Who hunts with a 12+lb rifle?

[Corey Schwanz]

My deer hunting rifle is right around 12#, but I'm far from a mountain hunter. My longest walk from the truck is about a half mile and then I can sit in my treestand and hang the gun from a hook or lean it against a rail.

 

[Yotekiller]

14lbs I usually strap it to the side of my pack or use a standard sling.

 

[AGL4now]

What is this "PACKING" you'all be talking about......??? Simply go out cabin door, up ladder onto cabin roof, see if anything needs to be shot. Go back into cabin, have a beer, and reflect on the "Proper Priorities of Life".

 

[wboregon]

NOPE

I couldn't believe how unbalanced my 10lb with scope 270 made my pack last year, Was pretty disappointed in both the KUIU gun bearer and my pack balancing abilities. maybe once I find a better system. But some of the terrain I hunt really limits how much weight you can haul into the back country, and my physical abilities were definitely pushed.

 

[5RWill]

Unfortunately i can't seem to escape 12+ pounds on my rifles. Though dad's is a solid 11lbs with the can and bipod.

 

[jasent]

NOPE

I couldn't believe how unbalanced my 10lb with scope 270 made my pack last year, Was pretty disappointed in both the KUIU gun bearer and my pack balancing abilities. maybe once I find a better system. But some of the terrain I hunt really limits how much weight you can haul into the back country, and my physical abilities were definitely pushed.

I love the ebellestock elk hunter myself. Rifle weight is centered and as close to your core as it could get with out a poke

 

[the hunter]

Unfortunately i can't seem to escape 12+ pounds on my rifles. Though dad's is a solid 11lbs with the can and bipod.
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Were is that leupold mark5hd that you were telling us about?

 

[5RWill]

Were is that leupold mark5hd that you were telling us about?

That's an old pic was trying to find a pic with both rifles in it. But i sold it and bought a used Kahles 624i at a great price. Still have that review in the Mark 5 thread on here and the hide. It's a quality scope i just realized after using the H59 in a match it wasn't for me and i wanted better turrets. Glass is there though, for the money competing with glass far above it's price range. I used a SKMR3 two weeks ago at carthage on a 624i on my friends 223 trainer and loved the reticle. Hell i already preordered the K525i for August. I really really like the SKMR3, hopefully the K624i doesn't suffer from CA like i've heard, i'll find out soon enough.

 

[carl1775]

I don't think I own a rifle under 12 lbs., that doesn't shoot .22lr.

 

[Canhunter35]

View attachment 96340 View attachment 96341 Mine is 17.2 lbs with out ammo. Carry by hand or in my pack

A picture is worth a thousand words: jasent is carrying a 17lb rifle and a bear down a mountain while having a smoke...ain't no big deal.

 

[Josh Young]

A picture is worth a thousand words: jasent is carrying a 17lb rifle and a bear down a mountain while having a smoke...ain't no big deal.

My thoughts exactly!! Tough dude right there!!

 

[jasent]

That was the worst pack out of my life! Brothers pack was full. Packed out that bear solo and was only a mile to camp but 1200' down.

 

[ATH]

Both of my long range elk rifles (300WM, Edge) weigh 12-12.5lbs. I carry them on a good sling. They only go in the Eberlesock scabbard if I'm packing an animal out. I hunt the Bob Marshall, 6-8 miles in is pretty much standard.

Forgot my sling once...Carried the WM ~16 miles on a day mountain hunt...never again.

 

[Canhunter35]

That was the worst pack out of my life! Brothers pack was full. Packed out that bear solo and was only a mile to camp but 1200' down.

At least ur human lol. I had a bad one last year. Carried a mule deer out of a big *** coulee with steep as sides. I practically crawled the last thirty feet. Lol