re: Our First Colorado Archery Elk Hunt - Public Land - Success!!! (added pics pg4)

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What an awesome experience! Would definitely like to see your gear list. Congrats on a awesome hunt.

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Electronics and Optics-
Nikon S2900 Coolpix Camera
Vortex Ranger 1000
Vortex Diamondback 10x42 Bino's
Vortex Solo Monocular
Vortex Summit SS Tripod
Garmin eTrex Summit GPS
DeLourne Sat Phone w/SOS function
Bushnell Backtrackers

Clothing-
Cabela's Meindl Perfekt 7" Hiker's (awesome boots, a must have)
KUIU Merino 150 Light top (I cant speak enough to the quality of KUIU gear)
KUIU Merino 210 Mid top
KUIU Kenai Hooded Down Jacket
KUIU Alpine Pants
KUIU 210 Bottom Breakaway base layer (never worn)
KUIU Merino Beanie
KUIU Guide Beanie and Ballcap
Minus 33 Merino Light Hiking socks (x3)
Cabela's Polypropylene sock liners (x3)

Gear-
Eberlestock F2 Transformer Pack
Eberlestock F1 Mainframe (My single most important piece of gear. This pack is fantastic. FIL has the Eberlestock X2 and it performed equally as well)
Kelty Upslope 4.0 Trekking Poles
Cabela's 2-man Backpacking Tent (good quality and lightweight for the price)
Primos Terminator Bugle
Chappell Guide Services Diaphram and Open-reed calls (Matriarch)
Gerber Vital replaceable blade knife
2 compasses
Bearvault 450
Klymit Static V Sleeping Pad (meh)
Cabelas Evader 30 deg Sleeping Bag
MSR Pocket Rocket Stove and 8 oz fuel canister
MSR 2 L Stainless Pot
100' paracord
Streamlight Headlamps (x2)
KUIU 15 L dry bag (to hang food)
Cabelas first aid kit
Dead Down Wind Deodorant and Wipes
Small Pack Trowel (to dig a channel latrine)
Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 mag (hiked in with it and left in tent strictly as bear protection. Felt like we were most vulnerable while we slept. We never hiked with it. There was alot of bear sign out there so it gave us comfort knowing we had that but we would have pepper sprayed a bear first. We were extremely tedious with our camp cleanliness and ate and slept 100 yards apart so as to avoid any confrontation)

Water and Filtration -
Platypus 2.0 L Hoser system for pack
Platypus 4.0 L reservoir for camp water
Platypus 1.0 L bladders (x2, spare)
Sawyer Mini Filter (worked like a champ but was slow)
MSR Aquatabs (never used)

Food-