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Physical Training For Mountain Hunts & Backpacking
How much weight/distance for backpack training?
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<blockquote data-quote="BrentM" data-source="post: 2779044" data-attributes="member: 61747"><p>All this is very dependent on your bodies ability to handle the weight and distance. We are not created equal. Age, strength, stamina, tolerance. On the hunts I've done out of my pack I range from 50-60#'s including the rifle or bow. Even on horseback hunts I am pretty light tho. I generally stay around 50-60 regardless. Used to be 70-75 but I can afford lighter performance gear now vs when I was younger. What is weird, my day pack is 40-45 lbs. Part of that is due to packing a little more shooter gear then I would take on pack hunt. My day pack weight included my bino pack, rifle, tripod, shooting stick, backpack and all the normal bs inside. Hunts for me vary 3 miles to 15 in a day. Generally I am good with 5-10 mile days in Idaho back country but that is really dependent upon how steep the terrain is. I am not exactly super stoked about 10-15k vertical in a day with a heavier pack. So for me 40 lb pack, hunt all winter on the weekends, and hike during the summer. Summer hikes is generally 20lb pack and 5-10 mile hikes. If I go too heavy I can't keep pace with my wife and she refuses to carry my pack....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrentM, post: 2779044, member: 61747"] All this is very dependent on your bodies ability to handle the weight and distance. We are not created equal. Age, strength, stamina, tolerance. On the hunts I've done out of my pack I range from 50-60#'s including the rifle or bow. Even on horseback hunts I am pretty light tho. I generally stay around 50-60 regardless. Used to be 70-75 but I can afford lighter performance gear now vs when I was younger. What is weird, my day pack is 40-45 lbs. Part of that is due to packing a little more shooter gear then I would take on pack hunt. My day pack weight included my bino pack, rifle, tripod, shooting stick, backpack and all the normal bs inside. Hunts for me vary 3 miles to 15 in a day. Generally I am good with 5-10 mile days in Idaho back country but that is really dependent upon how steep the terrain is. I am not exactly super stoked about 10-15k vertical in a day with a heavier pack. So for me 40 lb pack, hunt all winter on the weekends, and hike during the summer. Summer hikes is generally 20lb pack and 5-10 mile hikes. If I go too heavy I can't keep pace with my wife and she refuses to carry my pack.... [/QUOTE]
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