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<blockquote data-quote="jordanrw23" data-source="post: 2222707" data-attributes="member: 118877"><p>I've done this for years. A buddy and I take an annual trip to the back country for 7-10 days on horses. Was curious if anyone else here hunts with horses in the back country? I am always looking for things to improve on and safety is priority. Even though I've hunted this way for a long time and use my horses on 75% of my hunts I am still wondering what everyone else takes with them? do you highline, hobbling, packing in feed....etc?</p><p></p><p>I usually pack in a bag of alfalfa pellets and a bag of cob feed. usually put into dry sacks and hang in trees away from camp since I live in grizzly country. DO NOT forget fly spray as well! Most of our camping is done close to water so no need to pack in water. I also take my Kifaru Tut tent and a Kifaru stove that we use and my buddy has a similar tent we put all of our rifles/bows and saddles in to keep the elements off. We also take in some insulated posts or clips to nail to trees, along with electric fencing string and a battery charger that energizes the fence. Not necessarily to keep bears out of camp but to keep horse from taking off back to the truck in the middle of the night( aslo have a story about that). It does give you a piece of mind however. Recently I upgraded my Kifaru backpack(Mountain Warrior) to and Kifaru Stryker bag with a Kifaru camp bag. Now I can dump all my clothes, camp gear, & personal stuff into the camp bag and into my Utah bags which for those that don't know are basically a very big open top bag that you put on each side of the pack saddle. So when I get to camp I can dump that bag and my pack is already for day hunting. Before I had to unpack everything and then get the pack ready for day hunts. I also take some vet wrap and horse linament for theirs and my sore muscles and joints LOL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jordanrw23, post: 2222707, member: 118877"] I've done this for years. A buddy and I take an annual trip to the back country for 7-10 days on horses. Was curious if anyone else here hunts with horses in the back country? I am always looking for things to improve on and safety is priority. Even though I've hunted this way for a long time and use my horses on 75% of my hunts I am still wondering what everyone else takes with them? do you highline, hobbling, packing in feed....etc? I usually pack in a bag of alfalfa pellets and a bag of cob feed. usually put into dry sacks and hang in trees away from camp since I live in grizzly country. DO NOT forget fly spray as well! Most of our camping is done close to water so no need to pack in water. I also take my Kifaru Tut tent and a Kifaru stove that we use and my buddy has a similar tent we put all of our rifles/bows and saddles in to keep the elements off. We also take in some insulated posts or clips to nail to trees, along with electric fencing string and a battery charger that energizes the fence. Not necessarily to keep bears out of camp but to keep horse from taking off back to the truck in the middle of the night( aslo have a story about that). It does give you a piece of mind however. Recently I upgraded my Kifaru backpack(Mountain Warrior) to and Kifaru Stryker bag with a Kifaru camp bag. Now I can dump all my clothes, camp gear, & personal stuff into the camp bag and into my Utah bags which for those that don't know are basically a very big open top bag that you put on each side of the pack saddle. So when I get to camp I can dump that bag and my pack is already for day hunting. Before I had to unpack everything and then get the pack ready for day hunts. I also take some vet wrap and horse linament for theirs and my sore muscles and joints LOL. [/QUOTE]
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