{"id":1229,"date":"2023-06-01T08:57:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2023-06-01T08:57:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:57:48","slug":"podcast-does-ultralight-backpacking-gear-make-sense-for-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=1229","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Does Ultralight Backpacking Gear Make Sense for Hunting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Article-disclosure\">\n<p><em>We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/affiliate-disclosure\/\">Learn More <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u203a<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">For backpack hunters, the weight of any single gear item matters. We\u2019ll spend more money for carbon rifles, we\u2019ll eat dehydrated food, and we\u2019ll leave any superfluous item in the truck. After all, going in light makes coming out with meat and horns just a little less backbreaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"embedPlayer\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/does-ultralight-backpacking-gear-make-sense-for-hunting\/id1560573207?i=1000615197161&amp;itsct=podcast_box_player&amp;itscg=30200&amp;ls=1&amp;theme=auto\" height=\"175px\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; clipboard-write\" style=\"width: 100%; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px; transform: translateZ(0px); animation: 2s ease 0s 6 normal none running loading-indicator; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228);\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But even the most weight obsessed, minimalist backpack hunter will be rolling heavy compared to the average thru-hiker. These are the folks who will spend weeks or months on the trail covering hundreds of miles. Naturally, ultralight gear is even more important among this crowd. If you were going to carry a gear item for months, you\u2019d want it to be as light as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So for <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/does-ultralight-backpacking-gear-make-sense-for-hunting\/id1560573207?i=1000615197161&amp;itsct=podcast_box&amp;itscg=30200&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this week\u2019s podcast<\/a>, I sat down with staff writer and ultra-light backpacker Laura Lancaster who just finished field testing the best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/gear\/best-ultralight-tents\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ultralight tents,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/gear\/best-ultralight-backpacks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backpacks<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/gear\/best-backpacking-quilts\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backpacking quilts<\/a>. The gear she has tested and reviewed should catch the attention of any backpack hunter\u2014even if you don\u2019t necessarily add those items to your kit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But beyond the gear itself, Lancaster\u2019s perspective does make good sense for hunting: The lighter your kit, the more fun you\u2019ll have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour backpack should be your friend,\u201d says Lancaster. \u201cIf it\u2019s weighing down your soul, it\u2019s time to reevaluate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I also interviewed staff writer and veteran sheep hunter Tyler Freel who has hunted with all different kinds of gear in the mountains of Alaska. Because of the conditions and the objective of his hunts, Freel\u2019s kit has to run a bit heavier. He might work on chiseling his pack weight down from 60 pounds to 50 pounds (that\u2019s before filling up the pack with sheep quarters). For reference, Lancaster might try to whittle her pack weight down from 25 pounds to 20 pounds\u2026 or even 15 pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the early days it was like 75 pounds, that\u2019s what you had to try to get to,\u201d Freel says. \u201cI was using some heavier gear and sometimes I took heavier packs than that because I was stupid and I brought way too much food.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether you hunt the mountains or backpack hundreds of miles, both Lancaster and Freel offer useful advice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-lancaster-s-gear-recommendations-from-this-episode\">Lancaster\u2019s Gear Recommendations from This Episode<\/h2>\n<h2>Freel\u2019s Gear Recommendations from This Episode<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\" id=\"facebook-js-js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdoorlife.com\/gear\/ultralight-gear-hunting-podcast\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More \u203a For backpack hunters, the weight of any single gear item matters. We\u2019ll spend more money for carbon rifles, we\u2019ll eat dehydrated food, and we\u2019ll leave any superfluous item in the truck. After all, going in light [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gun-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}