Aron Snyder and Frank Peralta are about to embark on a fourteen-day hunting trip and cover all the gear they plan to take on this trip and include the core gear they have on hand for every trip into the backcountry.
Frank’s Gear List:
WEAPON
-Prime Centergy Hybrid 28” Draw/ 75lbs Right Hand
-Hamskea Hybrid Hunter
-3/16 Peep
-Spot Hogg Hogg-It 7 pin or Hogg Father single pin
-Day Six 300 Spine Arrow 11.5 gpi, 29”, titanium Easton outsert, 125gr tip x17
-G5 Dead Meat, Iron Will Solid, G5 Striker
-Tightspot 5 arrow quiver
-Hamskea Drop Tine Trigger release with scott wrist strap
Pack
-Kifaru 26” Lite Frame
-small belt pouch
-water bottle pocket
-Muskeg 7k
-Guide lid
-medium belt pouch x3 (2 on pack, 1 on lid)
-compression kit
Camera Gear
-Sony A7R2 w/ peak design strap and shoulder mount
-35mm Zeiss 1.4
-18mm lens
-GoPro Hero 4 w/ pole mount
-Camera Kit
-SD Cards, Batteries, lens wipes, lens pen, hurricane blower
Optics
-Zeiss Victory Sf 10×42
-Leica Televid 82mm Angled
-Gitzo Carbon Tripod
-Outdoorsman Micro Pan Head
-Swarovski Bino Adapter
-Sig 2200 or 2400 (rifle hunting)
-Thermarest Z Seat
Alaska Guide Creations CUB Chest pack
-FHF range finder case
-Flagging Tape
-Licenses
-Tyto blades
-Lighter
-Petzl E-light
-Lens Pen & lens wipe
-MSR Aquatabs
-Trioxane
-windicator
-chapstick
-face paint
Clothing Worn In
-Salewa Vultur
-First Lite Compression Socks
-Under Armour or First lite Aerowool boxer
-Prana Zion Pants
-Nike fit ‘the tank’ sleeveless shirt
-Ice Breaker 200 top
-Kryptek last chance belt
-Kifarucast hat
-Garmin Fenix3 Watch
-ZT carbon folder knife
-OR Flex Tech II Gaiters
Clothing in Pack
– Hoodie of some sort (sitka fanatic, FL Klamath, kryptek Sherpa)
– First lite 200 bottom
-First Lite Compression Sock
-1 extra underwear sometimes
-FL neck gaiter
-FL Tag Cuff Beanie
-sitka mtn glove
-Kifaru Lost Park Parka half zip
-Rain Gear (sitka flash, Kryptek Takur, First lite Vapor
Shelter/Sleep
-Super Tarp/ Annex/ ground hog stakes + OR Helium Bivy
-ground cloth (scrap fabric or Tyvek)
-Easton Trekking poles
OR
-Hilleberg Niak or Soulo
-Cocoon Pillow
-Thermarest neoair xlite, xtherm, or exped UL lite
-Kifaru Quilt or slick bag, Western Mountaineering Megalite or badger
-Kifaru 5 string stuff sack
-55L dry sack
Hydration
-steripen
-msr aquatabs
-nalgene w/ humangear lid
-6L MSR bladder
-Life Straw
Cooking
-MSR Reactor
-small msr fuel canister
-titanium spork
-small red ditty sack
Possibles Pouch
-pain killers (ibuprofen, Vicodin)
-super glue
-small bandaids, bandages, misc
-mole skin/ leukotape
-spare contacts
-duct tape/electrical tape
-small zip ties
-pen
-trioxane
-lighter
-leatherman carbon model
-batteries
-aquatabs
-tenacious tape/patch kit
-d-loop material
-allen wrench (in camera gear)
-string wax
-extra broadheads/ field tips
Kill Kit
-Kifaru Medium UL Pull out
-flagging tape
-tag bags
-spare blades
-Tyto Knife
-contractor trashbag
-Cord 25’-50’
Electronics
-dark energy charger
-delorme inreach
-Black Diamond Icon Head lamp
-iphone charger cord
-android charger cord
Toiletries
-toilet paper
-wet wipes
-hand sanitizer
-tooth brush and toothpaste
-contacts case
-contacts solution
-pack towel