERIAKY AND RICE I THINK ARE THE THREE

One more item I forgot is I put some iodine tabs in my filter bag, always have and my kaytadin filter broke one trip and I used the iodine for 2 days, saved my hunt trip. Also why I run the MSR now, it has a blead off valve when it gets clogged it spits out the bleeder, my other one just blew out the check valve and died. I also bring the silt stopper from MSR for bad water, I have filtered water from brown almost empty mud water holes and filter clogs quick so the silt stopper helps alot. REI is a great place to shop, they use all the items they carry and can tell you real world info.

on the mre thing i went all mre on my hunt in 29 rifle this year and they were ok but at all cost even in deaths grip do not ever ever eat raisins out of an mre, holy moly i almost died, tasted like they were preserved with motor oil , worst thing i ever ate, nasty, i tossed them in the bushes, when i got done glassing there were three dead squirls with raisins next to them, true story. lol kidding for those who believed it. not kidding about the raisins just squirels. my military buddy says dont eat the milkshakes either they have had issues. maybe something to do with dead squirls

Maybe thats why I only hunt solo, I dont carry socks. LOL

I run the MSR sweetwater, best i have used. I run the 3 liter platapuss bladder and fill it at every water hole unless I know where I am, dont assume there will be water later. I also carry an empty 16 oz water bottle for filling ounce I am in deep, this is perfect for the mountainhouse meal for dinner. I will do coffe in the morning with my bladder water.

40lb pack i can go 4 or 5 days, i use mountainhouse all the way, mre are just bad and they weigh more. i make sure i have water to filter where i pack into. im used to having water for the mules anyway so most spots i hit have water if i backpack. try cameron hanes book on backcountry bowhunting, prety much the bible imo for hunting backcountry. fires me up just seeing the cover.

redwings are good

wow had no idea that was going on up there, we used to ride the mules back the from buddies house and head for rondo spring. used to see deer and pigs all the time.

I have a box of 525 22LR remington that I would like to put up for auction with all proceeds going to CWT.com I will start the biding at $30.00 and if no one goes higher I will buy them from myself donate that. Since this may get crazy lets start the bidding tomorrow morning at 9:00am and it will end at 2:00pm unless we are stuck at $30.00 I will extend it to allow more folks to see it over the weekend. So starting bid tomorrow morning at 9am is $30.00 BTW I am located in Wickenburg but work in Tempe so exchange should be not too bad and we may be able to do some sort af hand off from here to Tucson since all the cool guys and gals are down there and will most likely outbid the rest of us.

Closed at $51.99 and I threw in a couple of 10 dollar of coupons for sportsmans. I will let the silent bidder decide to announce his purchase or not. Thanks guys.

Newest bid by our silent fellow CWT member is an odd $51.99.