What's in my Hunting Pack? (Mid/Late Season PNW Elk Hunt)

As an "adult onset" hunter, but lifelong adventurer, Adam gravitates toward more remote, wilderness backpack style hunting. This is the kit that he generally packs for general season deer and elk hunting trips in Washington State.
Check out the Packwizard sheet to get more info on each item in his pack.
www.packwizard...
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[@GSIOutdoorsLLC]

Glad to be in your pack! Great video!

[@ElliottsOutside]

Thanks!

[@ceerdub]

Great Breakdown and love the linked pack list. Side note, I have always been interested in DIY dehydrated meals. Would love to see how you make yours and what are your go to recipes.

[@ElliottsOutside]

Thanks! The pack list is always a work in progress. :) We will definitely be doing a recipe series on dehydrated meals. Susan has been making some killer, protein rich, veggie stuffed mac-n-cheese, and I'm pretty happy with a venison stroganoff.

[@darrentuason]

Dang. Based on the thumbnail and video quality I thought you would have had thousand of subs. I guess I’m here before you blow up in the hunting KZbin rabbit hole.

[@ShavanoOutdoors]

@@darrentuason I had the same thought!

[@ElliottsOutside]

Thanks! Indeed, you caught us at the beginning of this whole KZbin journey!

[@nickbeaumont2601]

nice. very complete breakdown 👍

[@ElliottsOutside]

Appreciate it! Any suggestions for future video topics?

[@nickbeaumont2601]

@@ElliottsOutsidePersonally I’m a fairly new hunter so I’m really interested in learning more about how to track animals and how to break them down and carry them out etc. as well as shooting tips. But not sure if that’s the direction you want to go with for the channel 🤷‍♂️

[@ElliottsOutside]

Adam here responding. @nickbeaumont, I am also a new hunter and love talking about my learning process and happy to share the skills that I've picked up so far. I do have some video ideas about how to get into hunting as a dad with limited time and finances. I'm certainly going to be doing some videos about teaching my kids to look for sign and pay attention to what food is available to different animals, cover opportunities for elk and deer etc. Keep checking back, there might be something there for you! (One quick shooting tip: buy and practice shooting with wiser precision quickstix. I'm not affiliated, just a big fan.)

[@ShavanoOutdoors]

Nice Video! I have been considering getting the Metcalf for my Elk hunts. Have you hauled any meat with it before?

[@ElliottsOutside]

Thanks, @ShavanoOutdoors. I haven't carried an animal out yet, but I have done some rucking with 80ish pounds and it carries great. Caveat: that was with load in the bag, not the shelf. I've taken the bag on and off to test the process and feel confident that it'll carry game bags well. I'm thinking about getting the 60l game bags from MR, but seems a bit pricey. I like the looks of the GoHunt bags but am happy enough with my mossy used last year on mule deer in northern WA.

[@ShavanoOutdoors]

@@ElliottsOutside Awesome! Thanks for the info! As for the game bags, I know Kuiu Gear has some nice ones as well. I’m not sure what the price is though.